HTML5 Graphing and Data Visualization Cookbook

Get a complete grounding in the exciting visual world of Canvas and HTML5 using this recipe-packed cookbook. Learn to create charts and graphs, draw complex shapes, add interactivity, work with Google maps, and much more.

Key Features

• Build interactive visualizations of data from scratch with integrated animations and events
• Draw with canvas and other html5 elements that improve your ability to draw directly in the browser
• Work and improve existing 3rd party charting solutions such as Google Maps

Book Description

What you will learn

• Creating graphics in Canvas 2D and draw complex shapes
• Building most of the common charts through step-by-step recipes
• Adding interactivity to canvas elements and create your own JavaScript animation engine
• Discovering many fantastic charting solutions and learn how to deal with their capabilities and how to change them as well
• Learning how to work with Google maps , Google Charts, and Google Docs API
• Integrating your data into live data, xml driven data, objects, and strings

Who this book is for

You don't need to have a background in HTML5 or Canvas but you do need to have a basic understanding of how HTML works and know how to code in any language (preferably in JavaScript). In this book we will not explain how to learn to code but how to create projects and how to plan and execute them in the process.