D3 Crash Course

This is the accompanying web application for the D3 Crash Course in 05499: Data Visualization. It provides a series of exercises for learning the basic mechanisms of D3. To see the answers, check out the solutions branch of this repository with git checkout solutions

Installation

1. Install Node.js and NPM from https://nodejs.org/en/download/. You should be able to run npm -v from command line or command prompt.
2. Install VS Code from https://code.visualstudio.com/, the recommended IDE/text editor.
3. Clone this repository, git clone https://github.com/cmudig/d3-crashcourse.
4. In this folder, run npm i to install the dependencies.
5. Run npm run dev to watch for changes and host the web application.
6. Open the URL displayed in the terminal (usually http://localhost:3000/). If you open the html file directly, your changes will not update the website.
7. Test the application by changing Alex Cabrera to your name in index.html using VS Code. The webpage should automatically reload and show your name.

Please email cabrera@cmu.edu if you run into any issues, or come to office hours for debugging.