Integrated Economic Data with GitHub Pages

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📅 2024-05-27 — Session: Integrated Economic Data with GitHub Pages

🕒 21:20–22:15
🏷️ Labels: Github Pages, Data Integration, Interactive Visualizations, Jekyll, Automation
📂 Project: Dev
⭐ Priority: MEDIUM

Session Goal

The primary goal of this session was to integrate economic data into a GitHub Pages blog, enhancing the blog with interactive data visualizations.

Key Activities

  • Planning: Initial session planning focused on integrating a repository of economic data with a GitHub Pages blog.
  • Guidance: Followed a step-by-step guide to integrate interactive charts using tools like Plotly, D3.js, and Chart.js.
  • Configuration: Configured GitHub Pages, including setting up the gh-pages branch and creating a docs folder for site deployment.
  • Automation: Developed scripts for updating data files (CSV) to ensure the blog’s data visualizations remain current.
  • Conflict Resolution: Addressed branch conflicts in GitHub Pages setup and ensured synchronization between local and remote repositories.
  • Theme Selection: Evaluated Jekyll themes suitable for hierarchical documentation to enhance the blog’s aesthetic and functional design.

Achievements

  • Successfully integrated economic data into GitHub Pages with interactive visualizations.
  • Established a robust GitHub Pages configuration, including branch setup and conflict resolution.
  • Selected appropriate Jekyll themes for documentation and blog enhancement.

Pending Tasks

  • Finalize the automation scripts for data updates.
  • Continue refining the content structure for the economic blog, focusing on time series categorization and conceptual mapping.

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