Chapter 9. Lay Them Out
In this chapter we will cover:
- Building a pie chart
- Building a stacked area chart
- Building a treemap
- Building a tree
- Building an enclosure diagram
Introduction
The D3 layout is the focus of this chapter—a concept we have not encountered before. As expected, D3 layouts are algorithms that calculate and generate placement information for a group of elements. However there are a few critical properties worth mentioning before we dive deeper into the specifics:
- Layouts are data: Layouts are purely data centric and data driven, they do not generate any graphical or display related output directly. This allows them to be used and reused with SVG or canvas or even when there is no graphical output
- Abstract and reusable: Layouts are abstract, ...
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