This submission is for the Code Insititutes Stream 2 Back End Project. It is a Data Visulisation project built using Python's Flask Framework based around the Kaggle DataSet found by following this link- https://www.kaggle.com/the-guardian/olympic-games/data
As it is a Dashboard the project is intended to be viewed on a Desktop, but efforts have been made to ensure its as mobile responsive as possible.
The initial mockup can be seen by selecting mockup.png and was done by hand.
Follow this link to see the deployed version of this project- https://stejmscott-dashboard-olympic.herokuapp.com/
To clone this project take the following steps:
- Ensure you have a mLab MongoDB account and Robo 3T or equivilant downloaded and set up.
- Click the green "Clone or Download" button from the top right of this repository.
- Copy the link into your clipboard, or take it from here - https://github.com/StephenJMScott/stream2-datavis.git
- Within your terminal ensure you are in the folder you wish to contain the project
- Create a virtualenv :
virtualenv -p python3
- Activate virtualenv:
source bin/activate
- Type the following into the command line:
$ git clone "https://github.com/StephenJMScott/stream2-datavis.git"
- The entire project should be now contained within your desired folder.
- Ensure all project dependancies are installed using :
$ pip install -r requirements.txt
- Run the dashboard.py file.
- HTML5
- CSS3
- Python
- Flask
- Bootstrap
- D3.js JavaScript Library
- DC.js JavaScript Library
- crossfilter.js JavaScript Library
- queue.js JavaScript Library
- intro.js JavaScript Library
- This Kaggle DataSet
Throughout the creation of this project manual testing was undertaken to ensure all pages worked across a number of devices and browsers as well as ensuring all links and javascript functions worked as intended.
Within the "testpages" folder there are several rough pages where ideas were tested before being introduced to the overall project.
This project has been deployed and hosted on Heroku. The DataSet is hosted on a mLab MongoDB server.
Throughout the creation of this project manual testing was undertaken to ensure the dashboard worked as intended. Care was also taken to ensure it worked on multiple browsers and to have it as mobile responsive as possible.