Sophia Strano's Assignment 1 - Hello World: GitHub and d3 Website Link : https://sophiastrano.github.io/a1-ghd3/
For this assignment, being very new to JS, html and d3, I consulted multiple articles to learn more about the basics of creating primitives. I mainly modeled my code with examples from http://www.d3noob.org/2014/02/d3js-elements.html and https://www.d3-graph-gallery.com/intro_d3js.html to gain a basic understanding the relationship between html and JS, and to reference basic syntax to generate primitives.
Technical Achievements --
Considering that I have only ever used GitHub for the sake of having a profile, and that I have never used any of these languages or libraries, I was happy with the advancements I made during the project, between practicing the use of GitBash and viewing my changes more quickly by loading the html file directly into my browser. In addition to getting more comfortable with the general usage of JS and d3 to create shapes, I was able to create a scale for the x axis to scale the shapes I've created more appropriately. After figuring out the appropriate height and width for my SVG I was struggling to get a relative idea of where shapes would actually appear on the screen, so creating a visible scale from 0 to 100 served as a guide to decide what positions I wanted primitvies to appear, and to ensure they appeared in the expected location. Other major technical achievements I included would be the use of identifiers to create functions for my primitives, allowing me to duplicate and animate my shapes.
Design Achievement Description -- 12 I wanted to make a turtle, and this proved to be extremely difficult. During this I was able to practice moving, resizing, and smoothing the edges of shapes to make design advancements, and I really wanted to create a visualization that told a powerful story. I challenged myself by adding another critter that can move, a butterfly, who is friends with the turtle. To make sure I'd covered the basics of all primitives and to keep the turtle warm I also included the sun.