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D3.js By Example

By : Michael Heydt
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D3.js By Example

By: Michael Heydt

Overview of this book

<p>This book will take you through all the concepts of D3.js starting with the most basic ones and progressively building on them in each chapter to expand your knowledge of D3.js.</p> <p>Starting with obtaining D3.js and creating simple data bindings to non-graphical HTML elements, you will then master the creation of graphical elements from data. You’ll discover how to combine those elements into simple visualizations such as bar, line, and scatter charts, as well as more elaborate visualizations such as network diagrams, Sankey diagrams, maps, and choreopleths.</p> <p>Using practical examples provided, you will quickly get to grips with the features of D3.js and use this learning to create your own spectacular data visualizations with D3.js.</p>
Table of Contents (20 chapters)
D3.js By Example
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
5
Using Data and Scales
Index

About the Reviewers

Patrick Cason is a web developer and designer based in Nashville, Tennessee. He has experience working primarily as a front-end engineer, but he also dabbles in UI design and mobile development. Patrick started a few businesses in the past, but he currently tends to his latest endeavor, Octovis, as the lead front-end engineer and designer. He has worked on multiple data visualization projects in the American political domain, including both Change Politics and Poliana.

Pablo Núñez Navarro has written line of business applications for more than 15 years, from VB 6 to .NET and JavaScript among many other technologies. His work on long-live projects and software maintenance made him focus on best practices and clean code, with an intensive use of code reviewing to achieve consistency and readability through working in teams. Pablo enjoys discussing software.

He has taught many courses, including the University of Malaga's master's in RIAtec, for quite a few years. Pablo coauthored Mastering LOB Development for Silverlight 5: a Case Study in Action, Packt Publishing. He is also very active in local software communities.

William Sankey is a data professional and developer hobbyist living in College Park, Maryland. He graduated in 2012 from Johns Hopkins University with a master's degree in public policy and specializes in quantitative analyses. He has worked in the public and private spheres and is currently a data scientist at Xometry.