Skip to Content
D3.js: Cutting-edge Data Visualization
book

D3.js: Cutting-edge Data Visualization

by Ændrew H. Rininsland, Michael Heydt, Pablo Navarro Castillo
March 2017
Beginner to intermediate
868 pages
18h 52m
English
Packt Publishing
Content preview from D3.js: Cutting-edge Data Visualization

Creating the streaming server

In this section, we will use Node to create the streaming server. The server will handle the client connections and the connection to the Twitter-streaming API; it will also manage the list of topics for all the clients who deliver tweets as they arrive.

We will begin by creating Twitter authentication tokens; we will learn how to use the Twit module to manage the connection to the Twitter API, and how to use Socket.IO to handle real-time communication between the server and the client application.

To follow the examples in this section, open the chirp-server project directory in the terminal and run the following command to install the project dependencies:

$ npm install

This will create the node_modules directory ...

Become an O’Reilly member and get unlimited access to this title plus top books and audiobooks from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers, thousands of courses curated by job role, 150+ live events each month,
and much more.

Read now

Unlock full access

More than 5,000 organizations count on O’Reilly

AirBnbBlueOriginElectronic ArtsHomeDepotNasdaqRakutenTata Consultancy Services

QuotationMarkO’Reilly covers everything we've got, with content to help us build a world-class technology community, upgrade the capabilities and competencies of our teams, and improve overall team performance as well as their engagement.
Julian F.
Head of Cybersecurity
QuotationMarkI wanted to learn C and C++, but it didn't click for me until I picked up an O'Reilly book. When I went on the O’Reilly platform, I was astonished to find all the books there, plus live events and sandboxes so you could play around with the technology.
Addison B.
Field Engineer
QuotationMarkI’ve been on the O’Reilly platform for more than eight years. I use a couple of learning platforms, but I'm on O'Reilly more than anybody else. When you're there, you start learning. I'm never disappointed.
Amir M.
Data Platform Tech Lead
QuotationMarkI'm always learning. So when I got on to O'Reilly, I was like a kid in a candy store. There are playlists. There are answers. There's on-demand training. It's worth its weight in gold, in terms of what it allows me to do.
Mark W.
Embedded Software Engineer

You might also like

Data Visualization with D3.js Cookbook

Data Visualization with D3.js Cookbook

Nick Zhu
D3.js 4.x Data Visualization - Third Edition

D3.js 4.x Data Visualization - Third Edition

Aendrew Rininsland, Swizec Teller

Publisher Resources

ISBN: 9781787281776