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D3 Tips and Tricks: Interactive Data Visualization

Gain insights into D3.js, and learn to create and style interactive visuals. Delve into line graphs, bar charts, histograms, and more to master data visualization with D3.

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144 Lessons

102h 30min

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LEARNING OBJECTIVES

Set up a D3 workflow using HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and a web server
Load and parse CSV/JSON data with promises, d3.timeParse, and numeric conversion
Build line charts with SVG, margins, scales/domains, axes, labels, and titles
Customize axes with tick intervals, tick formatting, rotated labels, and gridlines
Draw and style SVG shapes and paths using attributes, transforms, and CSS rules
Create bar charts and histograms using scaleBand, scaleLinear, and d3.bin
Implement interactivity with tooltips, transitions, filtering, and HTML input controls

Learning Roadmap

144 Lessons9 Quizzes

Introduction

Get familiar with essential tools and concepts for beginner-friendly interactive data visualization using D3.js.

What Do We Need to Get Started?

What is D3.js?

Starting with a Simple Graph

Get started with creating simple D3 graphs, integrating HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.

A Simple Graph

HTML

Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)

D3 JavaScript

Setting Up the Margins and the Graph Area

Getting the Data

Formatting the Date and Time

Setting Scales, Domains, and Ranges

Adding Data to the Line Function

Adding the SVG Element

Actually Drawing Something!

Challenge: Change X-Axis Display

Challenge Solution: Change X-Axis Display

Challenge: Line Properties

Challenge Solution: Line Properties

Quiz on Simple Graph Concepts

Author's Note

Things We Can Do with the Simple Graph

21 Lessons

Work your way through enhancing D3 visualizations by configuring axes, customizing labels, and adding multiple graph features.

Elements, Attributes, and Styles

17 Lessons

Grasp the fundamentals of adding, manipulating, and styling elements in D3.js visualizations.

Bar Charts and Histograms

8 Lessons

Dig deeper into creating and distinguishing between bar charts and histograms using D3.js.

Tree Diagrams

15 Lessons

Focus on creating and styling interactive tree diagrams with hierarchical and flat data.

Sankey Diagrams

9 Lessons

Master the steps to create and format Sankey diagrams in D3.js, ensuring effective data visualization.

Bullet Charts

9 Lessons

Step through creating and customizing bullet charts using D3.js, with challenges included.

Mapping with D3.js

9 Lessons

Unpack the core of geographical data management, map creation, zooming, panning, and interactive challenges.

10.

Assorted Tips and Tricks

25 Lessons

Examine tips for tooltips, color gradients, transitions, event handling, filtering, user inputs, and incorporating HTML in D3.js.

11.

D3.js Examples Explained

11 Lessons

Enhance your skills in creating interactive multi-line and difference charts with D3.js.

12.

Conclusion

Congratulations on mastering D3 for interactive data visualization and advanced graph techniques.

Wrap Up

Certificate of Completion

Showcase your accomplishment by sharing your certificate of completion.

Developed by MAANG Engineers

ABOUT THIS COURSE

In this course you will explore D3.js, a JavaScript library used for data visualization. You will start your journey into D3 with a simple line graph. You will learn to break the example down into its components and create variations of the graph by individually tinkering with each component. You will then dive into how to draw elements in D3, such as geometric shapes and paths. In addition, you will learn to apply various styles to these elements and adjust their attributes. Towards the back half, you will get hands-on experience using the techniques to visualize bar charts, histograms, and tree diagrams, and more. By the end of this course, you will become a D3 ninja!

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Malcolm Maclean

I am a technologist that enjoys learning, discovery and passing on information.

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