Developing a D3.js Edge: Constructing Reusable D3 Components and Charts

Chris Viau, Andrew Thornton, Ger Hobbelt, Roland Dunn

ISBN: 9789386052728

122 pages

Description

This book is aimed at both intermediate and advanced D3.js developers, particularly those

interested in understanding the key modular design patterns at the heart of D3.js, and

those wishing to know how to apply them to their own projects. D3.js quickly gathered fame due to its very readable coding patterns and ease of use, combined with an unprecedented flexibility and adaptability. This allows developers of all backgrounds to create both static and animated visualizations of data sets.

About the Author

Chris Viau is a PhD in Computer Engineering from Ecole de Technologie Superieure in Montreal, specialized in Information Visualization. He lives between San Francisco and Montreal, working on visual analytics for BigData.
Andrew Thornton is Austin, TX, USA based data specialist and one of the code artists responsible for the D3.js application demo software.
Roland Dunn is a data viz and optimization consultant based in London, UK with over a decade of working in digital media.
Ger Hobbelt, Dutch national and citizen of political centre The Hague has over two decades of professional IT experience, ranging from ‘hard real-time’ embedded development all the way to mission-critical financial data processing application development and data visualization.

Table of Contents

Book Review

Standard D3
API Requirements
The Reusable API
Reusable Bar Chart
Unit Testing / Test Suites
Plugin Example
Data Manager API
Map API
Introducing Crossfilter
Adding Brushing
Integrating Crossfilter
Radial Histogram API
Conclusion