Create Web Charts with D3 [electronic resource] /
Nelli, Fabio.author.
Create Web Charts with D3 shows how to convert your data into eye-catching, innovative, animated, and highly interactive browser-based charts. This book is suitable for developers of all experience levels and needs: if you want power and control and need to create data visualization beyond traditional charts, then D3 is the JavaScript library for you. By the end of the book, you will have a good knowledge of all the elements needed to manage data from every possible source, from high-end scientific instruments to Arduino boards, from PHP SQL databases queries to simple HTML tables, and from Matlab calculations to reports in Excel. This book contains content previously published in Beginning JavaScript Charts. Create all kinds of charts using the latest technologies available on browsers Full of step-by-step examples, Create Web Charts with D3 introduces you gradually to all aspects of chart development, from the data source to the choice of which solution to apply. This book provides a number of tools that can be the starting point for any project requiring graphical representations of data, whether using commercial libraries or your own.
""Contents at a Glance""; ""Contents""; ""About the Author""; ""About the Technical Reviewer""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction""; ""Chapter 1: Charting Technology Overview""; ""Elements in a Chart""; ""Most Common Charts""; ""How to Realize Charts on the Web""; ""HTML5""; ""Charting with SVG and CANVAS""; ""Canvas vs SVG""; ""The DOM""; ""Developing in JavaScript""; ""Running and Debugging JavaScript""; ""Data Types in JavaScript""; ""Arrays""; ""Objects""; ""Firebug and DevTools""; ""JSON""; ""Summary""; ""Chapter 2: Working with D3""; ""Introducing D3""
""Starting with a Blank HTML Page""""Using Selections and Operators""; ""Selections and Selectors""; ""Operators""; ""Creating New Elements""; ""The html(â€?) Method""; ""The append(â€?) Method""; ""The insert(â€?) Method""; ""Inserting Data into Elements""; ""Applying Dynamic Properties""; ""Adding SVG Elements""; ""Creating an SVG Element""; ""Transformations""; ""Transitions""; ""Summary""; ""Chapter 3: Line Charts with D3""; ""Developing a Line Chart with D3""; ""Starting with the First Bricks""; ""Scales, Domains, and Range s""; ""Inside the Code""; ""Using Data with (x,y) Values""
""Controlling the Axesâ€? Range""""Adding the Axis Arrows""; ""Adding a Title and Axis Labels""; ""Drawing a Line Chart from Data in a CSV File""; ""Reading and Parsing Data""; ""Implementing Axes and the Grid""; ""Drawing Data with the csv() Function""; ""Adding Marks to the Line""; ""Line Charts with Filled Areas""; ""Multiseries Line Charts""; ""Working with Multiple Series of Data""; ""Legend""; ""Interpolating Lines""; ""Difference Line Chart""; ""Summary""; ""Chapter 4: Bar Charts with D3""; ""Drawing a Bar Chart""; ""Drawing a Stacked Bar Chart""; ""A Normalized Stacked Bar Chart""
""Drawing a Grouped Bar Chart""""Horizontal Bar Chart with Negative Values""; ""Summary""; ""Chapter 5: Pie Charts with D3""; ""The Basic Pie Charts""; ""Drawing a Basic Pie Chart""; ""Some Variations on Pie Charts""; ""Working on Color Sequences""; ""Sorting the Slices in a Pie Chart""; ""Adding Spaces Between the Slices""; ""Representing the Slices Only with Outlines""; ""Mixing All of This""; ""Donut Charts""; ""Polar Area Diagrams""; ""Summary""; ""Chapter 6: Candlestick Charts with D3""; ""Creating an OHLC Chart""; ""Date Format""; ""Box Representation in Candlestick Charts""
""Summary""""Chapter 7: Scatterplot and Bubble Charts with D3""; ""Scatterplot""; ""Markers and Symbols""; ""Using Symbols as Markers""; ""Using Customized Markers""; ""Adding More Functionalities""; ""Trendlines""; ""Clusters""; ""K-Mean Algorithm""; ""Applying the Cluster Analysis to the Scatterplot""; ""Highlighting Data Points""; ""Bubble Chart""; ""Summary""; ""Chapter 8: Radar Charts with D3""; ""Radar Chart""; ""Building Auto Scaling Axes""; ""Adding Data to the Radar Chart""; ""Improving Your Radar Chart""; ""Summary""; ""Chapter 9: Handling Live Data with D3""; ""Real-Time Charts""
""Using PHP to Extract Data from a MySQL Table""
''The Expert Voice''--Cover. 
Includes index.
Create Web Charts with D3 shows how to convert your data into eye-catching, innovative, animated, and highly interactive browser-based charts. This book is suitable for developers of all experience levels and needs: if you want power and control and need to create data visualization beyond traditional charts, then D3 is the JavaScript library for you. By the end of the book, you will have a good knowledge of all the elements needed to manage data from every possible source, from high-end scientific instruments to Arduino boards, from PHP SQL databases queries to simple HTML tables, and from Matlab calculations to reports in Excel. This book contains content previously published in Beginning JavaScript Charts. Create all kinds of charts using the latest technologies available on browsers Full of step-by-step examples, Create Web Charts with D3 introduces you gradually to all aspects of chart development, from the data source to the choice of which solution to apply. This book provides a number of tools that can be the starting point for any project requiring graphical representations of data, whether using commercial libraries or your own.
Computer programming.
Multimedia systems .
Web Development.
Media Design.