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Jos Dirksen
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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In this chapter, we've explored a number of different ways you can visualize graphs of data. D3 provides a number of different standard tools and techniques to visualize these data structures. A very versatile one is the d3.force layout. With this layout, you specify how the various parts of the graph (the nodes and the edges) influence each other, and by running the simulation, D3 moves the elements to their correct positions. While very versatile, it can quickly become unreadable when the number of interconnections increases. For an alternative to the force layout, D3 provides a chord layout. With the chord layout, we can easily visualize more complex interactions in a compact visualization. The last visualization we showed in this chapter uses a matrix layout, where we created a big table that allows you to quickly see the links between elements without having to follow lines or ribbons.

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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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