Hands On Training

D3 and CoffeeScript

O’Reilly

Course Features

Duration

1.48 hour

Delivery Method

Online

Available on

Limited Access

Accessibility

Desktop, Laptop

Language

English

Subtitles

English

Level

Intermediate

Teaching Type

Self Paced

Video Content

1.48 hour

Course Description

Learn how to use D3 and CoffeeScript to create powerful data visualizations. This video course will help you to use your Python syntax knowledge to learn the basics ofCoffeeScript. It compiles to JavaScript. Then you'lltackle the fundamentals of the D3 JavaScript library forimplementing visualizations that are attractive, well designed,interactive, and updatable in real-time.

JavaScript has been a scary thing in the past.

Nikhil Gopal has worked as a programmer, analyst, and scientistat major biotechnology companies such as Affymetrix and Illumina.He's currently working on his PhD at the University of Washingtonin Seattle, specializing in novel algorithms and data visualizationstrategies in the realm of biomedical and health informatics.

Note: learners can access practice files athttp://oreilly.com/go/vis_coffeescript_examples

Course Overview

International Faculty

Post Course Interactions

Hands-On Training,Instructor-Moderated Discussions

Case Studies, Captstone Projects

Skills You Will Gain

What You Will Learn

Work step-by-step on three simple but compelling D3 visualization examples

Use Coffeescript as a stepping-stone to ease your way into Javascript

Reduce D3’s notoriously heavy learning curve by learning the basics

Walk away with rudimentary understanding of CoffeeScript and D3 that you can apply to other projects immediately

Use CoffeeScript to abstract away some of the more difficult aspects of Javascript

Course Content

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Module 1: Introduction to D3 and Coffeescriptqueue

Module 2: Environmentqueue

Module 3: Python vs Coffeescriptqueue

Module 4: D3 Core Conceptsqueue

Course Instructors

Nikhil Gopal

Instructor

Nikhil Gopal is the instructor for this course