First a warning-
Beware– MIT’s SIMILE Project has created tools that agents of Non-Programistan may easily use to further the cause BUT there are also many tool there that might easily lead you down the path to coding. Avoid this at all costs or there will be repercussions.*

I had seen for years the richness of interactive web sites! I hungered for them. My eyes teared when I saw interactive maps plotted with data from afar. I knew they were built on the backs of code slavery yet still they called to me.

Finally, I found Exhibit. My salvation. Exhibit an amazing tool of Non-Programistani progress. It gives the common man/woman/child/animatronic bear the power to create interactive web pages with every bell and whistle an educator could desire.

Exhibit Elements:

• Alternate views of the same data
• Interactive customizable time lines
• Interactive maps using the Google Maps API
• Sortable column headers for table layouts
• Data restriction by maker defined categories
• Really interesting data visualization options

 

Examples and Other Related Ideas

• Exhibit Level 1 - the simplest integration of Exhibit with sort-able, search-able, omit-able data
• Exhibit Level 2 - the next level of Exhibit with images added for a more visual interface
• Exhibit Level 3 - adding an interactive map
• Exhibit Level 4 - adding an interactive timeline
• Submit Tools for the Revolution - this allows the people to contribute information via Google Spreadsheets

 

Non-Programistan Rating

Open:

Not only is it open source, it is all about open data formats. To top it all off, any Exhibit site gives any viewer the option to rip all the data in a variety of open formats.

Friendly:

It does not require code but it does require you do use some HTML (and some CSS if you want to make it look prettier). Exhibit can also easily lead you to wanting to code things. That is why this tool is dangerous.

Portable:

It allows the information to go where you want it. You can put it up as pure web pages or embed it in blogs (and that pretty much covers the web, right?).

*Exceptions will be made for those that use their programming powers for the greater glory of the Non-Programistan movement.