Visual Storytelling with D3

2014-08-23 Computers

Author : Ritchie S. King
Release : 2014-08-23
Genre : Computers
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 658/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Visual Storytelling with D3 by : Ritchie S. King

Download or read book Visual Storytelling with D3 written by Ritchie S. King. This book was released on 2014-08-23. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Master D3, Today’s Most Powerful Tool for Visualizing Data on the Web Data-driven graphics are everywhere these days, from websites and mobile apps to interactive journalism and high-end presentations. Using D3, you can create graphics that are visually stunning and powerfully effective. Visual Storytelling with D3 is a hands-on, full-color tutorial that teaches you to design charts and data visualizations to tell your story quickly and intuitively, and that shows you how to wield the powerful D3 JavaScript library. Drawing on his extensive experience as a professional graphic artist, writer, and programmer, Ritchie S. King walks you through a complete sample project—from conception through data selection and design. Step by step, you’ll build your skills, mastering increasingly sophisticated graphical forms and techniques. If you know a little HTML and CSS, you have all the technical background you’ll need to master D3. This tutorial is for web designers creating graphics-driven sites, services, tools, or dashboards; online journalists who want to visualize their content; researchers seeking to communicate their results more intuitively; marketers aiming to deepen their connections with customers; and for any data visualization enthusiast. Coverage includes Identifying a data-driven story and telling it visually Creating and manipulating beautiful graphical elements with SVG Shaping web pages with D3 Structuring data so D3 can easily visualize it Using D3’s data joins to connect your data to the graphical elements on a web page Sizing and scaling charts, and adding axes to them Loading and filtering data from external standalone datasets Animating your charts with D3’s transitions Adding interactivity to visualizations, including a play button that cycles through different views of your data Finding D3 resources and getting involved in the thriving online D3 community About the Website All of this book’s examples are available at ritchiesking.com/book, along with video tutorials, updates, supporting material, and even more examples, as they become available.

Interactive Data Visualization for the Web

2013-03-11 Computers

Author : Scott Murray
Release : 2013-03-11
Genre : Computers
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 253/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Interactive Data Visualization for the Web by : Scott Murray

Download or read book Interactive Data Visualization for the Web written by Scott Murray. This book was released on 2013-03-11. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Author Scott Murray teaches you the fundamental concepts and methods of D3, a JavaScript library that lets you express data visually in a web browser

Storytelling with Data

2015-10-09 Mathematics

Author : Cole Nussbaumer Knaflic
Release : 2015-10-09
Genre : Mathematics
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 265/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Storytelling with Data by : Cole Nussbaumer Knaflic

Download or read book Storytelling with Data written by Cole Nussbaumer Knaflic. This book was released on 2015-10-09. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Don't simply show your data—tell a story with it! Storytelling with Data teaches you the fundamentals of data visualization and how to communicate effectively with data. You'll discover the power of storytelling and the way to make data a pivotal point in your story. The lessons in this illuminative text are grounded in theory, but made accessible through numerous real-world examples—ready for immediate application to your next graph or presentation. Storytelling is not an inherent skill, especially when it comes to data visualization, and the tools at our disposal don't make it any easier. This book demonstrates how to go beyond conventional tools to reach the root of your data, and how to use your data to create an engaging, informative, compelling story. Specifically, you'll learn how to: Understand the importance of context and audience Determine the appropriate type of graph for your situation Recognize and eliminate the clutter clouding your information Direct your audience's attention to the most important parts of your data Think like a designer and utilize concepts of design in data visualization Leverage the power of storytelling to help your message resonate with your audience Together, the lessons in this book will help you turn your data into high impact visual stories that stick with your audience. Rid your world of ineffective graphs, one exploding 3D pie chart at a time. There is a story in your data—Storytelling with Data will give you the skills and power to tell it!

Interactive Data Visualization for the Web

2017-08-03 Computers

Author : Scott Murray
Release : 2017-08-03
Genre : Computers
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 315/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Interactive Data Visualization for the Web by : Scott Murray

Download or read book Interactive Data Visualization for the Web written by Scott Murray. This book was released on 2017-08-03. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Create and publish your own interactive data visualization projects on the webâ??even if you have little or no experience with data visualization or web development. Itâ??s inspiring and fun with this friendly, accessible, and practical hands-on introduction. This fully updated and expanded second edition takes you through the fundamental concepts and methods of D3, the most powerful JavaScript library for expressing data visually in a web browser. Ideal for designers with no coding experience, reporters exploring data journalism, and anyone who wants to visualize and share data, this step-by-step guide will also help you expand your web programming skills by teaching you the basics of HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and SVG. Learn D3 4.xâ??the latest D3 versionâ??with downloadable code and over 140 examples Create bar charts, scatter plots, pie charts, stacked bar charts, and force-directed graphs Use smooth, animated transitions to show changes in your data Introduce interactivity to help users explore your data Create custom geographic maps with panning, zooming, labels, and tooltips Walk through the creation of a complete visualization project, from start to finish Explore inspiring case studies with nine accomplished designers talking about their D3-based projects

Learning D3.js Data Visualization

2016 Computers

Author : AEndrew Rininsland
Release : 2016
Genre : Computers
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 042/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Learning D3.js Data Visualization written by AEndrew Rininsland. This book was released on 2016. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Inject new life into your data by creating compelling visualizations with d3.jsAbout This Book- Understand how to best represent your data by developing the right kind of visualization- Harness the power of D3 by building interactive and real-time data-driven web visualizations- This book will provide a strong foundation in designing compelling web visualizations with D3.jsWho This Book Is ForThis book is for web developers, data scientists, and anyone interested in representing data through interactive visualizations on the web with D3. Some basic JavaScript knowledge is expected, but no prior experience with data visualization or D3 is required to follow this book.What You Will Learn- Gain a solid understanding of the common D3 development idioms- Be able to input data, transform it, and output it as a visualization- Add simple effects and user interactions to a visualization- Find out how to write basic D3 code for server using Node.js- Automate testing visualizations using Mocha- Achieve fluency in ES2015, the most modern version of JavaScriptIn DetailD3 has emerged as one of the leading platforms to develop beautiful, interactive visualizations over the web. We begin by setting up a strong foundation, then build on this foundation book will take you through the entire world of reimagining data using interactive, animated visualizations created in D3.js.In addition to covering the various features of D3.js to build a wide range of visualizations, we also focus on the entire process of representing data through visualizations so that developers and those interested in data visualization will get the entire process right.We also include chapters that explore a wide range of visualizations through practical use cases. By the end of this book, you will have unlocked the mystery behind successful data visualizations and will be ready to use D3 to transform any data into a more engaging and sophisticated visualization.Style and approachThis book has comprehensive explanation on how to leverage the power of D3.js to create powerful and creative visualizations through step by step instruction

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