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 ...
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