Expert Data Visualization: Advanced information visualization with D3.js 4.x - Softcover

Dirksen, Jos

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1786463490 ISBN 13: 9781786463494

Publisher: Packt Publishing, 2017

Synopsis

Breathe life into your data by learning how to use D3.js V4 to visualize information

About This Book

• Create complex visualizations powered by D3.js and open data.
• Provides an extensive set of visualizations that explore all the functionality provided by D3.js V4.
• Shows how to set up an easy–to-use environment to create stunning visualizations.

Who This Book Is For

The typical target audience of this book is JavaScript developers, designers, and visual artists who have some basic JavaScript programming knowledge and who now want to master pro-level techniques to create interactive data visualizations using web standards which work on desktop as well as mobile devices.

What You Will Learn

• Learn how D3.js works to declaratively define visualizations.
• Create charts from scratch by using SVG and the D3.js APIs
• See how to prepare data for easy visualization using D3.js.
• Visualize hierarchical data using chart types provided by D3.js
• Explore the different options provided by D3.js to visualize linked data such as graphs.
• Spice up your visualizations by adding interactivity and animations.
• Learn how to use D3.js to visualize and interact with Geo- and Gis-related information sources.
• Create visualization by streaming data over WebSockets

In Detail

Do you want to make sense of your data? Do you want to create interactive charts, data trees, info-graphics, geospatial charts, and maps efficiently? This book is your ideal choice to master interactive data visualization with D3.js V4.

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About this title

About the Author

Jos Dirksen has worked as a software developer and architect for more than a decade. He has a lot of experience in a large range of technologies, ranging from backend technologies, such as Java and Scala, to frontend development using HTML5, CSS, and JavaScript. Besides working with these technologies, Jos also regularly speaks at conferences and likes to write about new and interesting technologies on his blog. He also likes to experiment with new technologies and see how they can best be used to create beautiful data visualizations.

Jos is currently working as a fullstack engineer for Philips Lighting working, on a large IoT and Scala project. Previously, Jos has worked in many different roles in the private and public sectors, ranging from private companies such as ING, ASML, Malmberg, and ASML to organizations in the public sector, such as the Department of Defence.

Jos has also written three books on Three.js: Learning Three.js, which provides a complete overview of all the features of Three.js; Three.js Essentials, which uses an example-based approach to explore the most important feature of Three.js; and Three.js Cookbook, which provides a recipe-based approach to cover important use cases of Three.js. Jos has also written a book on Scala called Restful Web Services with Scala, and two books on SOA and software integration.

Besides his interest in Javascript, Data Visualization, and HTML5, he is also interested in backend technologies related to Scala, Go, and DevOps.

Edition details

• Publisher: Packt Publishing
• Publication date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1786463490
• ISBN 13: 9781786463494
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 394