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BALAJI MANDAVA

Last edited Mar 04, 2024
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Data Visualization with D3.js

This HTML file demonstrates how to load and display a summary of a CSV data file using the D3.js library.

Getting Started

To run this code, you need to have a CSV file containing your data. Follow these steps:

  1. Create a new CSV file with your data or use an existing one.
  2. Upload the CSV file to a service like GitHub Gist or Pastebin to get a public URL for the raw data.
  3. Open the index.html file in a text editor and replace "YOUR_CSV_DATA_URL" with the raw URL of your CSV data.
  4. Save the changes to the HTML file.
  5. Open the HTML file in a web browser.

Code Structure

The HTML file consists of the following sections:

  1. <head> section:

    • Sets the page title.
    • Includes basic CSS styles to format the data summary.
  2. <body> section:

    • Contains an <h1> heading and a <div> element with an id of data-summary where the data summary will be displayed.
    • Includes the D3.js library using a <script> tag with the source https://unpkg.com/d3@7.3.0/dist/d3.min.js.
    • Includes a <script> section that loads the CSV data using d3.csv("YOUR_CSV_DATA_URL").
  3. Inside the .then callback function:

    • Logs the loaded data to the console for inspection.
    • Selects the #data-summary div using d3.select("#data-summary").
    • Appends paragraph elements (<p>) with various data summaries:
      • The number of rows in the data (data.length).
      • The column names of the data (Object.keys(data[0])) assuming the first row contains the column names.
      • The first row of data (data[0]) as a JSON string.

Customization

You can modify the code inside the .then callback function to display additional data summaries or visualizations as needed. You can also update the CSS styles in the <head> section to change the appearance of the data summary.

Dependencies

This code relies on the following dependencies:

The D3.js library is included from the unpkg.com CDN, so you don't need to download or install it separately.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License.

MIT Licensed