ActionScript Graphing Cookbook

Learn how to create appealing and interactive visual presentations of your data in ActionScript

Overview

• 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

In Detail

"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 from this book

• 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

Approach

Step-by-step instructions guide you from your very first graphical program to highly complex 3D presentations.

Although a few recipes explain charts in Flex, this book is firmly focussed on using ActionScript code and data to draw graphs.

Who this book is written 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.

學習如何使用ActionScript創建吸引人且互動性強的數據視覺化演示。

概述:
- 學習如何創建各種視覺動態圖表和圖形
- 從不同來源（如Web服務）導入數據
- 學習如何映射地理數據，以3D方式呈現

詳細內容:
- 在表示大量數據時，“一圖勝千言”這句話從未如此真實。條形圖、熱力圖、卡托圖等已成為應用程序和演示中重要的工具，能夠快速洞察複雜問題。
- 《ActionScript圖表烹飪書》向您展示如何將自己的圖表添加到任何ActionScript程序中。這些示例提供了逐步指導，教您如何處理輸入數據，創建各種類型的圖表，並使其具有互動性，以提高用戶參與度。
- 從基本的ActionScript知識開始，您將學習如何開發多種不同類型的圖表。
- 首先學習如何從Excel、Web服務等導入數據。然後處理數據，使其準備好進行圖形顯示。在書中引導下，從ActionScript的繪圖功能中選擇一個適合的圖表選項。當您準備好時，可以進一步進入3D顯示。
- 《ActionScript圖表烹飪書》中的示例將逐步引導您進入可視化的世界。

本書將教您以下內容:
- 從各種來源導入數據
- 組織圖表的各種視覺元素
- 繪製多種類型的圖表，如條形圖、折線圖、餅圖、儀表盤等
- 通過懸停和縮放效果使圖表具有互動性
- 處理地理數據和地圖
- 使用實時數據為圖表添加動畫效果
- 顯示和與網絡圖表互動
- 探索三維繪圖和圖表

這本書的特點:
- 逐步指導，從您的第一個圖形程序到高度複雜的3D演示。
- 雖然有幾個示例解釋了Flex中的圖表，但本書主要集中在使用ActionScript代碼和數據繪製圖表。

本書適合對象:
- 《ActionScript圖表烹飪書》適用於任何希望將數據可視化添加到其技能組中的ActionScript開發人員。讀者應該熟悉ActionScript基礎知識，但不需要深入了解任何圖形功能。