Building Interactive Data Visualizations

This repository contains the files and data for the interactive data visualization with D3 workshop, as well as resources and next steps. Videos of another presentation of this workshop can be found here.

I would love your feedback on the materials either on the Q&A forum (Google Group) or in the Github issues.

And please do not hesitate to reach out to me directly via email at [email protected] or over twitter @clearspandex

Throughout this workshop, you will learn how to make this animated and interactive line plot of temperature over time in Noe Valley.

Getting Setup

You will need:

HTTP web server
- On OSX and Linux python -m SimpleHTTPServer
- On Windows, I recommend downloading Mongoose
Text Editor: I recommend Sublime Text
A (modern) Web Browser: I recommend Google Chrome

Once you have downloaded the software above, you are ready to start making some data visualizations!

Get the files: Download the ZIP or git clone https://github.com/Jay-Oh-eN/strata-interactive-data-viz.git (git tutorial) this repository.
Start you HTTP web server
- If using a SimpleHTTPServer, navigate into the repository folder (strata-interactive-data-viz) on your machine before you start the server.
- If using Mongoose, set the 'Shared Directory' to be the repository folder.
Navigate with a web browser to http://localhost:[port] where [port] is the port the server has started on (SimpleHTTPServer defaults to port 8000)
You should see the directory listing, click on any of the .html files and you should see the charts.

If you need some help with Javascript or D3, refer to the tutorials below

Libraries Used

Whats in here?

data/                data
images/              static image examples to be used in the readme.md
lib/                 supporting JavaScript library files
exercise_1.html      file containing dimple.js exercise
exercise_2.html      D3 equivalent of dimple.js line chart
exercise_3.html      animating line plot with interactive buttons
LICENSE              Details of rights of use and distribution
presentation.pdf     lecture slides from presentation
readme.md            this file!
template.html        HTML and Javascript scaffold to start from