Setting up

For this book, you really only need to download and install the following:

• Chrome: https://www.google.com/chrome/.
  • A web browser so that we can view our visualizations.
• Node: https://nodejs.org/en/.
  • This allows us to run javascript from the terminal. In Chapter 4, Making a Basic Scatter Plot Interactive,we will use it so that we can make AJAX calls.
• A code editor. I'd suggest Atom if you're new to coding: https://atom.io/.