Introduction

This week, we have focused on visualizing similarities between data. The data we have been using is the text of the Hunger Games, though all of the techniques generalize to other data sources as well.

• On Tuesday, you saw a force-directed graph. You can find the completed code for that in the demo_docSim branch/folder.
• On Thursday, you saw a arc-based graph. You can find the completed code for that in the lab_docSim branch/folder.

Assignment

For this lab, you will update the code from the either demo to compare different data (by editing the Python), to change the way our data is displayed (editing the JavaScript), or to do both!

You should make sure that your final solution for this is in the lab_docSim folder -- the lab version of this folder. Your final solution should be non-trivially differnet than what we developed... come up with any idea and just go with it! It's okay if where you end up does not create a compelling visualization, we still want to see what visualization you created and we will learn from it and better understand why a certin visualization may not be ideal for a certain data set.

As this is a lab, collaboration is both welcome and expected! Have an idea? Share it! Came up with an image? Share it! Cinda, Wade, and the whole CS 205 course staff will all be checking out Piazza to help the discussion and check out what you've come up with.

Submission

For this lab, you should be ready to show off your image to the whole class. You must also commit and push your code to your forked repo before 11:00am.

Instructions to commit and push are also found on the CS 205 git exercise page