Acknowledgements

Mike

First and foremost I would like to express my thanks to Mike Bostock, the driving force behind d3.js. His efforts are tireless and his altruism in making his work open and available to the masses is inspiring.

Partners, Supporters and Contributors.

Mike has worked with a crew of like-minded individuals in bringing D3 to the World. Vadim Ogievetsky and Jeffrey Heer share honours for the work on D3: Data-Driven Documents and while there has been a cast of over 40 people contributing to the D3 code base, Jason Davies stands out as the man who has provided a generous portion especially in the area of mapping.

Nick Zhu has created a fantastic resource in dc.js (which is built on top of d3.js and crossfilter) and has been kind enough to provide good advice and permission to include some of his work in the dc.js section.

Advice given by Christophe Viau has been a great help in getting me settled into the on-line world and his energy in managing and directing the D3 community is amazing.

Mike Dewar (Getting Started with D3), Scott Murray (Interactive Data Visualization for the Web) and Sebastian Gutierrez (dashingd3js.com) lead the pack for providing high quality reference material for learning D3. Many thanks gentlemen.

Proof Reading

I am particularly grateful for the assistance given by Filiep Spyckerelle and Robin Bennett who selflessly donated their time and expertise in proofreading above and beyond the call of duty (where this document contains any errors, they are most certainly mine).

The d3.js Community

Big thanks go out to the D3 community. Whether providing advice on Google Groups or Stack Overflow, contributing examples on bl.ocks.org or just giving back in the form of time and effort to similar work. Well done all.

Cover art

Out of the blue and in yet another example of the friendly and giving nature of people involved in this community I was contacted by Jose (‘Tactician Jenro’) who offered to use his skills to design a cover for the book. I think he did a great job and was super helpful. If you think that he could help you out with a project, you can get in touch with him at jenrothetactician@gmail.com or @tacticianjenro.

Leanpub

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