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Data Visualization with D3 4.x Cookbook - Second Edition
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Data Visualization with D3 4.x Cookbook - Second Edition

by Nick Zhu
February 2017
Beginner to intermediate
380 pages
7h 21m
English
Packt Publishing
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Chapter 3. Dealing with Data

In this chapter, we will cover:

  • Binding an array as data
  • Binding object literals as data
  • Binding functions as data
  • Working with arrays
  • Filtering with data
  • Sorting with data
  • Loading data from a server
  • Asynchronous data loading using queue

Introduction

In this chapter, we will explore the most essential question in any data visualization project: how data can be represented in both programming constructs, and its visual metaphor. Before we start on this topic, some discussion on data visualization is necessary. In order to understand what data visualization is, first we will need to understand the difference between data and information.

Data consists of raw facts. The word raw indicates that the facts have not yet been processed ...

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