Information Visualization: Programming with D3.js

Online Course Highlights

New York University via Coursera
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18 hours of effort required
5,721+ already enrolled!
4.5 ★★★★★ (135 Ratings)
Skill Level: Beginner
Language: English

In this course you will learn how to use D3.js to create powerful visualizations for web. Learning D3.js will enable you to create many different types of visualization and to visualize many different data types. It will give you the freedom to create something as simple as a bar chart as well your own new revolutionary technique. Explore the best D3.js Learning Opportunities available at no cost.

The course mixes theoretical and practical lectures. We will show you step by step how to use the library to build actual visualizations and what theoretical concepts lie behind them.

Throughout the course you will learn skills that will lead you to building a whole application by the end of the lectures (a fully working visualization system to visualize airlines routes).

This course is the third one of the “Specialization in Information Visualization”. The course expects you to have some basic knowledge of programming as well as some basic visualization skills. Explore our curated selection of free programs designed to enhance your data visualization prowess, equipping you with invaluable skills for effective communication.

In this course we will cover the basics of creating visualizations with D3 as well as how to deal with tabular data, geography and networks. By the end of this course you will be able to:

Create bar and line charts
Create choropleth and symbol maps
Create node-link diagrams and tree maps
Implement zooming and brushing
Link two or more views through interaction

Syllabus:

WEEK 1 : Introduction to web and d3
In this module we will focus on the basics of web development and d3.js

WEEK 2 : Dealing & drawing with data
In this week we will learn how can we load and manipulate data using d3.js

WEEK 3 : Lines, Arcs, and maps

WEEK 4 : Layouts and interaction

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