Animation and Data Visualization in JavaScript

About this Presentation

Animation and dynamic data visualization techniques have historically been the domain of third party tools like Flash and Java Applets. Today, JavaScript tools enable developers to produce visually appealing, fast loading, cross-browser graphical models. In this talk, we'll explore these tools, dissect caveats, and produce some slick “Ajaxian” mashups.

Subtopics include:

• Examples from the Wild
• Comparison of Platforms (Flash, Java, JavaScript)
• The JavaScript visualization developer's toolbox (the DOM, canvas element, SVG, and libraries such as Walter Zorn's Vector Graphics Library)
• Animating with Timers and Events
• Modeling Physics
• Building a Visualization Application with JSViz
• "What Not To Do"