GDES-360 spring 2023 / David Ramos, American University Design
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JavaScript, Observable, and the Vega-Lite API
Wednesday, February 01

Most Common Jobs, By State, by Nathan Yau, at Flowing Data.
Projects
- In-progress critique for Change over time
N.B.: Plan to show your work, in progress, for a critique during any class this semester.
Reading
- Learn Just Enough JavaScript (ObservableHQ.com)
- Introduction to Vega-Lite (UW IDL Visualization Curriculum)
- Truthful Art ch. 8 (Revealing Change)
Optional reading
- If you know JavaScript or are already a capable programmer, you might find the Observable tutorial about how Observable is different from vanilla JavaScript to be useful.