Interactive Data Visualization for the Web

Create and publish your own interactive data visualization projects on the Web, even if you have no experience with either web development or data visualization. Its easy with this hands-on guide. Youll start with an overview of data visualization concepts and simple web technologies, and then learn how to use D3, a JavaScript library that lets you express data as visual elements in a web page.

Interactive Data Visualization for the Web makes these skills available at an introductory level for designers and visual artists without programming experience, journalists interested in the emerging data journalism processes, and others keenly interested in visualization and publicly available data sources.

• Get a practical introduction to data visualization, accessible for beginners
• Focus on web-based tools that help you publish your creations quickly to a wide audience
• Learn about interactivity so you can engage users in exploring your data

Scott Murray is a code artist who writes software to create data visualizations and other interactive phenomena. His work incorporates elements of interaction design, systems design, and generative art.

Scott is an Assistant Professor of Design at the University of San Francisco, where he teaches data visualization and interaction design. He is a contributor to Processing (processing.org), and he teaches workshops on creative coding.

Scott earned an A.B. from Vassar College and an M.F.A. from the Dynamic Media Institute at the Massachusetts College of Art and Design. His work can be seen at alignedleft.com.