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

🕒 21:25–22:15
🏷️ Labels: Github Pages, Data Integration, Interactive Charts, Jekyll, D3.Js, Automation
📂 Project: Dev
⭐ Priority: MEDIUM

Session Goal

The session aimed to integrate a repository of economic data with a blog on GitHub Pages. This involved setting up GitHub Pages, integrating interactive charts, and automating data updates.

Key Activities

  • Planned the session to integrate economic data with GitHub Pages.
  • Reviewed and set up GitHub Pages for the repository matuteiglesias/economia.gob.ar-datos.
  • Developed scripts for updating data on the blog using D3.js.
  • Configured the gh-pages branch and synchronized it with the remote repository.
  • Resolved branch conflicts and configured GitHub Pages with the docs folder.
  • Explored and recommended Jekyll themes for documentation.

Achievements

  • Successfully configured GitHub Pages for the economic data repository.
  • Implemented interactive data visualization using D3.js and other charting libraries.
  • Established a workflow for maintaining updated data on the blog.

Pending Tasks

  • Further exploration of Jekyll themes for enhanced blog aesthetics.
  • Finalize the content structure for the economic blog, including conceptual maps and time series categorization.