June 2026
Intermediate to advanced
582 pages
16h 16m
English
Overview
Master data visualization with D3.js v7 using modern web standards and real-world projects to build interactive charts, maps, and visual narratives
Key Features
- Build dynamic, data-driven visualizations using D3.js v7 and ES2019+
- Create D3 data visualizations, including charts, maps, and networks
- Master data visualization with JavaScript through hands-on examples
Book Description
Learn D3.js, Second Edition, is a fully updated guide to building interactive, standards-compliant data visualizations for the web using D3.js v7 and modern JavaScript. Whether you're a developer, designer, data journalist, or analyst, this book will help you master the core techniques for transforming data into compelling, meaningful visuals.
Starting with fundamentals like selections, data binding, and SVG, the book progressively covers scales, axes, animations, hierarchical data, and geographical maps. Each chapter includes short examples and a hands-on project with downloadable code you can run, modify, and use in your own work.
This new edition introduces improved chapter structure, updated code samples using ES2019 standards, and better formatting for readability. Chapters were completely rewritten to focus on the most important topics first, with suggested exercises after each section, complete with commented solutions and online step-by-step tutorials. All code snippets are drawn from real-world D3 data visualization projects available in a GitHub repository, which also includes bonus content on integrating D3 into applications and migrating legacy code.
With its practical approach, this book remains one of the most respected resources for learning D3.js and creating interactive data visualizations with JavaScript.
What you will learn
- Bind data to DOM elements and apply transitions and styles
- Build interactive bar, line, pie, scatter, tree, and animated network charts
- Implement interactive behaviors with zoom, drag, and tooltips
- Visualize hierarchical data, flows, and maps using D3 layouts and projections
- Use D3 with HTML5 Canvas for high-performance rendering
- Create thematic geographic maps using standard GeoJSON and TopoJSON shapefiles
- Complete 100+ exercises with commented templates and solutions
- Build full visualizations through 10 guided online exercises
Who this book is for
This book is for web developers, data journalists, designers, analysts, and anyone who wants to create interactive, web-based data visualizations. A basic understanding of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript is recommended. No prior knowledge of SVG or D3 is required.
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