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Building Data-Driven Applications with Danfo.js

By : Rising Odegua, Stephen Oni
Book Image

Building Data-Driven Applications with Danfo.js

By: Rising Odegua, Stephen Oni

Overview of this book

Most data analysts use Python and pandas for data processing for the convenience and performance these libraries provide. However, JavaScript developers have always wanted to use machine learning in the browser as well. This book focuses on how Danfo.js brings data processing, analysis, and ML tools to JavaScript developers and how to make the most of this library to build data-driven applications. Starting with an overview of modern JavaScript, you’ll cover data analysis and transformation with Danfo.js and Dnotebook. The book then shows you how to load different datasets, combine and analyze them by performing operations such as handling missing values and string manipulations. You’ll also get to grips with data plotting, visualization, aggregation, and group operations by combining Danfo.js with Plotly. As you advance, you’ll create a no-code data analysis and handling system and create-react-app, react-table, react-chart, Draggable.js, and tailwindcss, and understand how to use TensorFlow.js and Danfo.js to build a recommendation system. Finally, you’ll build a Twitter analytics dashboard powered by Danfo.js, Next.js, node-nlp, and Twit.js. By the end of this app development book, you’ll be able to build and embed data analytics, visualization, and ML capabilities into any JavaScript app in server-side Node.js or the browser.
Table of Contents (18 chapters)
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Section 1: The Basics
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Section 2: Data Analysis and Manipulation with Danfo.js and Dnotebook
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Section 3: Building Data-Driven Applications

Technical requirements

We will be using the developer console for all code examples in this chapter. To run any code snippet in your default browser, you need to open the developer console. The commands for opening the console provided for various browsers are shown in the following list:

  • Google Chrome: To open the developer console in Google Chrome, open the Chrome menu from the upper-right-hand corner of the browser window and select More Tools | Developer Tools. You can also use the Option + Command + J shortcut on macOS, or Shift + Ctrl + J on Windows/Linux.
  • Microsoft Edge: In Microsoft Edge, open the Edge menu in the upper-right-hand corner of the browser window and select F12 Developer Tools, or you can just press F12 to open it.
  • Mozilla Firefox: In Mozilla Firefox, click on the Firefox menu in the upper-right-hand corner of the browser and select Web Developer | Browser Console. You can also use the Shift + + J shortcut on macOS or Shift + Ctrl + J on...