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D3 Tips and Tricks: Interactive Data Visualization
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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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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!

In this course you will explore D3.js, a JavaScript library used for data visualization. You will start your journey into D3 wi...Show More

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144 Lessons9 Quizzes

Introduction

2 Lessons

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

17 Lessons

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.

Setting Up and Configuring the Axes

Changing the Number of Ticks on an Axis

Rotating Text Labels for a Graph Axis

Formatting a Date and Time Axis with Specified Values

Adding the X-Axis Label

Adding the Y-Axis Label

How to Add a Title to Your Graph

Change a Line Chart Into a Scatter Plot

Smoothing out Graph Lines

Make a Dashed Line

Filling an Area Under the Graph

Adding a Drop Shadow

Adding Grid Lines to a Graph

Adding More Than One Line to a Graph

Labelling Multiple Lines on a Graph

Multiple Axes for a Graph

Challenge: Formatters

Challenge Solution: Formatters

Challenge: Rotate Title

Challenge Solution: Rotate Title

Quiz on More Simple Graph Concepts

Elements, Attributes, and Styles

17 Lessons

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

The Framework for D3 Elements

Elements: Circle, Ellipse, and Rectangle

Elements: Line, Polyline, Polygon, and Path

Elements: Clipped Path

Elements: Text

Attributes: Points

Attributes: Transform

Attributes: Width, Height, Length, and Text

Styles: Fill, Stroke, Opacity, and Fill-Opacity

Styles: Stroke-Opacity, Width, Dasharray, and Linecap

Styles: Writing-Mode and Glyph-Orientation-Vertical

Using Styles in Cascading Style Sheets

Challenge: Draw an Ellipse

Challenge Solution: Draw an Ellipse

Challenge: Overlapping Circles

Challenge Solution: Overlapping Circles

Quiz on Elements, Attributes, and Styles

Bar Charts and Histograms

8 Lessons

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

Bar Charts and Histograms

Bar Charts

Histograms

Challenge: Bar Charts

Challenge Solution: Bar Charts

Challenge: Histogram

Challenge Solution: Histogram

Quiz on Bar Charts and Histograms

Tree Diagrams

15 Lessons

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

What is a Tree Diagram?

A Simple Tree Diagram Explained

A Horizontal Tree Diagram Explained

Styling: Changing Node and Link Colors

Styling: Changing the Nodes to Different Shapes

Using Images as Nodes

Generating a Tree Diagram From External Data

Generating a Tree Diagram from 'Flat' Data

Generating a Tree Diagram from a CSV File

An Interactive Tree Diagram

Challenge: Data Formats

Challenge Solution: Data Formats

Challenge: Nodes and Links

Challenge Solution: Nodes and Links

Quiz on Tree Diagrams

Sankey Diagrams

9 Lessons

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

Introduction to Sankey Diagrams

Sankey Diagram Code

Formatting Data From a JSON

Formatting Data From a CSV

Challenge: Display JSON

Challenge Solution: Display JSON

Challenge: Change Link Color

Challenge Solution: Change Link Color

Quiz on Sankey Diagrams

Bullet Charts

9 Lessons

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

Introduction to Bullet Chart Structure

D3.js Code for Bullet Charts

Adapting and Changing Bullet Chart Components

Add More Ranges and Measures

Challenge: Move Subtitle

Challenge Solution: Move Subtitle

Challenge: Invert Chart

Challenge Solution: Invert Chart

Quiz on Bullet Charts

Mapping with D3.js

9 Lessons

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

GeoJSON and TopoJSON

Starting with a Simple Map

Zooming and Panning a Map

Displaying Points on a Map

Challenge: Display Country

Challenges Solution: Display Country

Challenge: Display Hometown

Challenge Solution: Display your Hometown

Quiz on Mapping

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.

Tooltips

Get Tipping

Including an HTML Link in a Tooltip

Colors

Filtering

Select Items with an 'IF' Statement

Color Gradient on Line

Color Gradient on Area

Transitions

Show/Hide Elements

Using HTML Inputs

Using a 'Range' Input

Using More Than One Input

Rotate Text with an Input

Use a 'Number' Input with D3.js

Add an HTML Table to Your Graph

More Table Madness

Adding Web Links to D3 Objects

Export an Image

Understanding JavaScript Object Notation (JSON)

Challenge: Rotating Square

Challenge Solution: Rotating Square

Challenge: Scatter Plot

Challenge Solution: Scatter Plot

Quiz on Tooltips

11.

D3.js Examples Explained

11 Lessons

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

Multi-Line Graph: Purpose, Code, and Description

Multi-Line Graph: Applying Colors and Legend

Multi-Line Graph: Making it Interactive

Difference Chart: Purpose, Code, and Description

Difference Chart: Nesting and Wrangling the Data

Difference Chart: Cheating with the Domain

Difference Chart: Clipping and Adding the Areas

Adding a Bit More to Our Difference Chart

My Favorite Tooltip Method for a Line Graph

My Favorite Tooltip: The Final Block

My Favorite Tooltip: Complex Version

12.

Conclusion

1 Lessons

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.

Course Author:

Malcolm Maclean

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