si619 lab4 notes

Running a Python Server

For security reasons, browsers don't allow loading external files such as our data.csv. There are a few different ways to fix this, one of which is to set up a local server.

• On the mac, open terminal and navigate to the "inclass" folder. Then execute on of the above commands depending on your python version. InthePowerShellwindow,type:

python -m SimpleHTTPServer 8000

OR

python3 -m http.server

• In Google Chrome, type: localhost:8000 in your browser address bar and hit enter.

scale functions: D3 offers several useful functions that do the calculations for us. These are broadly called scale functions.