Free

Data Visualization and D3.js

Course

Learn the fundamentals of data visualization and apply design and narrative concepts to create your own visualization.

Last Updated March 7, 2022

Prerequisites:

No experience required

Course Lessons

Lesson 1

Visualization Fundamentals

Discover exploratory and explanatory data visualizations, identify data types and learn effective ways to encode your data.

Lesson 2

D3 Building Blocks

Get started with visualizations on the web using html, javascript, css and d3.js.

Lesson 3

Problem Set: Visualization Fundamentals

Check what you've learned about visualization principles and tools for visualization on the web.

Lesson 4

Design Principles

Dive into chart types and learn how to use the way human brain processes what it sees.

Lesson 5

Dimple.js

Build up a visualization using dimple.js, using the console to debug and inspect your work.

Lesson 6

Problem Set: Chart Types and Axes

Test your knowledge of chart types and how axes work.

Lesson 7

Narrative Structures

Understand how organising your data story matters and develop your own visualisation from dimple to d3.js!

Lesson 8

Animation and Interaction

Create a map visualization, learn more advanced techniques for working with data and add an animation using d3.js.

Lesson 9

Final Project

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Ryan Orban

Instructor

Chris Saden

Instructor

Jonathan Dinu

Instructor

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