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Data Visualization with D3 and AngularJS

By : Erik Hanchett, Christoph Körner
Book Image

Data Visualization with D3 and AngularJS

By: Erik Hanchett, Christoph Körner

Overview of this book

Table of Contents (16 chapters)
Data Visualization with D3 and AngularJS
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Chapter 4. Building a Chart Directive

In the last two chapters, we saw a basic introduction to D3.js and learned about data preprocessing and array manipulation. In this chapter, we will apply the acquired knowledge to integrate a D3.js visualization into a simple AngularJS application.

First, we will set up an AngularJS template that serves as a boilerplate for the examples and the application. We will see a typical directory structure for an AngularJS project and initialize a controller. Similar to the previous example, the controller will generate random data that we want to display in an autoupdating chart.

Next, we will wrap D3.js in a factory and create a directive for the visualization. You will learn how to isolate the components from each other. We will create a simple AngularJS directive and write a custom compile function to create and update the chart.

In the end, you will learn about unit tests, integration tests, set them up, and implement them for the visualization components...