Understanding D3

This repo holds resources from an introductory talk on D3, given by Brian Lange, originally at Do Good Data 2016.

Connect with Brian: Twitter // my first name at datascope dot co

Slides

PDF here.

Demo

Finished example with transition is located here. Data used in the demo (as well as some code I used to clean and prepare it) is included in the /data directory.

Further learnings

Resources referenced in the presentation:

• [Interactive Data Visualization for the Web](Interactive Data Visualization for the Web) by Scott Murray, aka @alignedleft. Extensive and excellent book on D3 for beginners and intermediate users alike. Free with demos online, and available as ebook or dead trees.
• D3 for Mere Mortals by Luke Frankl. Shorter intro to D3 akin to what was covered in this session.
• The blog of Mike Bostock, creator of D3.
  • His post on "thinking with data joins"
• The blog of Jerome Cukier
  • "adding stuff" and understanding selections in D3