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JavaScript D3.js Make Visualizations Interactive Interactive Visualizations

OMER FARUK BULGAK
OMER FARUK BULGAK
5,544 Points

D3.js is the only course I didnt get much benefit on teamtreehouse.com I couldnt solve that question also :(

Help will be appreciated

js/app.js
// set up static variables
// the dimensions of the visualization
var width = 650,
height = 500;

// the "padding" space between the section content
// and the visualization
var padding = 50;

var container = d3.select('#graph')
    .append('svg')
    .attr('id', 'container')
    .attr('width', width + padding * 2)
    .attr('height', height + padding * 2);

var info = d3.select('#graph')
    .select('#info')
    .style('width', width + padding * 2)

var viz = container.append('g')
    .attr('id', 'viz')
    .attr('transform',
          'translate(' + padding + ','
          + padding + ')');

var tempScale = d3.scale.linear()
    .range([height, 0]);

var rainScale = d3.scale.linear()
    .range([height, 0]);

var xScale = d3.time.scale()
    .range([0, width]);

var xAxis = d3.svg.axis()
    .scale(xScale)
    .orient("bottom")
    .tickFormat(d3.time.format("%b %Y"));

var tempAxis = d3.svg.axis()
    .scale(tempScale)
    .orient("right")
    .tickFormat(function(d) {
        d = d.toString();
        return d.substr(0, d.length-1) + '.' + d.substr(-1);
    });

var rainAxis =  d3.svg.axis()
    .scale(rainScale)
    .orient("left");

var lineGenerator = d3.svg.line()
    .x(function(d) { return xScale( createDate( d.DATE )); })
    .y(function(d) { return rainScale(d.PRCP); })
    .interpolate("linear");

var bisectDate = d3.bisector(function(d) { return d.DATE; }).left;

d3.select("#temp-key")
    .style('background', '#95cddf');


d3.select("#rain-key")
    .style('background', '#cc627a');


d3.csv('app/climate_data_truncated.csv', function(data) {


    // find min and max of data set
    // note, MaxTemp and MinTemp are two seperate
    // columns in our CSV
    tempScaleMax = d3.max(data, function(d){
        return parseInt(d.TMAX)
    });

    tempScaleMin = d3.min(data, function(d){
        return parseInt(d.TMIN)
    });

    // Now we will use the "extent" method to accomplish the same
    // thing but in one function!
    // Even though we have this nifty function, we'll still use
    // 0 as the domain initial value so that the visualization is
    // contextualized correctly
    rainScaleExtent = d3.extent(data, function(d) {
        return parseInt(d.PRCP)
    });
    // Set up the xScale, which is an extension of
    // the linear scale, but for time
    xScaleExtent = d3.extent(data, function(d){
        return createDate(d.DATE)
    });

    // Format the scales, making them reach a bit wider
    // giving them a bit more room by multiplying the highest values
    // and lowest values
    tempScale.domain([parseInt(tempScaleMin), parseInt(tempScaleMax) * 1.1]);
    rainScale.domain([0, parseInt(rainScaleExtent[1])]);

    oneDayEarlier = function(date) { return date.setDate(date.getDate() - 1) };
    oneDayLater = function(date) {return date.setDate(date.getDate() + 1)};

    xScale.domain([oneDayEarlier(xScaleExtent[0]), oneDayLater(xScaleExtent[1])]);

    // create the x axis based on time
    viz.append('g')
        .attr('class', 'x axis')
        .attr('transform', 'translate(0,' + height + ')')
        .call(xAxis)
        .selectAll('text')
        .attr('y', 6) // move the text down 6px
        .attr('x', 6) // move the text to the right 6px
        .attr('transform', 'rotate(45)')
        .style('text-anchor', 'start');



    // create two y axis, one with the temp data on the right,
    // and one with the precipitation data on the left...
    viz.append('g')
        .attr('class', 'rain axis')
        .call(rainAxis);

    viz.append('g')
        .attr('class', 'temp axis')
        .attr('transform', 'translate(' + width + ', 0)')
        .call(tempAxis);

    // create lines representing the min, and max temp
    // for each month
    bars = viz.selectAll('g.bars')
        .data(data)
        .enter().append('g')
        .attr('class', 'bars')
        .attr('transform', function(d) {
            return 'translate(' + xScale(createDate(d.DATE)) + ',' 
                + tempScale(d.TMIN) + ')' });

    bars.append('line')
        .attr('x1', 0)
        .attr('y1', 0)
        .attr('x2', 0)
        .attr('y2', function(d) {
            return tempScale(d.TMAX) - tempScale(d.TMIN)
        });

    // create a line representing the total precipitation
    // for each month
    rainLine = viz.append('path')
        .datum(data)
        .attr("id", "rain-line")
        .attr("d", lineGenerator);

    // create axis labels
    viz.append('text')
        .attr('transform', 'translate(' + -50 + ',' +
              -10 + ')' +
              'rotate(0)')
        .text('Rainfall (MM)')
        .attr('class', 'label')


    viz.append('text')
        .attr('transform', 'translate(' + width + ',' +
              -10 + ') ' +
              'rotate(0)')
        .text('Temp (\u2103)')
        .attr('class', 'label')

    viz.on("mousemove", vizMouseMove);

    function vizMouseMove() {
        x = d3.mouse(this)[0],
        date = xScale.invert(x),
        dateString = createString(date), 
        i = bisectDate(data, dateString, 1),
        d = data[i];

        cursor = viz.select('#cursor');
        currentData = d3.select('#current-data')
            .select('h2');

        if (cursor.empty()) {
            cursor = viz.append('line')
                .attr('id', 'cursor')
                .attr('y1', 0)
                .attr('y2', height);
        };
        cursor.attr('x1', x)
            .attr('x2', x)

        tempMin = d.TMIN;
        tempMin = tempMin.substr(0, tempMin.length-1) + '.' + tempMin.substr(-1)
        tempMax = d.TMAX
        tempMax = tempMax.substr(0, tempMax.length-1) + '.' + tempMax.substr(-1)

        displayDay = d3.time.format("%a., %b. %e, %Y");
        currentData.html("On " + displayDay(date) +
                         " there was " + d.PRCP + "MM of rainfall," +
                         " and a temperature ranging from " + tempMin + 
                         "(\u2103) to " + tempMax + "(\u2103)");


    }
});

function createDate(dateString) {
    // create a formatter based on how we expect
    // the data from our data set
    var format = d3.time.format("%Y%m%d");
    // create a JavaScript data object based on
    // the string
    return format.parse(dateString);
};

function createString(date) {
    // return a string from a date object
    var format = d3.time.format("%Y%m%d");
    return format(date)
};
css/style.css
html, body, div, span, applet, object, iframe,
h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6, p, blockquote, pre,
a, abbr, acronym, address, big, cite, code,
del, dfn, em, img, ins, kbd, q, s, samp,
small, strike, strong, sub, sup, tt, var,
b, u, i, center,
dl, dt, dd, ol, ul, li,
fieldset, form, label, legend,
table, caption, tbody, tfoot, thead, tr, th, td,
article, aside, canvas, details, embed,
figure, figcaption, footer, header, hgroup,
menu, nav, output, ruby, section, summary,
time, mark, audio, video {
  margin: 0;
  padding: 0;
  border: 0;
  font-size: 100%;
  font: inherit;
  vertical-align: baseline;
}
/* HTML5 display-role reset for older browsers */
article, aside, details, figcaption, figure,
footer, header, hgroup, menu, nav, section {
  display: block;
}
body {
  line-height: 1;
}
ol, ul {
  list-style: none;
}
blockquote, q {
  quotes: none;
}
blockquote:before, blockquote:after,
q:before, q:after {
  content: '';
  content: none;
}
table {
  border-collapse: collapse;
  border-spacing: 0;
}

/* Custom Styles */

body {
  background: #edf5f4;
  font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;
}

header {
  background: #58bbb3;
  background: -moz-linear-gradient(left,  #58bbb3 0%, #40adcf 100%);
  background: -webkit-linear-gradient(left,  #58bbb3 0%, #40adcf 100%);
  background: -o-linear-gradient(left,  #58bbb3 0%, #40adcf 100%);
  background: -ms-linear-gradient(left,  #58bbb3 0%, #40adcf 100%);
  background: linear-gradient(left,  #58bbb3 0%, #40adcf 100%);
  height: 84px;
  line-height: 84px;
  box-shadow: 0px 1px 1px rgba(0,0,0,0.1);
}

header h1 {
  color: white;
  text-align: center;
  font-weight: bold;
  font-size: 24px;
  text-shadow: 0px 1px 0px rgba(0,0,0,0.1);
}

p {
  margin: 10 auto;
}

#graph {
  margin: 50px auto;
  padding: 20px;
  background: white;
  border-radius: 5px;
  font-size: 10px;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  letter-spacing: 0.1em;
  box-shadow: 0px 1px 2px rgba(0,0,0,0.1);
}

#graph #info {
  text-align: right;
}

#graph #info #keys .key {
  padding: 10px;
  display: inline-block;
}

#info {
  color: #555;
}

#info #keys .key-text {
  vertical-align: super;
}

#graph .bars line {
  stroke: #95cddf;
  stroke-width: 2px;
}

#graph .tick line {
  stroke: #ccc;
  stroke-width: 1px;
}

#graph .axis path {
  stroke-width: 1px;
  stroke: #ccc;
  fill: none;
}

#graph path#rain-line {
  fill: none;
  stroke: #cc627a;
  stroke-width: 0.5;
}

#graph line#cursor {
  stroke-width: 1.5px;
  stroke: #555;
  fill: none;
  opacity: 0.7;
}

#graph text {
  fill: #aaa;
}

#graph text.label {
  font-weight: bold;
  color: #555;
}
index.html
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <meta charset="UTF-8">
    <title>Visualizing the Weather</title>
    <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="css/style.css">
  </head>
  <body>
    <header>
        <h1>Weather Tracker</h1>
    </header>
    <div id="graph">
        <div id="info">
            <div id="keys">
                <p>
                    <span class="key-text">Temperature</span>
                    <span class="key" id="temp-key"></span>
                </p>
                <p>
                    <span class="key-text">Rainfall</span>
                    <span class="key" id="rain-key"></span>
                </p>
            </div>
            <div id="current-data">
                <h2></h2>
            </div>
        </div>
    </div>
    <script src="js/d3.min.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
    <script src="js/app.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
  </body>
</html>

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,072 Points

Task 1 is basically just reading the documentation.

You might even guess that the full month format is capital "B" since the abbreviated format is lower case "b":

    .tickFormat(d3.time.format("%B %Y"));