What Do We Need to Get Started?
An overview of the intended audience and prerequisites for the course.
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Intended audience
This course is intended to be useful to an absolute beginner to D3.js and JavaScript. Its aim is to allow the reader to implement practical examples of data visualization and graphics in a way that develops knowledge and skills by “doing” rather than rote learning. After working through the book, the reader should be comfortable with being able to develop their own code and be set to explore advanced topics.
Prerequisites
Let’s be honest with each other; D3 is not the simplest way to draw a graph.
However, that doesn’t mean that it’s beyond those with a little computer savvy and ...