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About the Author

Scott Murray is a code artist who writes software to create data visualizations and other interactive phenomena. His work incorporates elements of interaction design, systems design, and generative art. Scott is an Assistant Professor of Design at the University of San Francisco, where he teaches data visualization and interaction design. He is a contributor to Processing, and he teaches workshops on creative coding. Scott earned an A.B. from Vassar College and an M.F.A. from the Dynamic Media Institute at the Massachusetts College of Art and Design. His work can be seen at alignedleft.com.

Twitter: @alignedleft

Interactive Data Visualization for the Web

By Scott Murray $23.99 Read Online Buy the Ebook

This online version of Interactive Data Visualization for the Web includes 44 examples that will show you how to best represent your interactive data. For instance, you'll learn how to create this simple force layout with 10 nodes and 12 edges. Click and drag the nodes below to see the diagram react.

Be sure to get the full ebook bundle on oreilly.com, which includes downloadable, DRM-free PDF, EPUB, and Mobi versions of the book, as well as free, lifetime updates.

This step-by-step guide is ideal whether you’re a designer or visual artist with no programming experience, a reporter exploring the new frontier of data journalism, or anyone who wants to visualize and share data. Create and publish your own interactive data visualization projects on the Web—even if you have little or no experience with data visualization or web development. It’s easy and fun with this practical, hands-on introduction. Author Scott Murray teaches you the fundamental concepts and methods of D3, a JavaScript library that lets you express data visually in a web browser. Along the way, you’ll expand your web programming skills, using tools such as HTML and JavaScript.