After two successful drinkups, we finally held our first london d3.js meetup.

Special thanks to @timruffles, @CiaranR, and Skimlinks people for providing the venue, pizzas, beers and a talk.

Here is the list of topics we mentioned during/after the meetup.

Introduction and Announcement.

• In December, we are going to have a joint Xmas party with other meetup groups.
• Register Google Group or check Lanyard for meetup minutes and future announcements.

Talk 1: Introduction to d3.js

• By @timruffles
• Talk slide

Other resources

• d3.js creator's website with lots of sample and tutorials
• Video tutorials by @enjalot
• nvd3.org = Collection of reusable APIs

One important note is that svg (which people use d3.js with) is not supported on legacy browsers. There are a few work arounds

• d3renderer = This module enables us to create server-side d3 svg image.
• r2d3 = Customized build of D3 powered by RaphaelJS

Talk 2: Show and tell

Saltaku flat hunter

• By @sztanko

Benkyo Player

• By @makoto_inoue and @olivernn
• Talk slide
• "Use The force" talk slide is a good resource to learn the force layout

Pub talk topics

• Olympic Rivalry = An example of using a chord diagram
• Visualizing the Structure of Pop Music = (Not d3, but interesting use of the Chord diagram)
• LondonR user meetup = Maybe interesting to have a joint hack day to mix data science and data vizualization together

Final notes

• We had 36 signups and around 25 turn-ups
• About half the attendees were new to d3.js, so was good to have an introductory talk
• The frequency of the meetup is a request driven. Please suggest if you have any topics you want to talk or hear
• Probably the next meetup is about showing off what you have hacked over the Christmas/New Year