--- a/index.md +++ b/index.md @@ -1,81 +1,150 @@ -Welcome to the GovHack toolkit. This page provides all the information you need to prepare hackfest entries. +Welcome to the GovHack toolkit. This page provides all the information you need to prepare hackfest entries. These tools can be used to make entries like: mobile apps, web apps, data visualisations/infographics - -- govhack toolkit!!!! - - key datasets, directory.gov.au gazetter/AEC electorates/suburbs/postcodes/LGAs - - - definitions, open licence reuse permissive hacker hack data journalism data bis UCX etc. - - what do govhack entries look like? +# How to register and submit your entry +## registering your team +TODO how to use website "Hacker Space" to register and find teams etc. + +## preparing your submission + +You should record a 3 minute speech and mix images/text to accompany. +http://www.screenr.com/ and other screencasting tools allow you to demo apps. +To mix together clips, you can use youtube video editor http://www.youtube.com/editor or local software like http://www.videolan.org/vlmc/ or http://www.lwks.com/ + +You also need to submit your "source material". For an application this may be source code, for another work it might be your notes or prototypes. +The key thing here is that your source material demonstrates to the judges that some of the end result was your own work and that it is possible for another person to replicate that work. + + +# General References {#general-data-hacking-and-programming-references} + +## Who can be a hack day participant - roles; coder, designer UX/graphics - - -geo - - http://converter.mygeodata.eu/vector kml exporter for shp - - http://bost.ocks.org/mike/map/ - -R - - http://blog.yhathq.com/posts/10-R-packages-I-wish-I-knew-about-earlier.html - - excel -> R/rattle/ deducer? http://www.r-bloggers.com/updates-to-the-deducer-family-of-packages/ - - - -- tools.disclo.gs - how to use data - - developer tools inc. linked data - - gephi -> neo4j - - neo4j lets you build on, do massive queries of who is friends with who - - don't use network viz if what you actually have is a tree/hierarchy with no interconnections http://www.randelshofer.ch/treeviz/ http://thejit.org/demos/ http://mbostock.github.com/protovis/ex/treemap.html http://blog.pixelingene.com/2011/07/building-a-tree-diagram-in-d3-js/ - - http://mbostock.github.com/d3/ex/pack.html http://mbostock.github.com/d3/ex/tree.html - - postgis/quantum gis - - (google earth is alright but many limitations) NASA World Wind? - - ABS statistical areas - - http://irs.gis-lab.info/ wms or http://www.gdal.org/frmt_wms_openstreetmap_tms.xml - - can do nearest/isin/union queries - personal geocoder - - cloudmade geocoder, google maps my maps - - base layers like agri or nearmap - - scraperwiki with new pytemplate libraries - - makes an API for your data to get in sqlite/json/csv - - three.js with cables vis? Overviewer from AP? - - govhack library - - http://hpneo.github.com/gmaps/examples.html - - https://graphics.stanford.edu/wikis/cs448b-12-fall/ data viz theory - - https://mixpanel.com/education/understanding-the-first-five-minutes - - http://drawingbynumbers.org/toolsandresources - - http://wmbriggs.com/blog/?p=6465 - - http://ofps.oreilly.com/titles/9781449339739/k_00000002.html list of d3 alternatives - - http://craigkerstiens.com/2012/10/01/understanding-postgres-performance/ - - https://github.com/clips/pattern for easy NLP/network analysis/data mining - - https://github.com/theodi/open-data-tech-review/wiki othr cleanup/linked data toola - - http://selection.datavisualization.ch/ data viz tools catalog - - manipulating data - grep/find replace/sed/regex - - d3 tools and tutorial http://enjalot.com/ http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4608440 - - Why d3 is the way it is and how to make charts http://bost.ocks.org/mike/chart/ - - how to make an xkcd chart http://bl.ocks.org/3914862 - - - data viz - - http://k2company.com/blog/2012/09/06/toolbox-for-learning-machine-learning-and-data-science/ - - http://williamparry.blogspot.com.au/2011/04/putting-data-into-google-fusion-tables.html google fusion tutorial - - andrewharvey4.wordpress.com postgis/asgs tutorial - - http://www.slideshare.net/maxdemarzi/etl-into-neo4j - - - http://www.twotorials.com/ for R - - http://www.r-bloggers.com/gradient-word-clouds/ http://www.rstudio.com/shiny/ http://blog.ouseful.info/2012/11/28/quick-shiny-demo-exploring-nhs-winter-sit-rep-data/ https://github.com/timelyportfolio/shiny-d3-plot https://github.com/trestletech/shiny-sandbox/tree/master/grn - - http://is-r.tumblr.com/post/38240018815/making-prettier-network-graphs-with-sna-and-igraph - - http://www.r-bloggers.com/video-simpler-tricks-and-tools-help-debugging-git-latex-and-workflow-with-r-by-prof-rob-hyndman/ - - http://yihui.name/knitr/ makes reports including google widgets/charts/maps via http://www.r-bloggers.com/googlevis-0-3-2-is-released-better-integration-with-knitr/ - - http://chartsnthings.tumblr.com/post/36978271916/r-tutorial-simple-charts http://flowingdata.com/2012/12/17/getting-started-with-charts-in-r/ - - - http://dydra.com/ - - http://selection.datavisualization.ch/ data viz tools list - - http://nodexl.codeplex.com/ network graphs for excel - - http://sunfoundation.tumblr.com/ - - analysing - linked data tools - - http://govcampau.wikispaces.com/useful+tools - - http://linkeddata.org/home - - -# Hosted Developer Tools {#hosted-developer-tools} +## Definitions + - definitions, open licence reuse permissive hacker hack data journalism data vis UX etc. + +## The basics of being a data scientist + +* Have a hypothesis - even if you're making a tool/api that helps people with their questions too, remember what the objective of that is. +* Find the people and tools you need to prove/show/find. This rest of this page will help with the latter. +* Analyse and present results - were they what you expected? Do they help explain to others what you have found out? +Can present as a interactive data visualisation or a web/mobile application or just a infographic/motion graphics video that tells a story. + + +[](http://www.govhack.org/wp-content/uploads/How-to-participate-in-GovHack_html_m6a65720f.gif)</dt> +Illustration from Data Journalism Handbook, CC BY-SA 3.0</dd> + + +The best high level reference is the 'Understanding Data' and 'Delivering Data' chapters of the Data Journalism Handbook which is available online for free at + +[datajournalismhandbook.org](http://datajournalismhandbook.org/) + +You can learn the technical skills from scratch in Visualize This: The FlowingData Guide to Design, Visualization, and Statistics by Nathan Yau or for more advanced + +practical advice check out Data Analysis with Open Source Tools by Philipp K. Janert + +For further reading in this space + +[http://flowingdata.com/2012/04/27/data-and-visualization-blogs-worth-following/](http://flowingdata.com/2012/04/27/data-and-visualization-blogs-worth-following/) + + +**Statistics** + +[http://greenteapress.com/thinkstats/html/index.html](http://greenteapress.com/thinkstats/html/index.html) + +**Programming** + +Programming is valuable skill for manipulating and displaying data. +Basic tutorials for a variety of languages are available for free online or you can learn + +interactively with websites like [http://www.codecademy.com/](http://www.codecademy.com/#!/exercises/0). for JavaScript or [http://www.learnpython.org/ ](http://www.learnpython.org/)or [http://tryruby.org](http://tryruby.org/) + +[https://developer.mozilla.org/en/JavaScript](https://developer.mozilla.org/en/JavaScript) - especially for web applications and visualisations, you'll need a basic understanding of JS. Common libraries like prototype or jQuery can help + +**Accessibility/User Experience** + +WCAG guidelines not only make a web app accessible but make it a better experience for all users! Even if not making an app, good to consider these things to do and not do: [http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG/](http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG/) + + + +## examples + +## The Open Budget + +## WeatherTree weather API + +## PlanningAlerts + +[](http://www.govhack.org/wp-content/uploads/How-to-participate-in-GovHack_html_2f0199ff1.png)Description: Planning Alerts takes data from local government development applications and sends alerts to users based on what applications are lodged in their area. + +Programming Language: Ruby + +Source Control: [Git](https://github.com/openaustralia/planningalerts-app) + +Issue Tracking: [Atlassian JIRA](http://tickets.openaustraliafoundation.org.au/browse/PA/) + +## LobbyLens + +[](http://www.govhack.org/wp-content/uploads/129-Screenshot-LobbyClue_-_Chromium.png) + +Description: Displays connections between government contracts, business details, politician responsibilities, lobbyists, clients of lobbyists, political donors and the location of these entities. + +Programing Language: PHP + +Source Control: SVN (Subversion) + +Issue Tracking: A whiteboard + +## bus.lambdacomplex.org + +[](http://www.govhack.org/wp-content/uploads/How-to-participate-in-GovHack_html_3789acae.jpg) + +Description: Online Canberra Bus Timetables and Trip Planner. + +Programing Language: PHP/Ruby + +Source Control: Git + +Issue Tracking: Github + + +## Developer Tools For Your Computer {#developer-tools-for-your-computer} + +server admin / technical tools +many projects will require some kind of internet presence, webpage etc. + - css framework like bootstrap or zurb foundation +- css gauges http://www.larentis.eu/donuts/ +- bootstrap themes, web fonts, css sprites, icon fonts + - http://designmodo.com/flat-free/ http://designmodo.github.com/Flat-UI/ + + - http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/2008/11/11/relaying-postfix-smtp-via-smtpgmailcom/ + - amon + +### Source Control + Git / Subversion + +[](http://progit.org/book/) + +[http://progit.org/book/](http://progit.org/book/) + +[http://svnbook.red-bean.com/](http://svnbook.red-bean.com/) + +[http://tortoisesvn.net/](http://tortoisesvn.net/) + +[http://code.google.com/p/tortoisegit/](http://code.google.com/p/tortoisegit/) + +### Task Tracking - + +Issue/task trackers allow you to outline the tasks required for your project and assign them to people to do. + +[Trello](https://trello.com/) and [Workflowy](https://workflowy.com/) are free, lightweight project management tools suitable for a rapid project! + +## Hosted Developer Tools {#hosted-developer-tools} + +Can get many tools (source control, issue tracking) combined into one service cloud hosted so no setup required. + +### Github +Git obviously but svn/hg interfaces are possible. Provide their own GUI for Windows/OSX or use the variety of Git capable tools ### Sourceforge @@ -91,17 +160,10 @@ -# The basics of being a data scientist - -* Have a hypothesis � even if you’re making a tool/api that helps people with their questions too, remember what the objective of that is. -* Find the people and tools you need to prove/show/find. This rest of this page will help with the latter. -* Analyse and present results � were they what you expected? Do they help explain to others what you have found out? Can present as a interactive data visualisation or a web/mobile application or just a infographic/motion graphics video that tells a story. -Please note, there are a combination of Analysis and Visualisation tools in each of the major categories below. - # API Development {#api-development} -So an API isn’t just an XML file  +So an API isn't just an XML file  A good web based data API: @@ -115,7 +177,7 @@ Some people like sensis [http://](http://developers.sensis.com.au/)[developers.sensis.com.<wbr>au</wbr>](http://developers.sensis.com.au/)[/](http://developers.sensis.com.au/) use a provider like[http://](http://mashery.com/)[mashery.com](http://mashery.com/)[/](http://mashery.com/) or [https](https://apigee.com/)[://](https://apigee.com/)[apigee.com](https://apigee.com/) or [http://](http://apiaxle.com/)[apiaxle.com](http://apiaxle.com/)[/](http://apiaxle.com/) or [http://www.3scale.net/](http://www.3scale.net/) which handles making a good API for them. -Atlassian have a great page on what makes a good API [https](https://developer.atlassian.com/display/REST/Atlassian+REST+API+Design+Guidelines+version+1)[://](https://developer.atlassian.com/display/REST/Atlassian+REST+API+Design+Guidelines+version+1)[developer.atlassian.<wbr>com</wbr>](https://developer.atlassian.com/display/REST/Atlassian+REST+API+Design+Guidelines+version+1)[/display/REST/](https://developer.atlassian.com/display/REST/Atlassian+REST+API+Design+Guidelines+version+1)[Atlassian](https://developer.atlassian.com/display/REST/Atlassian+REST+API+Design+Guidelines+version+1)[+<wbr>REST+API+Design+Guidelines+<wbr>version+1</wbr></wbr>](https://developer.atlassian.com/display/REST/Atlassian+REST+API+Design+Guidelines+version+1) +Atlassian have a great page on what makes a good API https://developer.atlassian.com/display/REST/Atlassian+REST+API+Design+Guidelines+version+1) API - howto.gov api tutorial @@ -126,7 +188,7 @@ - http://symfony.com/ https://github.com/FriendsOfSymfony/FOSRestBundle http://williamdurand.fr/2012/08/02/rest-apis-with-symfony2-the-right-way/ https://github.com/nelmio/NelmioApiDocBundle better apis https://github.com/liip/LiipHelloBundle - https://github.com/elc/rapi_doc https://github.com/Pajk/apipie-rails - - + http://amberonrails.com/building-stripes-api/ # Infographics and Data Visualisation {#data-visualisation} @@ -135,13 +197,25 @@ Most of the categories to follow have visualisation tools specific to their purpose. -You can find some data visualisation “essential”\. tools below: +You can find some data visualisation tools below: [http://www.visualisingdata.com/index.php/2011/07/part-6-the-essential-collection-of-visualisation-resources/](http://www.visualisingdata.com/index.php/2011/07/part-6-the-essential-collection-of-visualisation-resources/) Also check out [http://thejit.org](http://thejit.org/) & [http://www.senchalabs.org/<wbr>philogl/</wbr>](http://www.senchalabs.org/philogl/) (contributed by Matt Adcock) +Have to use visual art concepts, good color schemes http://www.r-bloggers.com/the-paul-tol-21-color-salute/ + + + - https://graphics.stanford.edu/wikis/cs448b-12-fall/ data viz theory + - http://drawingbynumbers.org/toolsandresources + +examples - http://sunfoundation.tumblr.com/ +tools - http://selection.datavisualization.ch/ data viz tools catalog + + + # Mobile +bom water, nz gov budget html5 jquery mobile like directory.gov.au - android datviz - http://code.google.com/p/afreechart/ http://code.google.com/p/snowdon/ http://code.google.com/p/chartdroid/ http://androidplot.com/ http://code.google.com/p/achartengine/ @@ -150,10 +224,29 @@ # Geographical Data Tools {#geographical-data-tools} -Check out the[ GeoRabble Boundary Mapper’s Cookbook](http://georabble.org/2012/05/31/the-boundary-mappers-cookbook/) to see how you can tie all these things together! +Check out the[ GeoRabble Boundary Mapper's Cookbook](http://georabble.org/2012/05/31/the-boundary-mappers-cookbook/) to see how you can tie all these things together! + +## Key datasets + - base layers like agri http://agri.openstreetmap.org/, http://irs.gis-lab.info/ wms or http://www.gdal.org/frmt_wms_openstreetmap_tms.xml + ASGS including suburbs/postcodes + - andrewharvey4.wordpress.com postgis/asgs tutorial +## Wrangling + +### Converting +There are many spatial data formats and often the one your tool requires is not the one the dataset is provided in +Online + - http://converter.mygeodata.eu/vector kml exporter for shp +or locally using GDAL + +### geocoding +cloudmade, google (but you must display on a Google Map). + +Easiest way to do is with a Google Spreadsheet/Fusion Table http://williamparry.blogspot.com.au/2011/04/putting-data-into-google-fusion-tables.htm http://support.google.com/fusiontables/answer/1012281?hl=en&ref_topic=2592806 + ## Analysis + ### PostGIS [](http://www.govhack.org/wp-content/uploads/postgisexample.jpg)PostGIS is an extension for the PostgreSQL database server that allows you to store and manipulate geospatial data on a large scale. For example finding which points are in an area or what points are closest . It is also very useful for storing geospatial data because it can convert between all major formats including ESRI Shape files and Google Earth/Maps KML. @@ -168,17 +261,21 @@ ### Google Fusion Tables/ChartsBin/[OpenHeatMap](http://www.openheatmap.com/) -[](http://www.govhack.org/wp-content/uploads/fusiontablesscreenshot.jpg)Input a numerical values and areas to a spreadsheet and maps are produced +[](http://www.govhack.org/wp-content/uploads/fusiontablesscreenshot.jpg)Input numerical values and areas to a spreadsheet and maps are produced where the areas are colored on a scale of the values + +http://www.peteraldhous.com/CAR/Making_maps_with_Google_Fusion_Tables.pdf tutorial or http://support.google.com/fusiontables/topic/2592754?hl=en&ref_topic=27020 for google help files ### [Cartographer.js](http://cartographer.visualmotive.com/) [](http://www.govhack.org/wp-content/uploads/cartographerjs.png)Input data as JSON and maps are produced. - +See also d3 maps. + - http://bost.ocks.org/mike/map/ ### OpenLayers/Google Maps/[Leaflet](http://leaflet.cloudmade.com/) [](http://www.govhack.org/wp-content/uploads/How-to-participate-in-GovHack_html_512fcbe1.jpg)Display points and different layers. Leaflet is the easiest to use if you just want to show points with popups when clicked on. +There are wrappers for Google maps like http://hpneo.github.com/gmaps/examples.html and Mapstraction that can make it easier to use too. ### NASA World Wind/Google Earth @@ -188,27 +285,43 @@ # Tabular Data Tools {#tabular-data-tools} +## Wrangling + +Tabular data may have duplicate entries or incorrect formats (varying ways to enter dates/phonenumbers etc.). There are tools to quickly fix common problems + +[DataWrangler](http://vis.stanford.edu/wrangler/)/[Google Refine](http://code.google.com/p/google-refine/) + +[](http://www.govhack.org/wp-content/uploads/google_refine_interface.png)Clean up duplicate or inconsistent data entries. + +Can also use general purpose tools; grep/awk/sed +regex http://www.regexper.com/ http://www.debuggex.com/?re=&str= + ## Analysis ### Excel / Calc Great basic analysis and viewing. Older versions can be limited to 6500\. or so rows. Eg [http://www.tcij.org/training-material/car/data-mining/3474](http://www.tcij.org/training-material/car/data-mining/3474) -### [DataWrangler](http://vis.stanford.edu/wrangler/)/[Google Refine](http://code.google.com/p/google-refine/) - -[](http://www.govhack.org/wp-content/uploads/google_refine_interface.png)Clean up duplicate or inconsistent data entries. - ### PostgreSQL/MySQL [](http://www.govhack.org/wp-content/uploads/How-to-participate-in-GovHack_html_209ee972.jpg)Next step up, large datasets can be manipulated/extracted efficiently for example [http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.4/static/tutorial-window.html](http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.4/static/tutorial-window.html) , no built-in data visualisation though. -[Miso Dataset](http://misoproject.com/dataset/) - -[](http://www.govhack.org/wp-content/uploads/How-to-participate-in-GovHack_html_m53b7ee38.png)Javascript data transformation library � especially good if you want to use the output for javascript interactive visualisations because the transformations can be done on-the-fly by users. +### [Miso Dataset](http://misoproject.com/dataset/) + +[](http://www.govhack.org/wp-content/uploads/How-to-participate-in-GovHack_html_m53b7ee38.png)Javascript data transformation library - especially good if you want to use the output for javascript interactive visualisations because the transformations can be done on-the-fly by users. ### R Statistical Language [](http://www.govhack.org/wp-content/uploads/rstudio-windows.png)Advanced data analysis, can find and visualise trends in large datasets. Some reference resources to learn the language [http://cran.r-project.org/doc/manuals/R-intro.html ](http://cran.r-project.org/doc/manuals/R-intro.html)There are also some addons that provide graphical interfaces that make it easier to use such as Rattle [http://rattle.togaware.com/](http://rattle.togaware.com/) , RStudio [http://rstudio.org/](http://rstudio.org/) or Deducer [http://www.deducer.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php?n=Main.DeducerManual](http://www.deducer.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php?n=Main.DeducerManual) + + - http://blog.yhathq.com/posts/10-R-packages-I-wish-I-knew-about-earlier.html + - excel -> R/rattle/ deducer? http://www.r-bloggers.com/updates-to-the-deducer-family-of-packages/ + - http://www.twotorials.com/ for R + - http://www.r-bloggers.com/gradient-word-clouds/ http://www.rstudio.com/shiny/ http://blog.ouseful.info/2012/11/28/quick-shiny-demo-exploring-nhs-winter-sit-rep-data/ https://github.com/timelyportfolio/shiny-d3-plot https://github.com/trestletech/shiny-sandbox/tree/master/grn + - http://www.r-bloggers.com/video-simpler-tricks-and-tools-help-debugging-git-latex-and-workflow-with-r-by-prof-rob-hyndman/ + - http://yihui.name/knitr/ makes reports including google widgets/charts/maps via http://www.r-bloggers.com/googlevis-0-3-2-is-released-better-integration-with-knitr/ + - http://chartsnthings.tumblr.com/post/36978271916/r-tutorial-simple-charts http://flowingdata.com/2012/12/17/getting-started-with-charts-in-r/ + ## Visualisation @@ -226,19 +339,30 @@ d3 - http://datadrivenjournalism.net/resources/data_driven_documents_defined - http://www.benmcmahen.com/blog/posts/50eb57d55a94d35262000001 d3 svg + - d3 tools and tutorial http://enjalot.com/ http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4608440 + - Why d3 is the way it is and how to make charts http://bost.ocks.org/mike/chart/ + - how to make an xkcd chart http://bl.ocks.org/3914862 ### Processing.js # Unstructured (text documents, webpages, metadata, tweets etc) Data Tools -Scraperwiki +## wrangling +Scraperwiki pytemplate scrapy +regex + +#analysing + - opennlp/nltk / https://github.com/clips/pattern + - lucene/solr + - http://www.r-bloggers.com/simple-text-mining-with-r/ + - http://blog.josephwilk.net/ruby/latent-semantic-analysis-in-ruby.html similar terms usually found together + +#visualising + Overviewer/ Jigsaw http://www.cc.gatech.edu/gvu/ii/jigsaw/ - - opennlp/nltk, lucene/solr - - http://www.r-bloggers.com/simple-text-mining-with-r/ - -R - - http://blog.josephwilk.net/ruby/latent-semantic-analysis-in-ruby.html similar terms usually found together + +http://www.jasondavies.com/wordtree/ # Graph (relationships and networks) Data Tools {#graph-relationships-and-networks-data-tools} @@ -249,11 +373,23 @@ ## Analysis -### Neo4j - -[](http://www.govhack.org/wp-content/uploads/webadmin-data.png)Help understand relationships � how is X connected to Y and via what other entities they both are connected to. Imports and exports - -can be done using a preexisting tool like Gremlin or by writing a simple Java/Python/Ruby application. Queries can be tested in the built in data browser. +### R + +- http://is-r.tumblr.com/post/38240018815/making-prettier-network-graphs-with-sna-and-igraph + + +### Neo4j / OrientDB + +[](http://www.govhack.org/wp-content/uploads/webadmin-data.png)Help understand relationships - how is X connected to Y and via what other entities they both are connected to. Imports and exports + + - http://www.slideshare.net/maxdemarzi/etl-into-neo4j + http://blog.neo4j.org/2013/03/importing-data-into-neo4j-spreadsheet.html + +http://www.orientdb.org/ + +Both can be accessed using a preexisting tool like Gremlin or by writing a simple Java/Python/Ruby application. Queries can be tested in the built in data browser. + + ### [NetworkX](http://networkx.lanl.gov/index.html) @@ -261,17 +397,19 @@ NetworkX is a social network analysis library for python. Many advanced analyses built in like finding communities within a graph. Also good for converting data into graphs. -### Palantir - -Palantir make a good computer forensics tool, which they will showcase and give GovHack attendees access to for GovHack data analysis purposes. For more information check out: - -[http://palantir.com.au/](http://palantir.com.au/) ## Visualisation +### Tree/Hierarchy visualisation +Sometimes what you actually have is a tree/hierarchy with no interconnections. + http://www.randelshofer.ch/treeviz/ http://thejit.org/demos/ http://mbostock.github.com/protovis/ex/treemap.html http://blog.pixelingene.com/2011/07/building-a-tree-diagram-in-d3-js/d3 for Trees and Hierarchies + http://mbostock.github.com/d3/ex/pack.html http://mbostock.github.com/d3/ex/tree.html + +### NodeXL for Microsoft Excel + - http://nodexl.codeplex.com/ network graphs for excel ### [Graphviz](http://www.graphviz.org/) -[](http://www.govhack.org/wp-content/uploads/How-to-participate-in-GovHack_html_7579906d.png)Classic directed graph visualisation tool, can even [generate images online without installing](http://ashitani.jp/gv/) or use in webpages with [javascript port of software](http://code.google.com/p/canviz/). File format [�dot� very easy to learn](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DOT_language) +[](http://www.govhack.org/wp-content/uploads/How-to-participate-in-GovHack_html_7579906d.png)Classic directed graph visualisation tool, can even [generate images online without installing](http://ashitani.jp/gv/) or use in webpages with [javascript port of software](http://code.google.com/p/canviz/). File format ["dot" very easy to learn](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DOT_language) ### Gephi @@ -281,113 +419,3 @@ [](http://www.govhack.org/wp-content/uploads/How-to-participate-in-GovHack_html_m6006eaf3.jpg)Javascript graph viewer, can use GEXF files exported from tools like neo4j, gephi and NetworkX. - - -Below is some additional information including a few previous GovHack projects to get you thinking  More examples are available at [http://mashupaustralia.org/](http://mashupaustralia.org/). - -# Previous Project Examples {#previous-project-examples} - -## The Open Budget - -## WeatherTree weather API - -## PlanningAlerts - -[](http://www.govhack.org/wp-content/uploads/How-to-participate-in-GovHack_html_2f0199ff1.png)Description: Planning Alerts takes data from local government development applications and sends alerts to users based on what applications are lodged in their area. - -Programming Language: Ruby - -Source Control: [Git](https://github.com/openaustralia/planningalerts-app) - -Issue Tracking: [Atlassian JIRA](http://tickets.openaustraliafoundation.org.au/browse/PA/) - -## LobbyLens - -[](http://www.govhack.org/wp-content/uploads/129-Screenshot-LobbyClue_-_Chromium.png) - -Description: Displays connections between government contracts, business details, politician responsibilities, lobbyists, clients of lobbyists, political donors and the location of these entities. - -Programing Language: PHP - -Source Control: SVN (Subversion) - -Issue Tracking: A whiteboard - -## Bus.lambdacomplex.org - -[](http://www.govhack.org/wp-content/uploads/How-to-participate-in-GovHack_html_3789acae.jpg) - -Description: Online Canberra Bus Timetables and Trip Planner. - -Programing Language: PHP/Ruby - -Source Control: Git - -Issue Tracking: Github - -# General Data Hacking and Programming References {#general-data-hacking-and-programming-references} - - -[](http://www.govhack.org/wp-content/uploads/How-to-participate-in-GovHack_html_m6a65720f.gif)</dt> -Illustration from Data Journalism Handbook, CC BY-SA 3.0</dd> - - -The best high level reference is the �Understanding Data� and �Delivering Data� chapters of the Data Journalism Handbook which is available online for free at - -[datajournalismhandbook.org](http://datajournalismhandbook.org/) - -You can learn the technical skills from scratch in Visualize This: The FlowingData Guide to Design, Visualization, and Statistics by Nathan Yau or for more advanced - -practical advice check out Data Analysis with Open Source Tools by Philipp K. Janert - -For further reading in this space - -[http://flowingdata.com/2012/04/27/data-and-visualization-blogs-worth-following/](http://flowingdata.com/2012/04/27/data-and-visualization-blogs-worth-following/) - -**Statistics** - -[http://greenteapress.com/thinkstats/html/index.html](http://greenteapress.com/thinkstats/html/index.html) - -**Programming** - -Programming is valuable skill for manipulating and displaying data. - -Basic tutorials for a variety of languages are available for free online or you can learn - -interactively with websites like [http://www.codecademy.com/](http://www.codecademy.com/#!/exercises/0\. for JavaScript or [http://www.learnpython.org/ ](http://www.learnpython.org/)or [http://tryruby.org](http://tryruby.org/) - -[https://developer.mozilla.org/en/JavaScript](https://developer.mozilla.org/en/JavaScript) –\. especially for web applications and visualisations, you’ll need a basic understanding of JS. Common libraries like prototype or jQuery can help - -**Accessibility/User Experience** - -WCAG guidelines not only make a web app accessible but make it a better experience for all users! Even if not making an app, good to consider these things to do and not do: [http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG/](http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG/) - - - -# Developer Tools For Your Computer {#developer-tools-for-your-computer} - -server admin / technical tools -many projects will require some kind of internet presence, webpage etc. - - css framework like bootstrap or zurb foundation - video tools, youtube video editor/slideshow, FOSS video editing tools - - http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/2008/11/11/relaying-postfix-smtp-via-smtpgmailcom/ - - amon - -### Source Control –\. Git / Subversion - -[](http://progit.org/book/) - -[http://progit.org/book/](http://progit.org/book/) - -[http://svnbook.red-bean.com/](http://svnbook.red-bean.com/) - -[http://tortoisesvn.net/](http://tortoisesvn.net/) - -[http://code.google.com/p/tortoisegit/](http://code.google.com/p/tortoisegit/) - -### Task Tracking - [Trac](http://trac.edgewall.org/) / [Redmine](http://www.redmine.org/) / [Bugzilla](http://www.bugzilla.org/) - -## [](http://www.govhack.org/wp-content/uploads/trac.png) - -Issue/task trackers allow you to outline the tasks required for your project and assign them to people to do. -