This course is part of the Information Visualization Specialization

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Information Visualization SpecializationNew York University

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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. 
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

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.

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English

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Enrico Bertini

Associate Professor

Computer Science and Engineering

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Cristian Felix

PhD. Candidate

Computer Science and Engineering

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4 Courses

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New York University

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Syllabus - What you will learn from this course

Week

Week 1

5 hours to complete

Introduction to web and d3

5 hours to complete

21 videos (Total 123 min)

21 videos

Introduction to Specialization6m

Welcome to the Course7m

Intro to the Week 11m

Introduction to HTML4m

Practice: Introduction to HTML7m

Introduction to CSS4m

Practice: Introduction to CSS8m

Introduction to Javascript8m

Javascript - Control Structures4m

Practice: Introduction to Javascript9m

Practice: Javascript - Control Structures5m

Introduction to D35m

D3 Selections3m

Practice: D3 Selections4m

Changing Content3m

Practice: Changing Content5m

Adding and Removing Elements3m

Practice: Adding and Removing Elements6m

Changing Properties2m

Practice: Changing Properties7m

Setting up the environment11m

1 practice exercise

Introduction to Web Development and d3.js16m

Week

Week 2

4 hours to complete

Dealing & drawing with data

4 hours to complete

19 videos (Total 113 min)

19 videos

Intro: Week 22m

Loading Data3m

Practice: Loading Data5m

Filtering and Sorting4m

Practice: Filtering and Sorting7m

Transforming Data4m

Practice: Transforming Data7m

Computing Simple Statistics4m

Practice: Computing Simple Statistics4m

SVG5m

Practice: SVG7m

Binding Data5m

Practice: Binding Data8m

Numeric Scales7m

Practice: Numeric Scales6m

Ordinal Scales5m

Practice: Ordinal Scales8m

Adding Axes Annotations5m

Practice: Adding Annotations7m

1 practice exercise

Dealing & drawing with data20m

Week

Week 3

4 hours to complete

Lines, Arcs, and maps

4 hours to complete

14 videos (Total 90 min)

Week

Week 4

4 hours to complete

Layouts and interaction

4 hours to complete

18 videos (Total 143 min)

18 videos

Week 4: Intro3m

Visualizing Networks8m

Practice: Visualizing Networks Part 17m

Practice: Visualizing Networks Part 28m

Hierarchical Data7m

Practice: Tree Map Part 16m

Practice: Tree Map Part 29m

Listening to Events8m

Practice: Listening to Events13m

Updating Data7m

Practice: Updating Data9m

Brushing5m

Practice: Brushing10m

Zoom5m

Practice: Zoom9m

Practice: Creating Tooltips9m

Practice: Creating Linked Views11m

Conclusion54s

2 practice exercises

Layouts and Interaction20m

Airlines Routes Project - Final Quiz30m

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TOP REVIEWS FROM INFORMATION VISUALIZATION: PROGRAMMING WITH D3.JS

by TPJan 25, 2020

Fantastic introduction by an excellent tutor! Tough, challenging, exhilarating all at the same time.

by FZSep 17, 2019

Nice introduction to d3. It would be nice to give audits access to the code used in the lectures although it is not hard to reproduce the code by yourself.

by SYFeb 5, 2019

Wonderful course! It gives you basic knowledge about D3.js. Highly recommend!

by DKApr 4, 2021

Very thoroughly broken down, well instructed. Can't believe how much I learned that fast. Had struggled with d3 a couple times before.

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About the Information Visualization Specialization

This specialization provides learners with the necessary knowledge and practical skills to develop a strong foundation in information visualization and to design and develop advanced applications for visual data analysis.

The specialization is characterized by two main complementary features: (1) providing a strong understanding of visual perception and the theory of visual encoding to design and evaluate innovative visualization methods; (2) providing the necessary skills to develop advanced web-based applications for visual data analysis. The specialization is organized around four courses that cover fundamentals, applied perception, advanced visualization method and interactive visualization. The specialization is meant to prepare students to work on complex data science projects that require the development of interactive visual interfaces for data analysis. The courses can also be taken individually to improve relevant skills in visualization. For instance, the course on applied perception provides unique skills to evaluate and design innovative visualization in all sorts of scenarios.

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