Moacir lead us through a rapid introduction/refresher of the basics of Python before introducing Proquest’s TDM Studio tool. […]
Category: Data Club
Getting Started with Research Data: Concepts, Tools, & Resources
Today, Wei gave us a tour of working with research data and a preview of this semester’s unified Data Club. […]
Data Club Fall 2025 Schedule
We’re back from a busy but relaxing summer and are ready for another semester of Data Club. There are a few big changes this year. First, all of Research Data Services’s workshops are being offered as meetings under the Data Club banner. Eric, Jeremiah, Wei, and Moacir will each lead two meetings on topics of […]
Data Engineering in Python with Polars 1
Today, we begin learning Polars, an alternative data analysis Python library to pandas. We’ll learn about how Polars is similar to and different from pandas and why it is an appealing choice in 2025 for ETL (extract-transform-load) operations. […]
SQL and NoSQL Databases in Python with Pandas
Today we looked at using databases in Python. […]
Git and Gitting Organized (Also, Text Editing)
Today we talk a bit about project management and see how to use Git with VS Code. […]
Day One Exploratory Data Analysis with JavaScript
Today we return back to our Observable notebooks to learn how to do lightning fast exploratory data analysis! […]
Day One Generating Jamstack Websites
Today we ported our knowledge of the Observable workflow into making our own bespoke Jamstack websites. This was a rocky road, but everyone won in the end! […]
Installing Observable Framework from Zero
On November 7, we’ll be deconstructing websites built with Observable’s “Framework” framework for making data-driven web apps like dashboards. But before we can deconstruct, we have to construct. This short video shows you how to get an Observable Framework site running in four steps. […]
Day One Map Making with Leaflet
Making web maps is pretty easy with Leaflet. In this Data Club, we got some spatial data and plotted it in the browser. […]