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This wiki documents Vega version 2. For Vega 3 documentation, see vega.github.io/vega.
Vega is a visualization grammar, a declarative format for creating, saving, and sharing interactive visualization designs. This wiki contains documentation and learning materials for getting up and running with Vega.
Documentation
Vega Documentation
Components of Vega Specifications
| Page |
Description |
| Visualization |
Top-level visualization properties. |
| Data |
Define and load data to visualize. |
| Data Transforms |
Transform data prior to visualization. |
| Streaming Data |
Operators and APIs to insert, update, and remove data tuples. |
| Scales |
Map data properties to visual properties using scales. |
| Axes |
Axes visualize scales for spatial encodings. |
| Legends |
Legends visualize scales for color, shape and size encodings. |
| Marks |
Visualize data using various graphical marks. |
| Group Marks |
A special kind of mark that can contain other marks. |
| Signals |
Dynamic variables to drive interactive behaviours. |
| Expressions |
Expression language for filters, formulas and signals. |
| Predicates |
Deprecated. Conditions (or "selections") to modify mark properties. |
Vega API
| Page |
Description |
| Runtime |
Deploying and using the browser-based Vega runtime. |
| Streaming Data |
Operators and APIs to insert, update, and remove data tuples. |
| Theme Configuration |
Configuration properties to define the default look and feel. |
| Web Embedding |
Embed interactive views and query widgets into web pages. |
| Headless Mode |
Server-side Vega using "headless" rendering. |
Tutorials & Examples
Miscellaneous
| Page |
Description |
| Vega and D3 |
On the relationship between Vega and D3.js. |
| Vega and Browserify |
Requirements for including Vega in your browserify bundle. |
| Upgrading to 2.0 |
Lists the changes made to the specification language in v2.0. |
| Contribute |
Some project ideas for anyone interested in improving Vega. |
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