D3.js is a deep and flexible library that allows you to visualize your data on the web. It provides you with a set of useful tools to turn your data into bespoke, dynamic, and interactive visualizations. In this course, D3.js Data Visualization Fundamentals, you’ll learn to build the visual displays that best represent your data and ideas with D3. First, you’ll explore D3’s key concepts. Then, you’ll learn about how D3 binds data to graphical elements and how this helps you to build out any imaginable graphical representation of your data. Next, you’ll discover how to make your charts dynamic and how to add interactivity to your visuals to let your users explore the data. Finally, you’ll delve into structuring your code in a configurable and reusable form by writing your own small charting library, allowing you to reuse your designs. When you’re finished with this course, you’ll have the D3 skills and knowledge needed to build your bespoke and interactive visualizations on the web.
Author Name: Lars Verspohl
Author Description:
Lars has been modeling and visualizing data for 20 years. He works as an independent data visualization designer and developer, focusing on interactive displays built with web technologies – mainly Javascript/D3 and Canvas. However, a background in statistics means he also very much likes to wrangle, analyze, and model data usually with R sometimes with Python, and previously as Head of Research for MTG, a Nordic media company. Lars also teaches visualization and coding workshops and writes abou… more

Table of Contents

• Course Overview
  2mins
• Covering the Basics
  19mins
• Shaping the Data
  17mins
• Drawing a Bar Chart with Data
  28mins
• Making a Scatter Plot and a Line Chart
  26mins
• Updating Data
  29mins
• Updating Your Bar Chart Data
  12mins
• Adding Interactivity
  26mins
• Working with Hierarchical Layouts
  20mins
• The Reusable Module Pattern
  27mins