CartoDB is a web-based open source mapping platform. This tutorial will demonstrate creating a really simple map that will teach you the basics of importing data, applying different visualizations, using filters, and creating data interactivity, using the 2014 NYPD Stop, Question, and Frisk dataset.
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Databases for Smart People Who Are Scared of Databases
Databases are much easier to understand than you probably think, and knowing your way around databases is an invaluable skill for anyone getting into web development, application development, GIS, statistics, archives management, or just about anything else that deals with large amounts of information. This brief introduction helps you get your bearings if you're completely unfamiliar with databases.
WordPress 2: Categories, Menus, and Widgets
WordPress 2 Handout Image by Lisa Risager from Denmark (WordPress 10th anniversary Uploaded by palnatoke) [CC-BY-SA-2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons
Programming with Python workshop materials
Programming with Python
Introduction to Image Editing Handout
Posted below is a link to the handout for the “Introduction to Image Editing” workshop that was held on April 10, 2014. The workshop was organized for attendees who are …
Intro to Data Cleaning and Visualization Tools Handout
This is the handout from the “Introduction to Data Cleaning and Visualization Tools” workshop led by Micki Kaufman* on Thursday, March 13th 2014. The workshop presented the fundamentals of using …
PSA: Backup Your Data Now
Backup. It’s one of those anxiety provoking dirty words. We all want to feel happily ignorant that the possibility of losing our precious data could actually happen to us. And …
Learn Bootstrap Part 3: Customize Bootstrap and Add a Header
For this lesson, we will generate our own customized version of Bootstrap with modified colors, styles, etc., add it to our WordPress theme, and then incorporate Bootstrap into the site’s header.
Learn Bootstrap Part 2: Adding Bootstrap to WordPress
This post is the second in a series of lessons on using the Bootstrap web framework to develop a WordPress theme. In this lesson, we will take the first step toward incorporating Bootstrap into WordPress.
Learn Bootstrap Part 1: Getting Acquainted with Bootstrap
This is the first in a series of posts that will serve as a mini-course in using the Bootstrap web framework to eventually build a custom WordPress theme. What is …
