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Data Visualization with D3 4.x Cookbook

You're reading from   Data Visualization with D3 4.x Cookbook Visualization Strategies for Tackling Dirty Data

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Product type Paperback
Published in Feb 2017
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781786468253
Length 380 pages
Edition 2nd Edition
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Preface 1. Getting Started with D3.js FREE CHAPTER 2. Be Selective 3. Dealing with Data 4. Tipping the Scales 5. Playing with Axes 6. Transition with Style 7. Getting into Shape 8. Chart Them Up 9. Lay Them Out 10. Interacting with Your Visualization 11. Using Force 12. Knowing Your Map 13. Test Drive Your Visualization Appendix. Building Interactive Analytics in Minutes

Introduction

One of the most fundamental tasks that you will need to perform with any data visualization project using D3 is selection. Selection helps you target certain visual elements on the page. If you are already familiar with the W3C-standardized CSS selector or other similar selector APIs provided by popular JavaScript libraries, such as jQuery and Zepto.js, then you will find yourself right at home with D3's selection API. Don't worry if you haven't used the selector API before; this chapter is designed to cover this topic in steps with the help of some very visual recipes. It will cover pretty much all common use cases for your data visualization needs.

Introducing selection

Selector support is standardized by W3C, so all modern web browsers have built-in support for the selector API. However, the basic W3C selector API has limitations when it comes to Web development, especially in the data visualization realm. The standard W3C selector API provides only the selector...

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