Developing a D3.js Edge

by Roland Dunn, Ger Hobbelt, Andrew Thornton

D3 is a powerful framework for producing interactive data visualizations. Many examples created in the real world with D3, however, can best be described as “spaghetti code.” So, if you are interested in using D3 in a reusable and modular way, which is of course in line with modern development practices, then this book is for you!

This book is aimed at intermediate developers, so to get the most from this book you need to know some JavaScript, and you should have experience creating graphics using D3. You will also want to have a good debugger handy (Chrome Developer panel or the Firefox/Firebug combo), to help you step through the many real world examples that you’ll find in this book.

Genres: Programming

139 pages, Kindle Edition

First published June 25, 2013

Reviews

[Marcos · Rating 5 out of 5]

The usual workflow when developing interactive data visualizations with D3.js is based on the great number of examples that its community provides. They are vast and useful, but still not ideal. Most of the time they require a lot of effort to integrate in your code and make them production ready.

Developing a D3.js Edge suggests a series of best practices that provide a way of developing professional and reusable D3.js graphs.

Check more on my blog post about the book.