The state of visualization: Application and practice

Noah Iliinsky surveys the state of visualization, outlines the major trends in the field, and explores the directions that visualization is headed. Noah also dives into the assorted tool domainsfrom enterprise to desktop to code-basedand discusses the pros and cons and use cases of each.

Visualization is hot. Visualization is where it’s at. Visualization is the “next big thing.” Visualization is. . .complicated. New data, audiences, practitioners, tools, and publications are creating excitement around visualization, but visualization can also be confusing. How do you know what data to visualize? How do you know what tool to use? How do you even know when to use visualization? Noah Iliinsky surveys the state of visualization, outlines the major trends in the field, and explores the directions that visualization is headed. Noah also dives into the assorted tool domains—from enterprise to desktop to code-based—and discusses the pros and cons and use cases of each. Along the way, Noah demonstrates strategies to help choose when visualization is an appropriate approach and when you’re better off offering raw data or simply answers.