CS 171 Resources

Python

Python
Enthought Python Distribution
The Python Tutorial
Learn Python the Hard Way
Learn Python (interactive)
Google's Python Class
IPython
The Python Package Index
SciPy
NumPy
Matplotlib

Processing

Processing main page
Intro to Processing by Nathan Leiby [PDF]
Example Code by Nathan Leiby [zip]
Learning Processing
OpenProcessing.org
Examples by Ben Fry
Using Processing in Eclipse

Data Sources

Datamob
Factual
Metro Boston Data Common
Census.gov
Data.gov
Dataverse Network
Infochimps
Linked Data
Guardian DataBlog
Data Market
Reddit Open Data
Climate Data Sources
Climate Station Records
CDC Data
MBTA Data
World Bank Catalog
Free SVG Maps
Office for National Statistics
StateMaster

Web Sites & Blogs

Gapminder
Flowing Data
Information Aesthetics
Many Eyes
Visual Complexity

CS 171 Projects

2011 Project Page
2010 Project Page
2009 Project Page
2008 Project Page

Other Software Toolkits

Protovis (JavaScript)
D3 (JavaScript, SVG, CSS)
Prefuse (Java)
Flare (ActionScript)
Piccolo (Java / C#)
Microsoft Vedea
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