Processing: Interactive Data Visualization

Start communicating ideas and diagramming data in a more interactive way. In this course, author Barton Poulson shows how to read, map, and illustrate data with Processing, an open-source drawing and development environment. On top of a solid introduction to Processing itself, this course investigates methods for obtaining and preparing data, designing for data visualization, and building an interactive experience out of a design. When your visualization is complete, explore the options for sharing your work, whether uploading it to specialized websites, embedding the visualizations in your own web pages, or even creating a desktop or Android app for your work.

Topics include:

• Exploring the need for creative data visualization
• Drawing basic lines and shapes
• Introducing variables, strings, and arrays
• Modifying drawing attributes such as color
• Making drawings more dynamic with animation loops and spirals
• Creating keyboard- and mouse-based interactions
• Adding images, video, and sound
• Reading in text or XML data
• Creating plots and charts
• Publishing and sharing your work