CanvasXpress Recipes

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Interactive, reproducible figures inside teal

R

canvasXpress

shiny

teal

pharmaverse

visualization

A teal.widgets PR adds a render path for interactive htmlwidgets, so plot_with_settings can return a chart you can hover, select on, and download as self-contained HTML — opt-in, and static plots stay exactly as they were.

Interactive network graphs in JavaScript with CanvasXpress

JavaScript

CanvasXpress

network

visualization

Build a draggable, force-directed network in the browser from nodes and edges — interactive and reproducible from one portable spec.

Genome browser tracks in JavaScript with CanvasXpress

JavaScript

CanvasXpress

genome

bioinformatics

visualization

Stack coverage and gene-model tracks over genomic coordinates in the browser — an interactive, zoomable view from one portable spec.

An interactive NGS sequencing-QC dashboard in JavaScript with CanvasXpress

JavaScript

CanvasXpress

dashboard

bioinformatics

visualization

Triage a 96-sample sequencing run in the browser: an overview QC heatmap plus linked, cross-filtering panels that flag failing samples and batch effects — from portable specs, no framework.

Interactive network graphs in Python with canvasxpress

Python

canvasxpress

network

visualization

Build a draggable, force-directed network from nodes and edges in Python — interactive and reproducible from one portable spec.

An interactive NGS sequencing-QC dashboard in Python with canvasxpress

Python

canvasxpress

dashboard

bioinformatics

visualization

Triage a 96-sample sequencing run in Python: an overview QC heatmap plus linked, cross-filtering panels that flag failing samples and batch effects — from portable specs, no Dash.

Genome browser tracks in Python with canvasxpress

Python

canvasxpress

genome

bioinformatics

visualization

Stack coverage and gene-model tracks over genomic coordinates in Python — an interactive, zoomable browser view from one portable spec.

Interactive network graphs in R with canvasXpress

R

canvasXpress

network

visualization

Build a draggable, force-directed network from a node and edge table in R — interactive and reproducible from one portable spec.

An interactive NGS sequencing-QC dashboard in R with canvasXpress

R

canvasXpress

dashboard

bioinformatics

visualization

Triage a 96-sample sequencing run in R: an overview QC heatmap plus linked, cross-filtering panels that flag failing samples and batch effects — from portable specs, no Shiny.

Genome browser tracks in R with canvasXpress

R

canvasXpress

genome

bioinformatics

visualization

Stack coverage and gene-model tracks over genomic coordinates in R — an interactive, zoomable browser view from one portable spec.

Oncoprints (mutation landscapes) in JavaScript with CanvasXpress

JavaScript

CanvasXpress

oncoprint

bioinformatics

visualization

Draw a publication-style oncoprint — genes by tumours, with CNA and mutation overlays and per-gene frequencies — in the browser, from one portable spec.

Oncoprints (mutation landscapes) in Python with canvasxpress

Python

canvasxpress

oncoprint

bioinformatics

visualization

Draw a publication-style oncoprint — genes by tumours, with CNA and mutation overlays and per-gene frequencies — in Python, from one portable spec.

Oncoprints (mutation landscapes) in R with canvasXpress

R

canvasXpress

oncoprint

bioinformatics

visualization

Draw a publication-style oncoprint — genes by tumours, with CNA and mutation overlays and per-gene frequencies — in R, from one portable spec.

Circular (Circos-style) multi-track plots in JavaScript with CanvasXpress

JavaScript

CanvasXpress

circos

bioinformatics

visualization

Draw a circular genome plot in the browser — stacked data tracks around a ring with connection ribbons — from one portable spec.

Circular (Circos-style) multi-track plots in Python with canvasxpress

Python

canvasxpress

circos

bioinformatics

visualization

Draw a circular genome plot in Python — stacked data tracks around a ring with connection ribbons — from one portable spec.

Circular (Circos-style) multi-track plots in R with canvasXpress

R

canvasXpress

circos

bioinformatics

visualization

Draw a circular genome plot in R — stacked data tracks around a ring with connection ribbons — from one portable spec.

Choropleth maps in JavaScript with CanvasXpress

JavaScript

CanvasXpress

maps

choropleth

visualization

Build a rich, honest, interactive choropleth in the browser with CanvasXpress — quantile classes and a viridis ramp that survive heavy-tailed data, plus the area-bias trap and sequential vs diverging palettes.

Choropleth maps in Python with canvasxpress

Python

canvasxpress

maps

choropleth

visualization

Build a rich, honest, interactive choropleth in Python with canvasxpress — quantile classes and a viridis ramp that survive heavy-tailed data, plus the area-bias trap and sequential vs diverging palettes.

Choropleth maps in R with canvasXpress

R

canvasXpress

maps

choropleth

visualization

Build a rich, honest, interactive choropleth in R with canvasXpress — quantile classes and a viridis ramp that survive heavy-tailed data, plus the area-bias trap and sequential vs diverging palettes.

Sankey / alluvial diagrams in JavaScript with CanvasXpress

JavaScript

CanvasXpress

sankey

visualization

Show how quantities flow through a sequence of stages — cohort to treatment to outcome — as an interactive Sankey diagram in the browser, from one portable spec.

Sankey / alluvial diagrams in Python with canvasxpress

Python

canvasxpress

sankey

visualization

Show how quantities flow through a sequence of stages — cohort to treatment to outcome — as an interactive Sankey diagram in Python, from one portable spec.

Violin and half (split) violin plots in JavaScript with CanvasXpress

JavaScript

CanvasXpress

violin

visualization

Show a full distribution per group as a violin, then split it in half to compare two conditions side by side — interactive and reproducible, in the browser.

Violin and half (split) violin plots in Python with canvasxpress

Python

canvasxpress

violin

visualization

Show a full distribution per group as a violin, then split it in half to compare two conditions side by side — interactive and reproducible, in Python.

Sankey / alluvial diagrams in R with canvasXpress

R

canvasXpress

sankey

visualization

Show how quantities flow through a sequence of stages — cohort to treatment to outcome — as an interactive Sankey diagram in R, from one portable spec.

Violin and half (split) violin plots in R with canvasXpress

R

canvasXpress

violin

visualization

Show a full distribution per group as a violin, then split it in half to compare two conditions side by side — interactive and reproducible, in R.

Clustered heatmaps in Python with canvasxpress

Python

canvasxpress

heatmap

bioinformatics

visualization

Build an interactive, clustered gene-expression heatmap with dendrograms and sample annotations from a DataFrame in Python — one portable, reproducible spec.

Kaplan–Meier survival curves in Python with canvasxpress

Python

canvasxpress

survival

bioinformatics

visualization

Turn a survival table into an interactive, reproducible Kaplan–Meier plot stratified by treatment arm — with censoring ticks — in a few lines of Python.

Interactive volcano plots in Python with canvasxpress

Python

canvasxpress

bioinformatics

visualization

Build a publication-ready, interactive volcano plot from a differential-expression DataFrame in Python — one portable, reproducible spec.

Interactive volcano plots in JavaScript with CanvasXpress

JavaScript

CanvasXpress

bioinformatics

visualization

Build a publication-ready, interactive volcano plot in the browser with a few lines of JavaScript — one portable, reproducible CanvasXpress spec.

Paired before/after boxplots in R with canvasXpress

R

canvasXpress

ggpubr

visualization

Show paired measurements — each subject connected across two timepoints — as an interactive boxplot, by wrapping a ggpubr::ggpaired plot with canvasXpress().

Kaplan–Meier survival curves in JavaScript with CanvasXpress

JavaScript

CanvasXpress

survival

bioinformatics

visualization

Turn a survival table into an interactive, reproducible Kaplan–Meier plot stratified by treatment arm — with censoring ticks — in a few lines of browser JavaScript.

Use your ggplot2 (and ggpubr) plots directly with canvasXpress

R

canvasXpress

ggplot2

ggpubr

visualization

You don’t have to rewrite your plots. Hand an existing ggplot object to canvasXpress() and get an interactive, reproducible version — pairwise significance brackets included.

Clustered heatmaps in JavaScript with CanvasXpress

JavaScript

CanvasXpress

heatmap

bioinformatics

visualization

Build an interactive, clustered gene-expression heatmap with dendrograms and sample annotations from a matrix — a few lines of browser JavaScript, one portable spec.

Clustered heatmaps in R with canvasXpress

R

canvasXpress

heatmap

bioinformatics

visualization

Build an interactive, clustered gene-expression heatmap with dendrograms and sample annotations from a matrix in R — one portable, reproducible spec.

Kaplan–Meier survival curves in R with canvasXpress

R

canvasXpress

survival

bioinformatics

visualization

Turn a survival table into an interactive, reproducible Kaplan–Meier plot stratified by treatment arm — with censoring ticks — in a few lines of R.

Interactive volcano plots in R with canvasXpress

R

canvasXpress

bioinformatics

visualization

Build a publication-ready, interactive volcano plot from a differential-expression table — and save it as a portable spec you can reproduce anywhere.