workshops

Workshops for Fall 2019 will take place twice a week at the UChicago Institute of Politics. Below is the Fall 2019 workshop schedule, featuring this year’s theme: Data Maniac. Click on the following resource links to access workshop materials.

Additional questions about our workshops? Contact us.

basic tech skills

• Introduction to the Command Line

• Introduction to Git

Python for data analysis

(Open the following links in Google Colab)

• Introduction to Python and Jupyter Notebook/Google Colab

• Introduction to pandas DataFrame

• Introduction to matplotlib for Plotting Data

• Getting Data: Introducing HTTP, API, and JSON

• Hands-on Project: Pokémon Data Analysis (Solution Manual)

javascript for data visualization

• Introduction to JavaScript

• Introduction to d3.js

• Data Visualization Concepts

• Interactive + Animated Visualizations

  other references (also included in the above slides)

• D3 API on GitHub

• D3 Gallery

additional resources

python

• Udacity CS101

• Google’s Python Class

• Python for Everyone

r for data analysis

• Data Visualization in R - Medium Post

web development

no coding experience necessary :)

• Building a website with Squarespace

• Building a website with Wordpress

HTML/css/javascript

• W3Schools Tutorials

• freeCodeCamp Responsive Web Design Certification

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