diff --git a/src/components/app.js b/src/components/app.js
index b67e782f..998b2f67 100644
--- a/src/components/app.js
+++ b/src/components/app.js
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import { connect } from "react-redux";
 import PulseLoader from "halogen/PulseLoader";
 
 import LeftSideBar from "./leftsidebar";
-import Continuous from "./continuous/continuous";
+import Parallel from "./continuous/parallel";
 import DynamicScatterplot from "./scatterplot/scatterplot";
 import Joy from "./joy/joy";
 import Graph from "./graph/graph";
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ class App extends React.Component {
           }}>
             <Graph/>
             <DynamicScatterplot/>
-            {/*<Continuous/>*/}
+            {/*<Parallel/>*/}
           </div>
         </div>
       </Container>
diff --git a/src/components/continuous/parallel.js b/src/components/continuous/parallel.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9660e084
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/components/continuous/parallel.js
@@ -0,0 +1,157 @@
+/* rc slider https://www.npmjs.com/package/rc-slider */
+
+import React from 'react';
+import _ from "lodash";
+import { connect } from "react-redux";
+
+import styles from './parallelCoordinates.css';
+import SectionHeader from "../framework/sectionHeader";
+
+import setupParallelCoordinates from "./setupParallelCoordinates";
+import drawAxes from "./drawAxes";
+import drawLinesCanvas from "./drawLinesCanvas";
+
+import {
+  margin,
+  width,
+  height,
+  createDimensions,
+} from "./util";
+
+@connect((state) => {
+
+  const ranges = state.cells.cells && state.cells.cells.data.ranges ? state.cells.cells.data.ranges : null;
+  const metadata = state.cells.cells && state.cells.cells.data.metadata ? state.cells.cells.data.metadata : null;
+
+  const initializeRanges = state.initialize.data && state.initialize.data.data.ranges ? state.initialize.data.data.ranges : null;
+
+  return {
+    ranges,
+    metadata,
+    initializeRanges,
+    colorAccessor: state.controls.colorAccessor,
+    colorScale: state.controls.colorScale,
+    graphBrushSelection: state.controls.graphBrushSelection,
+    currentCellSelection: state.controls.currentCellSelection,
+    axesHaveBeenDrawn: state.controls.axesHaveBeenDrawn,
+  }
+})
+class Parallel extends React.Component {
+  constructor(props) {
+    super(props);
+    this.state = {
+      svg: null,
+      ctx: null,
+      axes: null,
+      dimensions: null,
+    };
+  }
+  componentDidMount() {
+    const {svg, ctx} = setupParallelCoordinates(
+      width,
+      height,
+      margin
+    );
+    this.setState({svg, ctx})
+  }
+  componentWillReceiveProps(nextProps) {
+    this.maybeDrawAxes(nextProps);
+    this.maybeDrawLines(nextProps);
+  }
+  maybeDrawAxes(nextProps) {
+    if (
+      !this.state.axes &&
+      nextProps.initializeRanges /* axes are created on full range of data */
+    ) {
+
+      const dimensions = createDimensions(nextProps.initializeRanges);
+
+      const xscale = d3.scalePoint()
+        .domain(d3.range(dimensions.length))
+        .range([0, width]);
+
+      const axes = drawAxes(
+        this.state.svg,
+        this.state.ctx,
+        dimensions,
+        xscale,
+        height,
+        width,
+        this.handleBrushAction.bind(this),
+        this.handleColorAction.bind(this),
+      );
+
+      this.setState({
+        axes,
+        xscale,
+        dimensions,
+      })
+
+      this.props.dispatch({
+        type: "parallel coordinates axes have been drawn"
+      })
+
+    }
+  }
+  maybeDrawLines = _.debounce((nextProps) => { /* https://stackoverflow.com/questions/23123138/perform-debounce-in-react-js */
+    if (
+      nextProps.ranges &&
+      nextProps.currentCellSelection &&
+      nextProps.axesHaveBeenDrawn
+    ) {
+
+      if (this.state._drawLinesCanvas) {
+        this.state._drawLinesCanvas.invalidate(); /* this is only necessary if the internals of drawLinesCanvas are using the render queue */
+      }
+
+      this.state.ctx.clearRect(0, 0, width, height);
+
+      const _drawLinesCanvas = drawLinesCanvas(
+        nextProps.currentCellSelection,
+        this.state.dimensions,
+        this.state.xscale,
+        this.state.ctx,
+        nextProps.colorAccessor,
+        nextProps.colorScale,
+      );
+
+      this.setState({
+        _drawLinesCanvas, /* this will only exist if the internals of drawLinesCanvas are using the render queue */
+      })
+    }
+  }, 200)
+
+  handleBrushAction (selection) {
+    this.props.dispatch({
+      type: "continuous selection using parallel coords brushing",
+      data: selection
+    })
+  }
+  handleColorAction (key) {
+    this.props.dispatch({
+      type: "color by continuous metadata",
+      colorAccessor: key,
+      rangeMaxForColorAccessor: this.props.initializeRanges[key].range.max
+    });
+  }
+
+  render() {
+
+    return (
+      <div id="parcoords_wrapper">
+        <div
+          className={styles.parcoords}
+          id="parcoords"
+          style={{
+            width:  width + margin.left + margin.right + "px",
+            height: height + margin.top + margin.bottom + "px"
+          }}></div>
+      </div>
+    )
+  }
+};
+
+export default Parallel;
+
+
+// <SectionHeader text="Continuous Metadata"/>