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Items tagged explorables in 2017

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JOY.js (via) Delightful new exploratory programming environment from Nicky Case. Try the Turtle demo, which takes Logo and updates it for the modern web. # 21st November 2017, 2:50 pm

Pink Trombone (via) Explorable explanation of the human vocal system by Neil Thapen. View source for some pleasantly readable JavaScript / canvas / window.AudioContext code. # 9th November 2017, 6:44 pm

Feature Visualization (via) Another gorgeous paper published on Distill, the journal that prides itself on including interactive visualizations to help provide clear explanations of machine learning. # 7th November 2017, 8:48 pm

An interactive explanation of quadtrees (via) Neat explorable explanation of quadtrees, using interactives built on top of D3. # 16th October 2017, 2:47 pm

Explorable Explanations. I’m fascinated by web articles and essays that embed interactive visualizations—taking advantage of the unique capabilities of the medium to help explain complex concepts. Explorable Explanations collects exactly these, under the banner of “learning through play”. They also gather tools and tutorials to help build more of them. # 15th October 2017, 1:17 pm

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