Lecture 8.1 - Intro, Choosing viz & Online viz platforms
Choosing what viz type to use
Designing for the web with vega-lite & Altair & Streamlit
Using Altair create interactive visualizations in Python and an introduction to Streamlit.
NOTE: For Python, only a subset of libraries are supported. See ongoing list here.
Optional reading list
- vega-lite docs
- Altair docs - in particular Encoding Data Types, Vegalite-Altair conversions, Binning, Filter transforms and interactive examples
- FDV, Ch. 5: Directory of visualizations
Extra Resources
Lectures
Introduction to Vega/Vega-lite
Examples
In Class Notebook, Week 9 - (download)
In Class Notebook
Prep Notebook, Week 9 - (download)
Prep Notebook
Past Notebook: Prep Starboard Notebook, Fall 2022
Past Notebook: Prep Starboard Notebook, Fall 2021
Past Notebook: Prep Iodide Notebook, Spring 2021
Data
US Unemployment Data
A dataset of USA "mobility" which (I think comes from a a large census study from 1989-2015) and is collected in several places including right here. Here "mobility" is referring to how easy it is for a person to move up in economic status (more info can be found here) based on factors like parental income, location, race, etc.