D3 Start to Finish (2nd Edition)
D3 Start to Finish (2nd Edition)
Learn how to make a custom data visualisation using D3.js.
About the Book
D3 Start to Finish (2nd edition) teaches you how to build a custom, interactive and beautiful data visualisation using the JavaScript library D3.js (versions 6 and 7).
The book covers D3 concepts such as selections, joins, requests, scale functions, event handling and transitions. It also covers general web development techniques such as state management and modularisation. In other words, everything you need to know to build a real world, custom data visualisation.
You'll also learn how these concepts are put into practice by seeing how an interactive data visualisation called Energy Explorer is built. This is a custom data visualisation that visualises the energy mix of 141 countries. There are 15 separate build steps and you're taken through each step in detail. There's also a code download link for all 15 steps.
The 2nd edition supports ES modules. It's generally revised and updated from the original edition. It also includes appendices on data transformation and adding responsivity and dark mode to Energy Explorer.
Some of the topics covered are:
- requesting CSV data using D3
- D3 data joins (including joining nested data)
- architecting a data visualisation using a layout function
- detailed styling using CSS
- adding a tooltip using the Tippy.js library
- state management
- animations using D3 transitions
- data manipulation using Lodash
- adding a menu, legend and footer
- ES modules
- how to transform the raw data from the World Bank into the required format
- how to make Energy Explorer responsive to different device widths
- how to add a dark mode to Energy Explorer
To get the most out of this book you need to be familiar with HTML, SVG, CSS and JavaScript. If you need to get up to speed with these languages I recommend my book Fundamentals of HTML, CSS, SVG & JavaScript for Data Visualisation. I've bundled both books together at a reduced cost (visit bundle).
You also need a text editor (such as VS Code), a web browser and Node.js installed on your computer. The book contains appendices that help you get these set up.
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Table of Contents
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Energy Explorer
- 3. Getting started
- 4. Introduction to D3
- 5. Requesting Data with D3
- 6. Build: Load the Data
- 7. D3 Selections
- 8. Data Joins
- 9. Build: Draw the Data
- 10. Scale Functions
- 11. Build: Size the Circles
- 12. Architecture for Web-based Data Visualisation
- 13. Build: Add Modules and layout function
- 14. Arranging Items in a Grid
- 15. Build: Arrange the Data
- 16. The Build So Far
- 17. More on D3 Selections
- 18. More on D3 Joins
- 19. Build: Add Labels
- 20. Build: Add More Circles
- 21. Build: Style the Circles
- 22. D3 Event Handling
- 23. Tippy.js Tooltip Library
- 24. Build: Add a tooltip
- 25. State Management
- 26. Build: Add a Menu
- 27. Data Manipulation
- 28. Build: Sort the Countries
- 29. D3 Transitions
- 30. Build: Add Transitions
- 31. Build: Add a Legend
- 32. Build: Finishing Touches
- 33. Wrapping Up
- Appendix A: Tools and Set-up
- Appendix B: Deploying Energy Explorer
- Appendix C: ES2015 Modules
- Appendix D: Data transformation
- Appendix E: Responsiveness
- Appendix F: Dark Mode
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