Source: node-d3-path Section: javascript Priority: optional Maintainer: Debian Javascript Maintainers Uploaders: Pirate Praveen Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 9) , dh-buildinfo , nodejs , node-tape , webpack , node-babel-loader , node-babel-plugin-add-module-exports , node-babel-preset-es2015 Standards-Version: 4.1.3 Homepage: https://d3js.org/d3-path/ Vcs-Git: https://anonscm.debian.org/git/pkg-javascript/node-d3-path.git Vcs-Browser: https://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/pkg-javascript/node-d3-path.git Package: node-d3-path Architecture: all Depends: ${misc:Depends} , nodejs Description: Serialize Canvas path commands to SVG Say you have some code that draws to a 2D canvas, the d3-path module lets you take this exact code and additionally render to SVG. It works by serializing CanvasPathMethods calls to SVG path data. . Now code you write once can be used with both Canvas (for performance) and SVG (for convenience). For a practical example, see d3-shape. . Node.js is an event-based server-side JavaScript engine.