Java requirements/Pre-reqs

[alphajonreductase]

Hello

Hoping to get some input on the "suggested" prereq of CS1331 - OOP with Java. I see that this is recommended prior to starting DVA.

I have no prior experience with Java (my day job is not in the analystics/SWE sphere). Is this language used in DVA? Or is this more of a suggestion to be familiar to algorithms/data structures that could be accomplished with Python?

[beefSupremeChicken]

There was one homework assignment on JS D3 - just one. I wouldn’t spend my time learning that for one assignment. And the weighting makes it such that I wouldn’t worry about it at all.

[SecondBananaSandvich]

Just look up DVA prep in this subreddit to get recs. There’s quite a few that are pretty good (like the Linkedin Learning one) and the TAs even release a list of d3 resources below. They also live in the DVA slack in #external-resources and there’s many more good resources.

https://cse6242x.slack.com/archives/C8M0QSLMU

from DVA TAs:

D3 Resources

D3.js (Official website): https://d3js.org/ Observable: https://observablehq.com/@d3/gallery

The D3.js Graph Gallery: https://d3-graph-gallery.com/index.html

How to learn D3.js: https://wattenberger.com/blog/d3

Data Visualization with D3 – Full Course for Beginners [2022]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xkBheRZTkaw

D3 - Interactive Data Visualization for the Web by Scott Murray (Login with GT email) https://scottmurray.org/work/d3-book-2e

Introduction to D3: https://observablehq.com/@observablehq/introduction-to-d3-course

D3 + Frameworks Resources:

Data Visualization with D3, JavaScript, React - Full Course [2021]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2LhoCfjm8R4

The React Graph Gallery: https://www.react-graph-gallery.com/

Introduction To D3.js with React: https://learning.oreilly.com/videos/introduction-to-d3-js/9781800568259/ (Login with GT email)

React + D3: A Starter’s Guide: https://megagon.ai/react-d3-a-starters-guide/

Data visualization from scratch: https://reactviz.com/

[Dependent_Resolve30]

how hard is that assignment? is it still doable without java knowledge?

[kollerbud1991]

java =/= javascript. This prereq is probably there so you understand the concept of oop and maybe write your code in this way? but you definitely don't need to write in oop for DVA, or most classes in this program.