| Description |
1 online resource (1 volume) : illustrations |
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Includes index. |
| Summary |
This book shows how to use JavaScript, HTML, and CSS to build the most practical visualizations for your data. Step-by-step examples walk you through creating, integrating, and debugging different types of visualizations and will have you building basic visualizations, like bar, line, and scatter graphs, in no time. Advanced topics include: tree maps, heat maps, network graphs, word clouds, and timelines; map geographic data, sparklines and composite charts; adding interactivity and retrieving data with AJAX; managing data in the browser and building data-driven web applications; Flotr2, Flot, Chronoline.js, D3.js, Underscore.js, and Backbone.js libraries. -- Edited summary from book. |
| Contents |
About the Author; Brief Contents; Contents in Detail; Acknowledgments; Introduction; The Book's Philosophy; The Book's Contents; Source Code for Examples; Chapter 1: Graphing Data; Creating a Basic Bar Chart; Step 1: Include the Required JavaScript; Step 2: Set Aside a Element to Hold the Chart; Step 3: Define the Data; Step 4: Draw the Chart; Step 5: Fix the Vertical Axis; Step 6: Fix the Horizontal Axis; Step 7: Adjust the Styling; Step 8: Vary the Bar Color; Step 9: Work Around flotr2 "Bugs"; Plotting Continuous Data with a Line Chart; Step 1: Define the Data |
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Step 2: Graph the CO2 DataStep 3: Add the Temperature Data; Step 4: Improve the Chart's Readability; Step 5: Clarify the Temperature Measurements; Step 6: Label the Chart; Step 7: Work Around flotr2 "Bugs"; Emphasizing Fractions Using a Pie Chart; Step 1: Define the Data; Step 2: Draw the Chart; Step 3: Label the Values; Step 4: Work Around flotr2 "Bugs"; Plotting X/Y Data with a Scatter Chart; Step 1: Define the Data; Step 2: Format the Data; Step 3: Plot the Data; Step 4: Adjust the Chart's Axes; Step 5: Label the Data; Step 6: Clarify the X-Axis; Step 7: Answer Users' Questions |
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Step 8: Work Around flotr2 "Bugs"Adding Magnitudes to X/Y Data with a Bubble Chart; Step 1: Define the Data; Step 2: Create a Background for the Chart; Step 3: Plot the Data; Step 4: Add the Background; Step 5: Color the Bubbles; Step 6: Adjust the Legend Styles; Step 7: Work Around flotr2 "Bugs"; Displaying Multidimensional Data with a Radar Chart; Step 1: Define the Data; Step 2: Create the Chart; Step 3: Work Around flotr2 "Bugs"; Summing Up; Chapter 2: Making Charts Interactive; Selecting Chart Content; Step 1: Include the Required JavaScript Libraries |
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Step 2: Set Aside a Element to Hold the ChartStep 3: Prepare the Data; Step 4: Draw the Chart; Step 5: Add the Controls; Step 6: Define the Data Structure for the Interaction; Step 7: Determine Chart Data Based on the Interaction State; Step 8: Add the Controls Using JavaScript; Step 9: Respond to the Interaction Controls; Zooming In on Charts; Step 1: Prepare the Page; Step 2: Draw the Chart; Step 3: Prepare the Data to Support Interaction; Step 4: Prepare to Accept Interaction Events; Step 5: Enable the Interaction; Tracking Data Values |
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Step 1: Set Aside a Element to Hold the ChartsStep 2: Prepare the Data; Step 3: Draw the Charts; Step 4: Implement the Interaction; Retrieving Data Using AJAX; Step 1: Understand the Source Data; Step 2: Get the First Level of Data via AJAX; Step 3: Process the First Level of Data; Step 4: Get the Real Data; Step 5: Process the Data; Step 6: Create the Chart; Summing Up; Chapter 3: Integrating Charts on a Page; Creating a Classic Sparkline; Step 1: Include the Required JavaScript Libraries; Step 2: Create the HTML Markup for the Sparkline; Step 3: Draw the Sparkline |
| Subject |
Information visualization -- Data processing.
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JavaScript (Computer program language)
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Visualisation de l'information -- Informatique. |
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JavaScript (Langage de programmation) |
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JavaScript (Computer program language) |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Thomas, Stephen A., 1962- Data visualization with JavaScript 9781593276058 (DLC) 2014039759 (OCoLC)891609099 |
| ISBN |
9781457189869 |
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1457189860 |
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