Though more complicated as it requires programming knowledge, Python allows you to perform any manipulation, transformation, and visualization of your data. It is ideal for data scientists.

Eventually he located the data feed for a tanker ship and wired his dial to display the ship’s speed. He uses a Python script to interface with the Pachube API, which is fed to his Netduino board.

Another unique use for Uber’s data viz software – Minecraft visualization. deck.gl is a rich, flexible tool that according to Belmonte and Uber, has no real peers in the open source community.