Ian Johnson

Observable

Working with data

Working with SQL

Working with spreadsheets

Working with files

Working with APIs & remote files

Curated datasets

Getting started with Observable? You’ve come to the right place.

Tutorials

Working With Data

Whether your data is hosted on the web, stored in a database, or saved in a local file, you can access it from Observable with these techniques.

Getting Data In and Out

Excel

Resources for working with SQL in Observable

We kept finding ourselves looking for good datasets to use to demonstrate, teach and discuss working with data. In our search we realized we'll never find the One True Dataset, so we started developing this collection of curated datasets. 

Staff Pick: Curated Data Sets

Datasets curated to be comprehensive and real, yet simple and friendly. Ideal for learning, teaching and web based demonstration of data analysis and visualization.