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Data Visualization with D3.js Cookbook
by 作者: Nick Qi Zhu
ISBN-10 书号: 178216216X
ISBN-13 书号: 9781782162162
Publisher Finelybook 出版日期: October 24,2013
Publisher Finelybook 出版社: Packt
Pages: 338
Book Description
D3.js is a JavaScript library designed to display digital data in dynamic graphical form. It helps you bring data to life using HTML,SVG,and CSS. D3 allows great control over the final visual result,and it is the hottest and most powerful web-based data visualization technology on the market today.
"Data Visualization with D3.js Cookbook" is packed with practical recipes to help you learn every aspect of data visualization with D3.
"Data Visualization with D3.js Cookbook" is designed to provide you with all the guidance you need to get to grips with data visualization with D3. With this book,you will create breathtaking data visualization with professional efficiency and precision with the help of practical recipes,illustrations,and code samples.
"Data Visualization with D3.js Cookbook" starts off by touching upon data visualization and D3 basics before gradually taking you through a number of practical recipes covering a wide range of topics you need to know about D3.
You will learn the fundamental concepts of data visualization,functional JavaScript,and D3 fundamentals including element selection,data binding,animation,and SVG generation. You will also learn how to leverage more advanced techniques such as custom interpolators,custom tweening,timers,the layout manager,force manipulation,and so on. This book also provides a number of pre-built chart recipes with ready-to-go sample code to help you bootstrap quickly.
Contents
1: GETTING STARTED WITH D3.JS
2: BE SELECTIVE
3: DEALING WITH DATA
4: TIPPING THE SCALES
5: PLAYING WITH AXES
6: TRANSITION WITH STYLE
7: GETTING INTO SHAPE
8: CHART THEM UP
9: LAY THEM OUT
10: INTERACTING WITH YOUR VISUALIZATION
11: USING FORCE
12: KNOW YOUR MAP
13: TEST DRIVE YOUR VISUALIZATION
What you will learn
Learn how to use functional JavaScript so you can write it the D3 way
Select and manipulate HTML and SVG elements efficiently in D3
Drive your visualization using data
Master D3 scales and interpolators
Animate your visualization with style
Use SVG and various D3 path generators
Explore D3 layouts and understand and leverage D3 force
Build mobile-first interactive visualization with touch support
Test-drive your visualization implementation
Build multi-dimensional data visualization with crossfilter and dc.js in minutes
Authors
Nick Zhu
Nick Zhu is a professional programmer and data engineer with more than a decade experience in software development,big data,and machine learning. Currently,he is one of the founders and CTO of Yroo.com - meta search engine for online shopping. He is also the creator of dc.js—a popular multidimensional charting library built on D3.
