Learning about D3...

Using web books, website and most recently youtube, I have been building my knowledge of D3 - Data-Driven Documents.

It's a Javascript Library that allows the visualisation of data on a web page.

Steep learning curve but it will allow the generation of advanced visualisations.

It's a data presentation method not a data exploration method.

For data exploration, R is still the best. ggplot comes up again and again as a good way to go forward with that.

Requires some knowledge of:

• HTML 
• CSS
• DOM - Document Object Model - hierarchial structure of the a web page.
• I don't really understand this concept yet but I'm getting there!

Need to know how to edit and deliver a web page as well. 

Need a text editor for editing web pages - these seem integral to some browsers. 

I think I probably will want to get another computer for myself too!

Long list of methods and objects in the documentation. 

I think I need to try making a graph so that I can really make some of the learning a bit more concrete!

Found another resource:

• https://leanpub.com/D3-Tips-and-Tricks/read

Another interesting thing:

There would seem to be a D3.js Wordpress plugin - this sounds like good news. 

Can I make it work?

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