Vega-Lite grammar in 2016: Shared baseline

In reports, ads and assignments it fits reproducible analysis figures, teaching encodings, notebooks. Skip it when you only need one disposable bar for a meeting invite. This page gathers anatomy, fit, craft, failure modes and work / ads / school recipes for Vega-Lite grammar. When the story is: reproducible analysis figures, teaching encodings, notebooks.

Skip it in cases like: you only need one disposable bar for a meeting invite. Vega-Lite from the University of Washington Interactive Data Lab unit specifications of mark + encoding channels Yes if one claim is visible at a glance in Meta, Google and retail print; otherwise link to a full figure.

Yes for lab reports and poster boards if axes, units and a source line are present. Excel or Google Sheets or PowerPoint; export SVG/PDF. Do not rely on hue alone. Label directly and check greyscale. Vega-Lite grammar: honour unit specifications of mark + encoding channels, and switch when you only need one disposable bar for a meeting invite.