In the past we have seen many visualization tools like PowerBI, Tableau, Salesforce, Splunk, etc. and lots of libraries like matplotlib, plotly, ggplot, bamboolib, etc., but how many of us have seen a code editor helping us with visualizations without having to code? Interesting right?

This is possible by using the SandDance extension in Visual Studio Code. SandDance is an extension that helps us visualize our data, drill down by filtering and it can also generate 3d graphs by a single click. Let us see how we can have to get started with SandDance on Visual Studio Code.

This article will cover:

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1. Requirements
2. Data transformations
3. Explanation of the dataset
4. Loading dataset and viewing it with SandDance
5. Visualizations and insights
6. Conclusion

Requirements:

• Visual Studio Code
• Python extension in Visual Studio Code
• SandDance extension in Visual Studio Code
• Titanic dataset

Data transformations

• Survived (0 = No, 1 = Yes)
• PClass (1 = 1st class, 2 = 2nd class, 3 = 3rd class)

Explanation of the dataset

• PassengerId – unique id for every passenger
• Survived – did the passenger survive after the accident of not (Yes/No)
• PClass – information on the passenger class (1st, 2nd or 3rd class)
• Name – name of the passengers
• Sex – gender of the passenger
• Age – age
• SibSp – number of siblings/spouses aboard
• Parch – number of parents/children aboard
• Ticket number – ticket number
• Cabin number – cabin number
• Embarked – point of embarkation (C = Cherbourg, Q= Queenstown, S = Southampton)

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