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Jos Dirksen
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Jos Dirksen

Jos Dirksen has worked as a software developer and architect for almost two decades. He has a lot of experience in many technologies, ranging from backend technologies, such as Java and Scala, to frontend development using HTML5, CSS, JavaScript, and Typescript. Besides working with these technologies, Jos regularly speaks at conferences and likes to write about new and interesting technologies on his blog. He also likes to experiment with new technologies and see how they can best be used to create beautiful data visualizations. Previously, Jos has worked in many different roles in the private and public sectors, ranging from private companies such as ING, ASML, Malmberg, and Philips to organizations in the public sector, such as the Department of Defense and the Port of Rotterdam.
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Bubble chart

In this section, we're going to create the following bubble chart. This chart shows which word throughout all the Simpsons episodes is spoken the most by a specific character:

This bubble chart has the following features:

  • The size of a circle represents how often that word is spoken
  • It uses a force layout to position the bubbles
  • We use a custom force function to group the words together for each character
  • You can drag and drop individual words
  • When you hover over a word, the word is shown at the bottom, and the character who said it is highlighted

But first we need to create the data that we'll use for this chart.

Getting the data

For this data, we're going to use the same database we used in the beginning of this chapter. This time...

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Published in: Apr 2017Publisher: PacktISBN-13: 9781786463494

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Jos Dirksen

Jos Dirksen has worked as a software developer and architect for almost two decades. He has a lot of experience in many technologies, ranging from backend technologies, such as Java and Scala, to frontend development using HTML5, CSS, JavaScript, and Typescript. Besides working with these technologies, Jos regularly speaks at conferences and likes to write about new and interesting technologies on his blog. He also likes to experiment with new technologies and see how they can best be used to create beautiful data visualizations. Previously, Jos has worked in many different roles in the private and public sectors, ranging from private companies such as ING, ASML, Malmberg, and Philips to organizations in the public sector, such as the Department of Defense and the Port of Rotterdam.
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