What is vega-hierarchy?
The vega-hierarchy npm package provides utilities for creating and manipulating hierarchical visualizations such as tree diagrams, treemaps, and partition layouts. It is part of the Vega ecosystem, which is a visualization grammar that allows for the creation of a wide range of visualizations.
What are vega-hierarchy's main functionalities?
Tree Layout
This feature allows you to create tree layouts from hierarchical data. The code sample demonstrates how to create a tree layout using the vega-hierarchy package.
const vega = require('vega');
const vegaHierarchy = require('vega-hierarchy');
const data = {
name: 'root',
children: [
{ name: 'child1' },
{ name: 'child2', children: [{ name: 'grandchild1' }] }
]
};
const treeLayout = vegaHierarchy.tree();
const treeData = treeLayout(data);
console.log(treeData);
Treemap Layout
This feature allows you to create treemap layouts from hierarchical data. The code sample demonstrates how to create a treemap layout using the vega-hierarchy package.
const vega = require('vega');
const vegaHierarchy = require('vega-hierarchy');
const data = {
name: 'root',
children: [
{ name: 'child1', value: 100 },
{ name: 'child2', value: 200 }
]
};
const treemapLayout = vegaHierarchy.treemap();
const treemapData = treemapLayout(data);
console.log(treemapData);
Partition Layout
This feature allows you to create partition layouts from hierarchical data. The code sample demonstrates how to create a partition layout using the vega-hierarchy package.
const vega = require('vega');
const vegaHierarchy = require('vega-hierarchy');
const data = {
name: 'root',
children: [
{ name: 'child1', value: 100 },
{ name: 'child2', value: 200 }
]
};
const partitionLayout = vegaHierarchy.partition();
const partitionData = partitionLayout(data);
console.log(partitionData);
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d3-hierarchy
The d3-hierarchy package is part of the D3.js library and provides similar functionalities for creating hierarchical visualizations such as tree diagrams, treemaps, and partition layouts. It is widely used and has a large community, making it a robust alternative to vega-hierarchy.
flare
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echarts
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