Learn how to create appealing and interactive visual presentations of your data in ActionScript with this book and ebook.
Key Features
Learn how to create various visually dynamic graphs and charts
Import data from different sources, such as web services
Learn how to map geographical data, visualize in 3D
Book Description
"A picture is worth a thousand words" has never been more true than when representing large sets of data. Bar charts, heat maps, cartograms, and many more have become important tools in applications and presentations to quickly give insight into complicated issues.The "ActionScript Graphing Cookbook" shows you how to add your own charts to any ActionScript program. The recipes give step-by-step instructions on how to process the input data, how to create various types of charts and how to make them interactive for even more user engagement.Starting with basic ActionScript knowledge, you will learn how to develop many different types of charts.First learn how to import your data, from Excel, web services and more. Next process the data and make it ready for graphical display. Pick one of the many graph options available as the book guides you through ActionScript's drawing functions. And when you're ready for it, branch out into 3D display.The recipes in the "ActionScript Graphing Cookbook" will gradually introduce you into the world of visualization.
What you will learn
Import data from various sources
Organize the various visual elements of a graph
Draw many types of charts, such as bar, line and pie charts, meters and many more
Make graphs interactive with hover and zoom effects
Work with geographical data and maps
Animate graphs with real time data
Show and interact with network displays
Discover three dimensional drawing and graphing
Who this book is for
The "ActionScript Graphing Cookbook" is aimed at any ActionScript developer who wants to add data visualization to their skill set. The reader should be familiar with ActionScript basics, but no deep knowledge of any graphical functions is required.