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Tutorials from Flowing Data
Making complex and interactive visualizations of data. Often uses the statistical software environment R.
Data Visualization - Berkeley Advanced Media Institute
A series of tutorials on data visualization including a variety of methods and tools from graphic design, using Protovis, creating maps, to cleaning data.
Data Visualization Tutorial - New Coder
Data visualization tutorials using python.

Data Visualization Tools

Arbor.js
A library of force-directed layout algorithms plus abstractions for graph organization and refresh handling.
Chroma.js
Interactive color space explorer that allows to preview a set of linear interpolated equidistant colors.
Circos
A software package for visualizing data in a circular layout.
Cola.js
A library for arranging networks using constraint-based optimization techniques.
ColaBrewer
A web tool for selecting colors for maps.
Cubism.js
A library for creating interactive time series and horizon graphs based on D3.js
Cytoscape
An application for visualizing complex networks and integrating these with any type of attribute data.
D3.js
An small, flexible and efficient library to create and manipulate interactive documents based on data.
Dance.js
A simple data-driven visualization framework based on Data.js and Underscore.js.
DataWrangler
An interactive web application for data cleaning and transformation.
Easel.ly
Free infographics creator.
Envision.js
A library for creating fast, dynamic and interactive time series visualizations.
Flare
A set of software tools for creating rich interactive data visualizations in ActionScript.
GeoCommons
A public community and set of tools to access, visualize and analyze data with compelling map visualizations.
Gephi
A visualization and exploration platform for networks with dynamic and hierarchical graphs.
Google Chart Tools
A collection of simple to use, customizable and free to use interactive charts and data tools.
Google Fusion Tables
A web application that makes it easy to host, manage, collaborate on, visualize, and publish data tables.
Infogr.am
Creates colorful infographic charts to embed or link in a website.
I Want Hue
A web application to generate and refine palettes of optimally distinct colors.
JavaScript InfoVis Toolkit
A JavaScript library that provides tools for creating interactive data visualizations for the web.
Kartograph
A simple and lightweight framework for creating beautiful, interactive vector maps.
Leaflet
A lightweight JavaScript library for making tile-based interactive maps for desktop and mobile browsers.
Mr. Nester
A simple console for learning and experimenting with d3.js data nesting.
NodeBox
A desktop application that lets you create generative, static, animated or interactive visuals.
NVD3.js
A collection of re-usable charts and chart components for d3.js.
OpenRefine
A tool for working with data, cleaning it up, reformating it or extending it with web services.
Paper.js
A vector graphics scripting framework in a well designed, consistent and clean programming interface.
Pelty
A simple jQuery plugin that converts an element's content into a simple mini pie, line or bar chart.
Piktochart
Free infographics creator.
Polymaps
A library for making dynamic, interactive maps with image- and vector-based tiles.
Prefuse
A set of software tools for creating rich interactive data visualizations in Java.
Processing
An open source programming language and environment to create images, animations, and interactions.
Processing.js
The sister project of Processing that makes projects work using web standards and without any plug-ins.
Protovis
A library that composes custom views of data with simple marks such as bars and dots.
R
A software environment for statistical computing and graphical techniques.
Raphaël
A small library that simplifies working with vector graphics on the web.
Raw
An application to create custom vector-based visualizations on top of D3.js.
Recline.js
A simple but powerful library for building data applications in pure JavaScript and HTML.
Sigma.js
An open-source lightweight library to display interactively static and dynamic graphs.
SVG Crowbar
A bookmarklet that extracts SVG nodes from an HTML document into a SVG file.
Tableau Public
A desktop application to build and post interactive graphs, dashboards, maps and tables to the web.
Tabula
A tool to extract CSV formatted data from text tables in PDF documents.
Tangle
A library that allow to interactively explore, play, and see the document update immediately.
Timeline.js
A tool to create timelines with data and media from different sources like Google Docs, Twitter, Flickr or Vimeo.
Vega
A visualization grammar, a declarative format for creating, saving and sharing visualization designs.

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