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D3.js Quick Start Guide

You're reading from   D3.js Quick Start Guide Create amazing, interactive visualizations in the browser with JavaScript

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Product type Paperback
Published in Sep 2018
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781789342383
Length 180 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Matthew Huntington Matthew Huntington
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Table of Contents (10) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Getting Started with D3.js FREE CHAPTER 2. Using SVG to Create Images Using Code 3. Building an Interactive Scatter Plot 4. Making a Basic Scatter Plot Interactive 5. Creating a Bar Graph Using a Data File 6. Animating SVG Elements to Create an Interactive Pie Chart 7. Using Physics to Create a Force-Directed Graph 8. Mapping 9. Other Books You May Enjoy

Building an Interactive Scatter Plot

Let's pretend we've started jogging and we want to visualize the data regarding our progress as a runner, with a scatter plot. We're going to have an array of objects, each with a date and distance properties. For each object in the array, we're going to create a circle in our SVG. If the distance property of an object is relatively high, its associated circle will be higher up on the graph. If the date property of an object is relatively high (a later date), its associated circle will be farther right.

By the end of this lesson, you should be able to do the following:

  • Add a link to the D3 library
  • Add an<svg>tag and size it with D3
  • Create some fake data for our app
  • Add SVG circles and style them
  • Create a linear scale
  • Attach data to visual elements
  • Use data attached to a visual element to affect its appearance
  • Create...
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