https://github.com/daveliepmann/vdquil

Visualizing Data (in Quil!)
https://github.com/daveliepmann/vdquil

clj clojure data-visualization quil visualize-data

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Visualizing Data (in Quil!)

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/daveliepmann/vdquil
• Owner: daveliepmann
• License: mit
• Created: 2013-09-24T08:32:31.000Z (over 11 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2014-02-15T10:42:45.000Z (almost 11 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-09-28T17:40:53.593Z (3 months ago)
• Topics: clj, clojure, data-visualization, quil, visualize-data
• Language: Clojure
• Size: 2.4 MB
• Stars: 75
• Watchers: 10
• Forks: 7
• Open Issues: 0
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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vdquil - Visualizing Data (in Quil!)

======

[Ben Fry](http://benfry.com/)'s

[Visualizing Data](http://www.amazon.com/Visualizing-Data-Explaining-Processing-Environment/dp/0596514557)

has been a lot of fun to work through. However, as an experienced

programmer familiar with Java syntax and concepts, and having already

played with Processing on my own before reading the book, I found that

doing the exercises as-is wasn't challenging enough. I decided to have

some fun by doing the Processing exercises in Clojure using the most

excellent [Quil](https://github.com/quil/quil) library.

Similar work has been done with Matt Pearson's [Generative Art](https://github.com/quil/quil/blob/master/examples/gen_art/README.md).

My goals are to exactly match the Processing code's output and to

write idiomatic Clojure. If you find an error (or just something

non-idiomatic to Clojure) please contact me via github or via email

(first name, period, last name, gmail). Pull requests welcome too.

### Running the exercises

To see these sketches in action, first walk through the preprocessing, then data, then figures. For example, for Chapter 5:

 1. Evaluate the expressions in _ch5preprocessing.clj_ first. (The

    team images and figure 8 data are already included in the git

    repository, so you can skip this step if you cloned the

    `/resources folder of this repo.) Change sample data (e.g. dates)

    as desired. Note that the second section (grabbing data across a

    date range) is not needed until figure 8.

 1. Evaluate the expressions in _ch5data.clj_.

 1. Evaluate the expressions in _figure5-6.clj_. If you want to

    compare different versions of the sketch, comment out the marked

    code blocks.

Compare my code output to that of the original by downloading

[the Processing source](http://benfry.com/writing/archives/3) and

running the examples on your machine. If you have any questions drop

me a line.

### Screenshots!

That's all well and good, but what if you just want to see what this

stuff looks like without the hassle of running the code yourself?

Well, that's too bad, because you're missing out on a lot of cool

interactivity. But here are some screenshots to hold you over.

**Chapter 3** - Plotting (arbitrary) data spatially:

![Screenshot of Chapter 3, figure 7](https://github.com/daveliepmann/vdquil/blob/master/src/vdquil/chapter3/ch3fig7.png?raw=true "Chapter 3 figure 7 screenshot")

**Chapter 4** - Graphing milk, tea, and coffee prices as a time series:

![Screenshot of Chapter 4, figure 14](https://github.com/daveliepmann/vdquil/blob/master/src/vdquil/chapter4/ch4fig14.png?raw=true "Chapter 4 figure 14 screenshot")

**Chapter 5** - Correlating separate win/loss and salary datasets for Major League Baseball teams:

![Screenshot of Chapter 5, figure 8](https://github.com/daveliepmann/vdquil/blob/master/src/vdquil/chapter5/ch5fig8.png?raw=true "Chapter 5 figure 8 screenshot")

**Chapter 6:** Mapping zipcodes as a scatterplot:

![Screenshot of Chapter 6, whole map](https://github.com/daveliepmann/vdquil/blob/master/src/vdquil/chapter6/ch6-USA.png?raw=true "Chapter 6 whole map screenshot")

![Screenshot of Chapter 6, zoomed in](https://github.com/daveliepmann/vdquil/blob/master/src/vdquil/chapter6/ch6-michigan.png?raw=true "Chapter 6 zoomed in screenshot")

**Chapter 7:** Treemapping word usage in Mark Twain's *Following the Equator*:

![Screenshot of Chapter 7, figure 2](https://github.com/daveliepmann/vdquil/blob/master/src/vdquil/chapter7/word-treemap.png?raw=true

"Chapter 7, word usage in Twain's Following the Equator, displayed as

a treemap")

### Attribution

This project is based on code and examples in *Visualizing Data, First Edition* by Ben Fry, copyright 2008 Ben Fry, 9780596514556.