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Data Visualization CourseWiki – CS 448B

130 points by 46Bit 14y ago

rustc 14y ago
This looks amazing based on the contents. I don't think this one has the videos available? I'd love to see video sessions of such a course (best if it's being taught with D3). Are there any such courses?
- peterjs 14y ago
  Some time ago I took the "Developing iPad Applications for Visualization and Insight" course from CMU [1]. Honestly, I do not remember much from the "visualization theory" part. I have learned more about the tools needed to build those visualizations (programming the iPad). I think it is one of the instances, where you learn by doing and reflecting your work with theory and users. It is not a linear process, you must be willing to build stuff, then go back to the theory again and improve. Without that, the message of these courses will be reduced to mantras like "good design should be simple". [1] https://itunes.apple.com/us/course/developing-ipad-applications/id499050344 https://itunes.apple.com/us/course/developing-ipad-applicati...
- ezyang 14y ago
  No videos. Also, while D3 is the "official framework" of CS448B, most of the lectures are not about D3; there was one tutorial on the topic and the rest is mostly theory. (Also, this was probably the last year the course will be run in its current form, since Heer is leaving Stanford university.)
ikhare 14y ago
Fun fact: early versions of d3 came out of a project in this class from 2009. I was in this class and d3 (Not called that then) was one of the more impressive projects that came out there. Here's a link to Mike's project description: https://graphics.stanford.edu/wikis/cs448b-09-winter/FP-BostockMike https://graphics.stanford.edu/wikis/cs448b-09-winter/FP-Bost...
- 46Bit 14y ago
  Wow, that's awesome. I've been meaning to look into the origins of D3 because it's one of the things on my current "awesome web tech" list. I've been really impressed by even my beginner's experience of D3 (eg: http://hospital-tycoon.46bit.com http://hospital-tycoon.46bit.com graphs).
ninjin 14y ago
Wonderful slides, if there was a Coursera class on visualisation I would sign up in an instant.

130 points by 46Bit 14y ago

rustc 14y ago

This looks amazing based on the contents. I don't think this one has the videos available? I'd love to see video sessions of such a course (best if it's being taught with D3). Are there any such courses?

peterjs 14y ago
Some time ago I took the "Developing iPad Applications for Visualization and Insight" course from CMU [1]. Honestly, I do not remember much from the "visualization theory" part. I have learned more about the tools needed to build those visualizations (programming the iPad). I think it is one of the instances, where you learn by doing and reflecting your work with theory and users. It is not a linear process, you must be willing to build stuff, then go back to the theory again and improve. Without that, the message of these courses will be reduced to mantras like "good design should be simple". [1] https://itunes.apple.com/us/course/developing-ipad-applications/id499050344 https://itunes.apple.com/us/course/developing-ipad-applicati...
ezyang 14y ago
No videos. Also, while D3 is the "official framework" of CS448B, most of the lectures are not about D3; there was one tutorial on the topic and the rest is mostly theory. (Also, this was probably the last year the course will be run in its current form, since Heer is leaving Stanford university.)

ikhare 14y ago

Fun fact: early versions of d3 came out of a project in this class from 2009. I was in this class and d3 (Not called that then) was one of the more impressive projects that came out there. Here's a link to Mike's project description: https://graphics.stanford.edu/wikis/cs448b-09-winter/FP-BostockMike https://graphics.stanford.edu/wikis/cs448b-09-winter/FP-Bost...

46Bit 14y ago
Wow, that's awesome. I've been meaning to look into the origins of D3 because it's one of the things on my current "awesome web tech" list. I've been really impressed by even my beginner's experience of D3 (eg: http://hospital-tycoon.46bit.com http://hospital-tycoon.46bit.com graphs).

ninjin 14y ago

Wonderful slides, if there was a Coursera class on visualisation I would sign up in an instant.