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 +====== Tools and templates ======
  
 +As an ODI we cannot promote non-open-source applications it’s part of our philosophy of Openness and Independence.
 +
 +Here are some fundamentals are guiding principles:
 +    - We should always promote open source and free software where applicable and appropriate. Those that provide more control over personal data and security protections. 
 +  -  Tools and applications which are respectful of data privacy and rights - this precludes many proprietary software applications - see terms and conditions.
 +  - Tools and applications which do not lock users into services which they cannot afford over the longer term, or require them to loose this access upon account closures.
 +  
 +
 +Sometimes we do use proprietary software and this mix is going to be around for various reasons. Where-ever possible we do try to ensure that these companies have a ‘social’ component that offers services for non-for-profits which offers the full suite without a cost. Tableau and DataWrapper do, as does Mapbox. ​
 +We have previously moved away from some applications because they do not off these services - such as Carto, ArcGIS and to an extent that we still use some is because of legacy. i.e. many had free terms and then changed these policies at a later date.
 +===== Tools and templates for more efficient work =====
 +====Collaborative documentation====
 +  * [[https://​notes.datawrapper.de/​ | Etherpad]]
 +  *<​del>​ [[http://​www.hackpad.com|Hackpad]] (cloud-based word processing)</​del>​
 +  * [[https://​drive.google.com/​|Google Drive]] (cloud-base spreadsheet)
 +  * [[https://​www.draw.io/​|Draw.io]] (Flowchart/​diagram-making tool. It can be connected to Google Drive, Dropbox, Device or browser)
 +
 +====Data cleaning====
 +  * [[http://​openrefine.org/​|OpenRefine]] (Tutorials and documentation are available[[https://​github.com/​OpenRefine/​OpenRefine/​wiki/​External-Resources|here]])
 +  * [[https://​workbenchdata.com/​ | Workbench]] (Workbench is recommended workflow of data pipelines over Google spreadsheets,​ you can follow the tutorial [[https://​app.workbenchdata.com/​lessons/​en|here]]) ​
 +
 +
 +
 +====Translation====
 +  * [[https://​www.transifex.com|Transifex]]
 +  * [[https://​crowdin.com/​ | Crowdin]]
 +  * [[https://​weblate.org | weblate.org]]
 +
 +====RSS news feeds====
 +  * [[http://​www.wprssimporter.com|WordPress RSS Importer]] (WordPress plugin)
 +
 +
 +====Web scraping====
 +  * [[https://​webscraper.io/​| Webscraper.io]]
 +  * [[https://​wrapapi.com/​| wrapapi.com]] ​
 +  * <​del>​[[http://​www.kimonolabs.com|Kimono Lab.com]]</​del>​
 +  * [[http://​www.import.io|Import.io]]
 +
 +====API Creation / Testing==== ​
 +  *[[https://​www.postman.com/​| Postman]]
 +  *[[https://​wrapapi.com/​| wrapapi.com ]]
 +
 +====Archiving Webpages====
 +  * [[ https://​archive.is/​faq | Archive.is]] Better features and no exclusion rules for certain websites
 +  * [[ https://​archive.org | Archive.org ]] 
 +
 +====Web Search==== ​
 +  * [[https://​www.torproject.org/​download/​ | Tor Browser]] Use Tor and Tor Browser to search ​
 +  * [[https://​duckduckgo.com | DuckDuckGo]]
 +  * [[https://​www.qwant.com/​ | Qwant]]
 +
 +====Web app automation====
 +<​del> ​ * [[http://​www.ifttt.com|IFTTT]]
 +  * [[http://​www.zapier.com|Zapier]]</​del>​
 +
 +**Visualization and infographics**
 +   * [[https://​www.canva.com/​ | canva.com]]
 +  * [[http://​extremepresentation.typepad.com/​blog/​2006/​09/​choosing_a_good.html|Chart suggestion - a thought-starter]] (What would you like to show? relationship,​ comparison, composition,​ or distribution?​)
 +  * [[http://​www.informationisbeautiful.net/​|Information is Beautiful]] (Inspirations on ideas, issues, knowledge, data — visualized!)
 +  * [[http://​piktochart.com/​|Piktochart]]
 +  * [[http://​infogr.am|Infogr.am]]
 +  * [[https://​datawrapper.de/​|Datawrapper]] (Setting font size for title and notes is possible with html codes. The note section can be used to list multiple sources of data.)
 +  * [[https://​cloud.highcharts.com/​|Highcharts Cloud]]
 +  * [[https://​public.tableau.com/​s/​|Tableau Public]]
 +  * [[https://​cartodb.com/​|CartoDB]]
 +  * [[https://​timeline.knightlab.com/​|Timeline JS]]
 +  * [[http://​timemapper.okfnlabs.org/​|TimeMapper]]
 +  * [[http://​d3js.org/​|D3:​ Data Driven Documentation]] (JavaScript library for producing dynamic, interactive data visualizations in web browsers)
 +  * <​del>​[[https://​support.google.com/​fusiontables/​answer/​2571232|Google Fusion Table]] (Fusion Tables is an experimental data visualization web application to gather, visualize, and share data tables.)</​del>​
 +  * [[http://​www.xmind.net|XMind]] (tree diagramming,​ like for the taxonomy)
 +
 +====Code Editors====
 +  * [[ https://​code.visualstudio.com/​ | VS Code]]
 +  * [[ https://​marketplace.visualstudio.com/​items?​itemName=ritwickdey.LiveServer| Live Server Extension for VS Code]]
 +  * [[https://​marketplace.visualstudio.com/​items?​itemName=CoenraadS.bracket-pair-colorizer|Bracket Pair Colorizer Extension for VS Code]]
 +  * [[ https://​marketplace.visualstudio.com/​items?​itemName=SirTori.indenticator| Indenticator Extension for VS code]]
 +  * [[ https://​marketplace.visualstudio.com/​items?​itemName=mohsen1.prettify-json| JSON Prettify Extension for VS Code ]]
 +
 +====Notebooks====
 +  * [[https://​observablehq.com | Observable Notebooks]
 +  * [[ https://​colab.research.google.com| Google Colaboratory ]]
 +
 +====Interactive tutorials====
 +  * [[http://​www.amberjack.com|Amberjack]]
 +  * [[http://​usablica.github.io/​intro.js/​|USAblica.github.io]]
 +  * [[http://​www.powtoon.com|Powtoon]] (making short animated videos)
 +  * [[http://​camstudio.org/​|CamStudio]] (making videos by capturing on-screen activity and audio)
 +
 +====Typesetting/​DTP====
 +  * [[https://​www.scribus.net/​ | Scribus]] Use Scribus to create reports, books and publications. Here is [[https://​www.youtube.com/​watch?​v=JQH5fQjGqbk | in depth video tutorial of scribus]]
 +
 +===== External resources =====
 +
 +[[http://​archives.open-steps.org/​resources-guides/​|Open Steps' resources and guides]]