Data Visualization with D3 4.x Cookbook

Data Visualization with D3 4.x Cookbook - Second Edition

By : Nick Zhu

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Data Visualization with D3 4.x Cookbook - Second Edition

By: Nick Zhu

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Master D3.js and create amazing visualizations with the Data Visualization with D3 4.x Cookbook. Written by professional data engineer Nick Zhu, this D3.js cookbook features over 65 recipes. ? Solve real-world visualization problems using D3.js practical recipes ? Understand D3 fundamentals ? Includes illustrations, ready-to-go code samples and pre-built chart recipes

Data Visualization with D3 4.x Cookbook - Second Edition

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Preface

Free Chapter

Getting Started with D3.js

Introduction

Setting up a simple D3 development environment

Setting up an NPM-based development environment

Understanding D3-style JavaScript

Be Selective

Introduction

Selecting a single element

Selecting multiple elements

Iterating through a selection

Performing subselection

Function chaining

Manipulating the raw selection

Dealing with Data

Introduction

Binding an array as data

Binding object literals as data

Binding functions as data

Working with arrays

Filtering with data

Sorting with data

Loading data from a server

Asynchronous data loading using queue

Tipping the Scales

Introduction

Using continuous scales

Using the time scale

Using the ordinal scale

Interpolating a string

Interpolating colors

Interpolating compound objects

Playing with Axes

Introduction

Working with basic axes

Customizing ticks

Drawing grid lines

Dynamic rescaling of axes

Transition with Style

Introduction

Animating a single element

Animating multiple elements

Using ease

Using tweening

Using transition chaining

Using transition filter

Listening to transitional events

Working with timer

Getting into Shape

Introduction

Creating simple shapes

Using a line generator

Using line curve

Changing line tension

Using an area generator

Using area curve

Using an arc generator

Implementing arc transition

Chart Them Up

Introduction

Creating a line chart

Creating an area chart

Creating a scatterplot chart

Creating a bubble chart

Creating a bar chart

Lay Them Out

Introduction

Building a pie chart

Building a stacked area chart

Building a treemap

Building a tree

Building an enclosure diagram

Interacting with Your Visualization

Introduction

Interacting with mouse events

Interacting with a multi-touch device

Implementing zoom and pan behavior

Implementing drag behavior

Using Force

Introduction

Using gravity and charge

Customizing velocity

Setting the link constraint

Using force to assist visualization

Manipulating force

Building a force-directed graph

Knowing Your Map

Introduction

Projecting the US map

Projecting the world map

Building a choropleth map

Test Drive Your Visualization

Introduction

Getting Jasmine and setting up the test environment

Test driving your visualization - chart creation

Test driving your visualization - SVG rendering

Test driving your visualization - pixel-perfect bar rendering

Building Interactive Analytics in Minutes

Introduction

The crossfilter.js library

Dimensional charting - dc.js

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Introduction

This chapter is designed to get you up and running with D3.js and covers fundamental aspects, such as what D3.js is and how to set up a typical D3.js data visualization environment. One particular section is also devoted to covering some lesser known areas of JavaScript that D3.js relies heavily on.

What is D3? D3 refers to Data-Driven Documents, and according to the official D3 Wiki:

D3 (Data-Driven Documents or D3.js) is a JavaScript library for visualizing data using web standards. D3 helps you bring data to life using SVG, Canvas and HTML. D3 combines powerful visualization and interaction techniques with a data-driven approach to DOM manipulation, giving you the full capabilities of modern browsers and the freedom to design the right visual interface for your data.

-D3 Github Wiki (2016, August)

In a sense, D3 is a specialized JavaScript library that allows you to create amazing data visualizations using a simple (data driven) approach by leveraging the existing Web standards. D3.js was created by Mike Bostock (https://bost.ocks.org/mike/ ) and superseded his previous work on a different JavaScript data visualization library called Protovis. For more information on how D3 was created and on the theory that influenced both Protovis and D3.js, please check out the links in the following information box. Here, in this book, we will focus more on how to use D3.js to power your visualization. Initially, some aspects of D3 maybe a bit confusing due to its different approach for data visualization. I hope that over the course of this book, a large number of topics, both basic and advanced, will make you comfortable and effective with D3. Once it is properly understood, D3 can improve your productivity and expressiveness with data visualizations by orders of magnitude.

Note

For a more formal introduction to the idea behind D3, refer to the Declarative Language Design for Interactive Visualization paper published by Mike Bostock on IEEE InfoVis 2010 at http://vis.stanford.edu/papers/protovis-design . If you are interested to know how D3 came about, I recommend that you check out the D3: Data-Driven Document paper published by Mike Bostock, Vadim Ogievestsky, and Jeffery Heer on IEEE InfoVis 2011 at http://vis.stanford.edu/papers/d3 . Protovis, the predecessor of D3.js, also created by Mike Bostock and Jeff Heer of the Stanford Visualization Group can be found at https://mbostock.github.io/protovis/ .

Data Visualization with D3 4.x Cookbook - Second Edition

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Data Visualization with D3 4.x Cookbook - Second Edition

By: Nick Zhu

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