Dev.cast

A couple of weeks ago I did a podcast about SVG and in that we discussed the importance offrameworks.deliberately we didn't discuss one of the most popularones,D3.js.D3 describe themselves as a framework for data-drivendocuments.It is really great for visualizationsofdata, from a simple bar chart toreallyadvanced interactivemaps.(link to examples) D3 is, for example, used by Microsoftto createvisualizationsinPowerBI.In this episode of Dev.Cast have I invited Amelia Bellamy-Royds,anauthor of severalbooks about SVG andalso a member of W3C SVGWorking Group, todiscuss this topic.Listen, learn and enjoy.LinksCharting libraries built on D3:C3.js http://c3js.org/NVD3 http://nvd3.org/dc.js https://dc-js.github.io/dc.js/d3.chart http://misoproject.com/d3-chart/Information about work on D3 version 4:Github branch with API links https://github.com/mbostock/d3/tree/4#arraysEssay by Mike Bostock on the design of a good API, withexamplesof changes in D3 version 4 https://medium.com/@mbostock/what-makes-software-good-943557