Learning Vis Tools

Welcome to the tutorial of COMP 4462 Data Visualization! You can find the materials used in the tutorial sessions here.

While the lectures are focused on the principles of data visualization, the tutorials will focus on how to use the tools to make visualizations in practice.

Besides these materials, you can find the course materials on Canvas.

Directory

#	Topic	Materials	Link to Tools
1	Introduction to visualization tools and warm-up with MS Excel visualization	Slides
2	Visualization with Tableau and data processing	Slides	Download and install Tableau: Student (Full version, require student verification) Public (Free version with limitations)
3	Where to find visualizations and interesting datasets?	Slides
4	Data scientist toolbox 1: Python, Jupyter Notebook and Pandas	Jupyter Notebook Slides	Google Colab
5	Data scientist toolbox 2: Pandas and Python visualization	Jupyter Notebook Slides
6	Visualization with Javascript 1: Javascript basics and Observable	Observable Notebook Slides	Observable
7	Visualization with Javascript 2: Vega-Lite and data processing libraries	Observable Notebook Slides
8	Visualization with Javascript 3: Visualization with D3.js	Observable Notebook Slides
9	Visualization with Javascript 4: Visualization and interaction with D3.js	Observable Notebook Slides