Table of Contents

1. Preface
   1. Who this book is for
   2. What this book covers
   3. To get the most out of this book
      1. Download the example code files
      2. Conventions used
   4. Get in touch
      1. Reviews
1. Introduction
   1. Data visualization
      1. Chart types
      2. Choosing a chart
      3. Web-based visualizations
   2. Why use a data visualization library?
      1. Creating data visualizations for the Web
   3. How to use this book
   4. Summary
   5. References
2. Technology Fundamentals
   1. Essential JavaScript for Chart.js
      1. Browser tools
      2. JavaScript types and variables
      3. Data structures used in charts
      4. Arrays
      5. Strings
      6. Functions
      7. Objects
   2. Other technologies
      1. HTML Document Object Model(DOM)
      2. Cascading Style Sheets
      3. JQuery fundamentals
      4. HTML5 Canvas
   3. Data formats
      1. CSV
      2. XML
      3. JSON
   4. Loading and parsing external data files  
      1. Using a Web server
      2. Loading files using standard JavaScript
      3. Loading files using JQuery
      4. Loading files using the standard Fetch API
      5. Parsing JSON
      6. Parsing CSV
      7. Loading multiple files
      8. Displaying a map
   5. Extracting and transforming data
      1. Online tools
      2. Extracting data with XPath
   6. Summary
3. Chart.js - Quick Start
   1. Introduction to Chart.js
      1. Installation and setup
   2. Creating a simple bar chart
      1. Setting up the graphics context
   3. Creating a bar chart
   4. Configuring colors, fonts, and responsiveness
      1. Dataset configuration for bar charts
   5. Options configuration
      1. Text and fonts
   6. Global defaults
   7. Transitions, interactions, and tooltips
      1. Transition duration
   8. Updating charts
      1. Tooltips
   9. Working with larger and multiple datasets
      1. Loading data
   10. Horizontal bar chart
       1. Adding extra datasets
   11. Stacking bars
   12. Summary 
   13. References
4. Creating Charts
   1. Line and area charts
      1. Creating a simple line chart
      2. Dataset configuration
      3. Options configuration for line charts
      4. Line charts with more than one dataset
      5. Loading data from external files
   2. Stacked area charts
   3. Radar charts
   4. Pie and doughnut charts
      1. Creating a simple pie chart
      2. Dataset properties for pie charts
      3. Configuration options
      4. How to show values in the slices
      5. Preparing data for pie and doughnut charts
      6. Changing the circumference
      7. Pie and doughnut charts with multiple datasets
   5. Polar area charts
   6. Scatter and bubble charts
      1. Creating a scatter chart
      2. Revealing correlations with scatter charts
      3. Scatter charts with large quantities of data
      4. Bubble charts
   7. Summary
   8. References
5. Scales and Grid Configuration
   1. Configuring scales
   2. Cartesian configuration options
   3. Cartesian axes, ticks, and grid lines
   4. Numeric Cartesian scales
      1. Linear scales
      2. Logarithmic scales
      3. Configuring axis titles
      4. Configuring ticks
      5. Configuring grid lines
   5. Category scales
      1. Configuring the axes
      2. Configuring ticks
      3. Configuring grid lines
   6. Time scales
      1. Configuring the time format
      2. Configuring the axes
      3. Configuring ticks
      4. Configuring grid lines
   7. Radial scales
      1. Configuring point labels
      2. Configuring ticks
      3. Configuring grids and angle lines
   8. Configuring advanced scales
      1. Multiple Cartesian axes
      2. Callbacks
      3. The scale service
   9. Summary
   10. References
6. Configuring Styles and Interactivity
   1. Default configuration
      1. Global defaults
      2. Scale defaults
      3. Graphical elements
      4. Chart defaults
   2. Fonts
      1. Selecting standard fonts
      2. Using Web fonts
   3. Colors, gradients, patterns, and shadows
      1. Configuring colors
      2. Color schemes and palettes
   4. Gradients
   5. Patterns
   6. Shadows and bevels
   7. Adding text elements and labels
      1. Legends and labels
   8. Titles
      1. Adding labels to lines, bars, and slices
      2. Interactions, data updates, and animations
      3. Data updates
   9. Events
      1. Configuring animations
   10. Summary
   11. References
7. Advanced Chart.js
   1. Tooltip configuration
   2. Hovering interactions
   3. Scriptable properties
      1. Tooltip callbacks
   4. Custom HTML tooltips
      1. Advanced legend configuration
      2. Generating labels
   5. HTML legends
   6. Displaying multiple charts
      1. Rendering many charts on one page
   7. Mixed charts
      1. Overlaying a canvas
   8. Extending Chart.js
      1. Prototype methods
   9. Creating plugins
   10. Chart.js extensions
   11. Summary
   12. References
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