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Data Visualization with D3 4.x Cookbook - Second Edition

By : Nick Zhu
Book Image

Data Visualization with D3 4.x Cookbook - Second Edition

By: Nick Zhu

Overview of this book

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
Table of Contents (21 chapters)
Data Visualization with D3 4.x Cookbook - Second Edition
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewer
www.PacktPub.com
Customer Feedback
Preface

Introduction


In this chapter, we will turn our attention to one of the oldest and well-trusted companions in data visualization-charts. Charts are well-defined and well-understood graphical representation of data; the following definition expresses it in the simplest terms:

(In charts) the data is represented by symbols, such as bars in a bar chart, lines in a line chart, or slices in a pie chart.

Jensen C. & Anderson L. (1991)

When charts are used in data visualization, their well-understood graphical semantics and syntax relieve the audience of your visualization from the burden of learning the meaning of the graphical metaphor. Hence, they can focus on the data itself and the information generated through visualization. The goal of this chapter is not only to introduce some of the commonly used chart types but also to demonstrate how the various topics and techniques you learned so far can be combined and leveraged in producing sleek, interactive charts using D3.

Recipes in this chapter...