d3.js Using D3 with other frameworks D3js with Angular
Example
Using D3js with Angular can open up new fronts of possibilities such as live updation of charts as soon as data is updated. We can encapsulate complete chart functionality within an Angular directive, which makes it easily reusable.
index.html >>
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html ng-app="myApp">
<head>
<script src="https://d3js.org/d3.v4.min.js"></script>
<script data-require="[email protected]" data-semver="1.4.1" src="https://code.angularjs.org/1.4.1/angular.js"></script>
<script src="app.js"></script>
<script src="bar-chart.js"></script>
</head>
<body>
<div ng-controller="MyCtrl">
<!-- reusable d3js bar-chart directive, data is sent using isolated scope -->
<bar-chart data="data"></bar-chart>
</div>
</body>
</html>
We can pass the data to the chart using controller, and watch for any changes in the data to enable live updation of chart in the directive:
app.js >>
angular.module('myApp', [])
.controller('MyCtrl', function($scope) {
$scope.data = [50, 40, 30];
$scope.$watch('data', function(newVal, oldVal) {
$scope.data = newVal;
}, true);
});
Finally, the directive definition. The code we write to create and manipulate the chart will sit in the link function of the directive.
Note that we have put a scope.$watch in the directive too, to update as soon as the controller passes new data. We are re-assigning new data to our data variable if there is any data change and then calling the repaintChart() function, which performs the chart re-rendering.
bar-chart.js >>
angular.module('myApp').directive('barChart', function($window) {
return {
restrict: 'E',
replace: true,
scope: {
data: '='
},
template: '<div id="bar-chart"></div>',
link: function(scope, element, attrs, fn) {
var data = scope.data;
var d3 = $window.d3;
var rawSvg = element;
var colors = d3.scale.category10();
var canvas = d3.select(rawSvg[0])
.append('svg')
.attr("width", 300)
.attr("height", 150);
// watching for any changes in the data
// if new data is detected, the chart repaint code is run
scope.$watch('data', function(newVal, oldVal) {
data = newVal;
repaintChart();
}, true);
var xscale = d3.scale.linear()
.domain([0, 100])
.range([0, 240]);
var yscale = d3.scale.linear()
.domain([0, data.length])
.range([0, 120]);
var bar = canvas.append('g')
.attr("id", "bar-group")
.attr("transform", "translate(10,20)")
.selectAll('rect')
.data(data)
.enter()
.append('rect')
.attr("class", "bar")
.attr("height", 15)
.attr("x", 0)
.attr("y", function(d, i) {
return yscale(i);
})
.style("fill", function(d, i) {
return colors(i);
})
.attr("width", function(d) {
return xscale(d);
});
// changing the bar widths according to the changes in data
function repaintChart() {
canvas.selectAll('rect')
.data(data)
.transition()
.duration(800)
.attr("width", function(d) {
return xscale(d);
})
}
}
}
});
