diff --git a/client/configuration/eslint/eslint.js b/client/configuration/eslint/eslint.js
index 4fcea456..1df6725b 100644
--- a/client/configuration/eslint/eslint.js
+++ b/client/configuration/eslint/eslint.js
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ module.exports = {
     "no-param-reassign": "off",
     "object-curly-newline": ["error", { consistent: true }],
     "react/prop-types": [0],
-    "space-before-function-paren": "off"
+    "space-before-function-paren": "off",
+    "function-paren-newline": "off"
   }
 };
diff --git a/client/src/components/continuous/drawLinesCanvas.js b/client/src/components/continuous/drawLinesCanvas.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 04d69b62..00000000
--- a/client/src/components/continuous/drawLinesCanvas.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,89 +0,0 @@
-// jshint esversion: 6
-import _ from "lodash";
-import { project } from "./util";
-
-import renderQueue from "../../util/renderQueue";
-
-/*****************************************
-******************************************
-              draw loop
-******************************************
-******************************************/
-
-const drawLinesCanvas = (ctx, dimensions, xscale) => d => {
-  ctx.globalAlpha = 0.1;
-
-  if (d.__selected__) {
-    ctx.strokeStyle = d.__color__;
-  } else {
-    return;
-  }
-
-  ctx.beginPath();
-  const coords = project(d, dimensions, xscale);
-  coords.forEach((p, i) => {
-    // this tricky bit avoids rendering null values as 0
-    if (p === null) {
-      // this bit renders horizontal lines on the previous/next
-      // dimensions, so that sandwiched null values are visible
-      if (i > 0) {
-        const prev = coords[i - 1];
-        if (prev !== null) {
-          ctx.moveTo(prev[0], prev[1]);
-          ctx.lineTo(prev[0] + 6, prev[1]);
-        }
-      }
-      if (i < coords.length - 1) {
-        const next = coords[i + 1];
-        if (next !== null) {
-          ctx.moveTo(next[0] - 6, next[1]);
-        }
-      }
-      return;
-    }
-
-    if (i === 0) {
-      ctx.moveTo(p[0], p[1]);
-      return;
-    }
-
-    ctx.lineTo(p[0], p[1]);
-  });
-  ctx.stroke();
-};
-
-const drawCellLinesUsingRenderQueue = (
-  metadata,
-  dimensions,
-  xscale,
-  ctx,
-  colorAccessor,
-  colorScale
-) => {
-  const _renderLinesWithQueue = renderQueue(
-    drawLinesCanvas(ctx, dimensions, xscale, colorAccessor, colorScale)
-  ).rate(50);
-  _renderLinesWithQueue(metadata);
-  return _renderLinesWithQueue;
-};
-
-const drawCellLinesSync = (
-  metadata,
-  dimensions,
-  xscale,
-  ctx,
-  colorAccessor,
-  colorScale
-) => {
-  const _draw = drawLinesCanvas(
-    ctx,
-    dimensions,
-    xscale,
-    colorAccessor,
-    colorScale
-  );
-  _.each(metadata, _draw);
-};
-
-export default drawCellLinesUsingRenderQueue;
-// export default drawCellLinesUsingRenderQueue;
diff --git a/client/src/components/graph/graph.js b/client/src/components/graph/graph.js
index 679a7274..59cbac2e 100644
--- a/client/src/components/graph/graph.js
+++ b/client/src/components/graph/graph.js
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import setupSVGandBrushElements from "./setupSVGandBrush";
 import actions from "../../actions";
 import _camera from "../../util/camera";
 import _drawPoints from "./drawPointsRegl";
-import { scaleLinear } from "../../util/scaleLinear";
+import scaleLinear from "../../util/scaleLinear";
 
 /* https://bl.ocks.org/mbostock/9078690 - quadtree for onClick / hover selections */
 
diff --git a/client/src/components/scatterplot/scatterplot.js b/client/src/components/scatterplot/scatterplot.js
index 2e15f076..3b381fe2 100644
--- a/client/src/components/scatterplot/scatterplot.js
+++ b/client/src/components/scatterplot/scatterplot.js
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import setupScatterplot from "./setupScatterplot";
 import styles from "./scatterplot.css";
 
 import _drawPoints from "./drawPointsRegl";
-import { scaleLinear } from "../../util/scaleLinear";
+import scaleLinear from "../../util/scaleLinear";
 
 import { margin, width, height } from "./util";
 import { kvCache } from "../../util/stateManager";
diff --git a/client/src/globals.js b/client/src/globals.js
index 36e794ff..452a06f1 100644
--- a/client/src/globals.js
+++ b/client/src/globals.js
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ export const tiniestFontSize = 12;
 
 export const bolder = 700;
 
-export let API = {
+let _API = {
   // prefix: "http://api.clustering.czi.technology/api/",
   // prefix: "http://tabulamuris.cxg.czi.technology/api/",
   // prefix: "http://api-staging.clustering.czi.technology/api/",
@@ -55,15 +55,14 @@ export let API = {
   version: "v0.2/"
 };
 
-if (window.CELLXGENE && window.CELLXGENE.API) API = window.CELLXGENE.API;
+if (window.CELLXGENE && window.CELLXGENE.API) _API = window.CELLXGENE.API;
+export const API = _API;
 
 export const accentFont = "Georgia,Times,Times New Roman,serif";
 export const maxParagraphWidth = 600;
 export const maxControlsWidth = 800;
 
 export const graphMargin = { top: 20, right: 10, bottom: 30, left: 40 };
-// export const graphWidth = 1440 /* window width */ - 410 /* sidebar */ - (15 + 15) /* left right padding */ /* but responsive */;
-// export const graphHeight = 500;
 export const graphWidth = 700;
 export const graphHeight = 700;
 
diff --git a/client/src/middleware/updateCellColors.js b/client/src/middleware/updateCellColors.js
index 5d11377c..64eaf4a1 100644
--- a/client/src/middleware/updateCellColors.js
+++ b/client/src/middleware/updateCellColors.js
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import _ from "lodash";
 import * as d3 from "d3";
 import { interpolateViridis } from "d3-scale-chromatic";
 import * as globals from "../globals";
-import { parseRGB } from "../util/parseRGB";
+import parseRGB from "../util/parseRGB";
 
 /*
   https://medium.com/@jacobp100/you-arent-using-redux-middleware-enough-94ffe991e6
diff --git a/client/src/reducers/controls.js b/client/src/reducers/controls.js
index b71e0d62..3846b10b 100644
--- a/client/src/reducers/controls.js
+++ b/client/src/reducers/controls.js
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 import _ from "lodash";
 import { World, kvCache } from "../util/stateManager";
-import { parseRGB } from "../util/parseRGB";
+import parseRGB from "../util/parseRGB";
 import Crossfilter from "../util/typedCrossfilter";
 import * as globals from "../globals";
 
diff --git a/client/src/util/camera.js b/client/src/util/camera.js
index 8820d803..95a69eac 100644
--- a/client/src/util/camera.js
+++ b/client/src/util/camera.js
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 // jshint esversion: 6
-var createCamera = require("orbit-camera");
-var createScroll = require("scroll-speed");
-var mp = require("mouse-position");
-var mb = require("mouse-pressed");
-var key = require("key-pressed");
+const createCamera = require("orbit-camera");
+const createScroll = require("scroll-speed");
+const mp = require("mouse-position");
+const mb = require("mouse-pressed");
+const key = require("key-pressed");
 
 const panSpeed = 0.4;
 const scaleSpeed = 0.5;
@@ -17,20 +17,19 @@ function attachCamera(canvas, opts) {
   opts.scale = opts.scale !== false;
   opts.rotate = opts.rotate !== false;
 
-  var scroll = createScroll(canvas, opts.scale);
-  var mbut = mb(canvas, opts.rotate);
-  var mpos = mp(canvas);
-  var camera = createCamera([0, 0, 1], [0, 0, -1], [0, 1, 0]);
+  const scroll = createScroll(canvas, opts.scale);
+  const mbut = mb(canvas, opts.rotate);
+  const mpos = mp(canvas);
+  const camera = createCamera([0, 0, 1], [0, 0, -1], [0, 1, 0]);
 
   camera.tick = tick;
 
   return camera;
 
   function tick() {
-    var ctrl = key("<control>") || key("<alt>");
-    var alt = key("<shift>");
-    var height = canvas.height;
-    var width = canvas.width;
+    const ctrl = key("<control>") || key("<alt>");
+    const alt = key("<shift>");
+    const { height, width } = canvas;
 
     if (opts.rotate && mbut.left && ctrl && !alt) {
       camera.rotate(
@@ -41,23 +40,17 @@ function attachCamera(canvas, opts) {
 
     if ((opts.pan && mbut.right) || (mbut.left && !ctrl && !alt)) {
       camera.pan([
-        panSpeed *
-          (mpos[0] - mpos.prev[0]) /
-          width *
-          Math.pow(camera.distance, 1),
-        panSpeed *
-          (mpos[1] - mpos.prev[1]) /
-          height *
-          Math.pow(camera.distance, 1)
+        ((panSpeed * (mpos[0] - mpos.prev[0])) / width) * camera.distance,
+        ((panSpeed * (mpos[1] - mpos.prev[1])) / height) * camera.distance
       ]);
     }
 
     if (opts.scale && scroll[1]) {
-      camera.distance *= Math.exp(scroll[1] * scaleSpeed / height);
+      camera.distance *= Math.exp((scroll[1] * scaleSpeed) / height);
     }
 
     if (opts.scale && (mbut.middle || (mbut.left && !ctrl && alt))) {
-      var d = mpos.y - mpos.prevY;
+      const d = mpos.y - mpos.prevY;
       if (!d) return;
 
       camera.distance *= Math.exp(d / height);
diff --git a/client/src/util/parseRGB.js b/client/src/util/parseRGB.js
index 7033aa50..2c6b4997 100644
--- a/client/src/util/parseRGB.js
+++ b/client/src/util/parseRGB.js
@@ -1,28 +1,27 @@
 // jshint esversion: 6
-import { scaleRGB } from "./scaleRGB";
+import scaleRGB from "./scaleRGB";
 
 // maintain a cache of already parsed RGB names, as it is reasonably expensive
 // to do this operation.  This lets us have speed, but keep the pleasant ability
 // to talk about colors by their text description eg, 'rgb(0,0,1)'
 //
-const colorCache = new Object(null); // no prototype
+const colorCache = {};
 
 function parseColorName(c) {
   if (c[0] !== "#") {
     const _c = c.replace(/[^\d,.]/g, "").split(",");
     return [scaleRGB(+_c[0]), scaleRGB(+_c[1]), scaleRGB(+_c[2])];
-  } else {
-    var parsedHex = /^#?([a-f\d]{2})([a-f\d]{2})([a-f\d]{2})$/i.exec(c);
-    return [
-      scaleRGB(parseInt(parsedHex[1], 16)),
-      scaleRGB(parseInt(parsedHex[2], 16)),
-      scaleRGB(parseInt(parsedHex[3], 16))
-    ];
   }
+  const parsedHex = /^#?([a-f\d]{2})([a-f\d]{2})([a-f\d]{2})$/i.exec(c);
+  return [
+    scaleRGB(parseInt(parsedHex[1], 16)),
+    scaleRGB(parseInt(parsedHex[2], 16)),
+    scaleRGB(parseInt(parsedHex[3], 16))
+  ];
 }
 
-export const parseRGB = c => {
-  var cv = colorCache[c];
+export default c => {
+  let cv = colorCache[c];
   if (!cv) {
     cv = parseColorName(c);
     colorCache[c] = cv;
diff --git a/client/src/util/renderQueue.js b/client/src/util/renderQueue.js
deleted file mode 100644
index be5d6d97..00000000
--- a/client/src/util/renderQueue.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,82 +0,0 @@
-// jshint esversion: 6
-/*****************************************
-******************************************
-Render Queue via http://bl.ocks.org/syntagmatic/raw/3341641/render-queue.js
-******************************************
-******************************************/
-
-const renderQueue = function(callback1234) {
-  var _queue = [], // data to be rendered
-    _rate = 300, // number of calls per frame
-    _invalidate = function() {}, // invalidate last render queue
-    _clear = function() {}; // clearing function
-
-  var rq = function(ARRAY_FROM_CELLXGENE) {
-    if (ARRAY_FROM_CELLXGENE) rq.data(ARRAY_FROM_CELLXGENE);
-    _invalidate();
-    _clear();
-    rq.render();
-  };
-
-  rq.render = function() {
-    var valid = true;
-    _invalidate = rq.invalidate = function() {
-      valid = false;
-    };
-
-    function doFrame() {
-      if (!valid) return true;
-      var chunk = _queue.splice(0, _rate);
-      chunk.map(callback1234);
-      timer_frame(doFrame);
-    }
-
-    doFrame();
-  };
-
-  rq.data = function(ARRAY_FROM_CELLXGENE) {
-    _invalidate();
-    _queue = ARRAY_FROM_CELLXGENE.slice(0); // creates a copy of the data
-    return rq;
-  };
-
-  rq.add = function(data) {
-    _queue = _queue.concat(data);
-  };
-
-  rq.rate = function(value) {
-    if (!arguments.length) return _rate;
-    _rate = value;
-    return rq;
-  };
-
-  rq.remaining = function() {
-    return _queue.length;
-  };
-
-  // clear the canvas
-  rq.clear = function(func) {
-    if (!arguments.length) {
-      _clear();
-      return rq;
-    }
-    _clear = func;
-    return rq;
-  };
-
-  rq.invalidate = _invalidate;
-
-  var timer_frame =
-    window.requestAnimationFrame ||
-    window.webkitRequestAnimationFrame ||
-    window.mozRequestAnimationFrame ||
-    window.oRequestAnimationFrame ||
-    window.msRequestAnimationFrame ||
-    function(callback) {
-      setTimeout(callback, 17);
-    };
-
-  return rq;
-};
-
-export default renderQueue;
diff --git a/client/src/util/scaleLinear.js b/client/src/util/scaleLinear.js
index a675011d..554938b6 100644
--- a/client/src/util/scaleLinear.js
+++ b/client/src/util/scaleLinear.js
@@ -8,11 +8,9 @@
 //     myScale(0) === -1
 // this is is equivalent to d3.scaleLinear().domain([0,1]).range([-1,1])
 
-export const scaleLinear = (domain, range) => {
+export default (domain, range) => {
   const domainStart = domain[0];
   const scale = (range[1] - range[0]) / (domain[1] - domain[0]);
   const rangeStart = range[0];
-  return function(value) {
-    return (value - domainStart) * scale + rangeStart;
-  };
+  return value => (value - domainStart) * scale + rangeStart;
 };
diff --git a/client/src/util/scaleRGB.js b/client/src/util/scaleRGB.js
index f4995667..b705e201 100644
--- a/client/src/util/scaleRGB.js
+++ b/client/src/util/scaleRGB.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 // jshint esversion: 6
-export const scaleRGB = input => {
+export default input => {
   const outputMax = 1;
   const outputMin = 0;
 
diff --git a/client/src/util/schema.js b/client/src/util/schema.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 6d6161d1..00000000
--- a/client/src/util/schema.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,41 +0,0 @@
-// jshint esversion: 6
-
-// In the case where the REST server does not implement data schema
-// declaration, we attempt to deduce it by sniffing the data.
-//
-export function createSchemaByDataSniffing(ranges) {
-  let schema = {};
-  _.forEach(ranges, (value, key) => {
-    schema[key] = {
-      displayname: key,
-      variabletype: value.options ? "categorical" : "continuous"
-    };
-
-    // Metadata field type is inferred by sniffing the data. This has some risks.
-    // Caveats:
-    //  * Values have been converted to native JS objects by the JSON parser.
-    //  * Lots of assumptions about he REST API behaving properly (eg, min/max
-    //    are the same type, etc).
-    let type;
-    if (schema[key].variabletype === "continuous" && value.range) {
-      // Use min/max as a proxy for all data.
-      const min = value.range.min;
-      const max = value.range.max;
-      type =
-        typeof min !== "number" || typeof max !== "number"
-          ? "string"
-          : Number.isSafeInteger(min) && Number.isSafeInteger(max)
-            ? "int"
-            : "float";
-    } else {
-      // use an option value as a proxy for all data
-      const aVal = value.options[0];
-      type =
-        typeof aVal !== "number"
-          ? "string"
-          : Number.isSafeInteger(aVal) ? "int" : "float";
-    }
-    schema[key].type = type;
-  });
-  return schema;
-}
diff --git a/client/src/util/typedCrossfilter/positiveIntervals.js b/client/src/util/typedCrossfilter/positiveIntervals.js
index 1578812f..1f255fea 100644
--- a/client/src/util/typedCrossfilter/positiveIntervals.js
+++ b/client/src/util/typedCrossfilter/positiveIntervals.js
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ class PositiveIntervals {
 
       if (i === points.length - 1 || p[0] !== points[i + 1][0]) {
         if (aDepth === 1 && depth === 1) {
-          intervalStart = p[0];
+          [intervalStart] = p;
         } else if (intervalStart !== undefined) {
           res.push([intervalStart, p[0]]);
           intervalStart = undefined;
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ class PositiveIntervals {
       const p = points[i];
       depth += p[2] ? 1 : -1;
       if (depth === 2) {
-        intervalStart = p[0];
+        [intervalStart] = p;
       } else if (intervalStart !== undefined) {
         res.push([intervalStart, p[0]]);
         intervalStart = undefined;