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A Move to Main Branch: Peter Moore on 13 Oct 2021
Time Series Analysis with Jupyter Notebooks and Socrata: rlvoyer on 07 Oct 2019
Continual Improvement : CI / CD at Tyler Technologies, Data & Insights Division: JoeNunnelley on 26 Sep 2019
Welcome (back) to our blog!: helenasw on 14 Aug 2019
Elixir in production, an open data tale: rozap on 28 Aug 2017
Creating a monthly calendar with FullCalendar.io: chrismetcalf on 30 Mar 2017
Conditional notifications with Huginn: chrismetcalf on 29 Mar 2017
Validate Your Data with FME: cdesisto on 02 Feb 2017
Visualizing data using the Google Calendar Chart: stuagano on 03 Jan 2017
Scrubbing data with Python: stuagano on 03 Jan 2017
Gauge Visualizations using the Google Charts library: stuagano on 03 Jan 2017
Import TLS Security Upgrade: chrismetcalf on 29 Nov 2016
Pulling data from Hadoop and Publishing to Socrata: stuagano on 28 Oct 2016
Using Pentaho to Read data from Salesforce and Publish to Socrata: dkuttner on 30 Aug 2016
SNI now required for HTTPS connections: chrismetcalf on 24 Aug 2016
PowerShell and SODA: joeywas on 24 Aug 2016
RSocrata as an ETL framework: stuagano on 29 Jul 2016
Pre-generated code snippets for Socrata Open Data APIs: chrismetcalf on 11 Jul 2016
Open Data and Search Relevance: rlvoyer on 06 Jul 2016
Analyze data with one click via CartoDB, Plot.ly: chrismetcalf on 01 Jul 2016
Quickly Building an Ember Application Backed by Socrata Open Data: zachgarwood on 30 Jun 2016
Geospatial Analysis with Socrata and QGIS: PeterAustinMoore on 13 Jun 2016
Clarification of throttling limits: chrismetcalf on 04 Jun 2016
Telling stories with Open Data: Socrata Perspectives for National Day of Civic Hacking: chrismetcalf on 03 Jun 2016
Finding Open Data resources for National Day of Civic Hacking: chrismetcalf on 02 Jun 2016
New geospatial functions, $having parameter: chrismetcalf on 01 Jun 2016
Preparing for National Day of Civic Hacking: chrismetcalf on 19 May 2016
Upper bound now set on Catalog Search API: chrismetcalf on 04 May 2016
Natural Language Processing of Consumer Complaint Narratives with SODAPy and Algorithmia: HoogieMan on 03 May 2016
SODA API sidebar updates: on 02 May 2016
intersects(...), distance_in_meters(...): chrismetcalf on 31 Mar 2016
Using a SSIS to write to a Socrata Dataset: aliciatb on 17 Mar 2016
New Tools for Sample Queries: chrismetcalf on 03 Mar 2016
Discuss datasets and APIs on GitHub: chrismetcalf on 18 Feb 2016
Data Visualization with Plotly and Pandas: jsanch on 02 Feb 2016
Data Analysis with Python and pandas using Jupyter Notebook: aag6z on 01 Feb 2016
API Foundry path change: chrismetcalf on 26 Jan 2016
Added more detail about how to access system fields within SODA: chrismetcalf on 04 Jan 2016
Using R and Shiny to Find Outliers with Scatter and Box Plots: marks on 28 Nov 2015
Introducing clarified SODA API versioning: chrismetcalf on 25 Nov 2015
Analyzing Open Data with SAS: marks on 10 Nov 2015
dev.socrata.com goes HTTPS!: chrismetcalf on 30 Oct 2015
API Documentation for Private Datasets: chrismetcalf on 27 Oct 2015
New API endpoints now default for API documentation: chrismetcalf on 08 Oct 2015
Socrata Labs Export API Deprecation, $limit raised on new dataset APIs: chrismetcalf on 31 Jul 2015
Building SMS Applications with Twilio: justgrimes on 09 Jul 2015
Forecasting with RSocrata: stuagano on 17 Jun 2015
What makes a great "open data mashup"?: chrismetcalf on 12 Jun 2015
Open Data Mashup - Summer Jam Online Hackathon: chrismetcalf on 02 Jun 2015
Developer Support for National Day of Civic Hacking 2015: chrismetcalf on 02 Jun 2015
Pentaho Kettle ETL Toolkit: Chicago on 29 May 2015
Making a heatmap with R: benunsworth on 20 May 2015
Tracking Economic Development with Open Data and Predictive Algorithms: chrismetcalf on 19 May 2015
Streaming Geospatial Processing in the Socrata Platform: velvia on 07 May 2015
Socrata Civic Developer Newsletter: Important and exciting updates about the Socrata Open Data API: chrismetcalf on 30 Apr 2015
Migration to new, high-performance Socrata Open Data APIs: chrismetcalf on 27 Apr 2015
New advanced Export API introduced to labs.socrata.com: chrismetcalf on 27 Apr 2015
New global catalog search API introduced: chrismetcalf on 27 Apr 2015
Create a column chart with Highcharts: marks on 30 Mar 2015
"Thank a Govie" Today: chrismetcalf on 06 Mar 2015
Generating a within_box() query with Leaflet.js: chriswhong on 10 Feb 2015
Using a Wufoo form to write to a Socrata Dataset: chriswhong on 09 Feb 2015
Socrata announces support for Open Data Day and CodeAcross local events: chrismetcalf on 30 Jan 2015
Pushing Sensor Data to Socrata: chriswhong on 11 Jan 2015
Using a jQueryUI date slider to build a SODA Query: chriswhong on 24 Dec 2014
Introduction to the FME Writer with Socrata: Thom Robbins on 04 Dec 2014
DataSync 101 with Socrata: Thom Robbins on 24 Nov 2014
Help Your Community Prepare for Flu Season by Deploying a Flu Shot Finder App: chrismetcalf on 13 Nov 2014
Data Ingress 101 with Socrata: Thom Robbins on 13 Nov 2014
Data Analysis with Python, Pandas, and Bokeh: chrismetcalf on 04 Nov 2014
App Tokens and Registrations - Developer Spotlight: Thom Robbins on 15 Oct 2014
Using the FME Socrata Writer: alaurenz on 09 Oct 2014
Webinar Wrap Up: Getting Started with Civic Application Development: Thom Robbins on 08 Oct 2014
Filtering Datasets with SoQl - Developer Spotlight: Thom Robbins on 01 Oct 2014
Animated Heatmap with Heatmap.js: chriswhong on 01 Oct 2014
Build a physical "Traffic Light": chrismetcalf on 26 Sep 2014
Finding APIs with Socrata - Developer Spotlight: Thom Robbins on 24 Sep 2014
Improving the Developer Experience: New Libraries and SDKs, Community Contributions, and More: chrismetcalf on 15 Sep 2014
Webinar: Getting Started with Civic Application Development: Thom Robbins on 05 Sep 2014
Data Publishing 101: Ingress Basics with the SODA2 API, Socrata interface, and DataSync: Thom Robbins on 29 Aug 2014
Google Maps Mashup: chrismetcalf on 31 May 2014
Google Maps with KML: chrismetcalf on 31 May 2014
DataSync Version 1.0 Released: alaurenz on 06 May 2014
New Community-Powered Developer Portal Revitalizes Open Data: chrismetcalf on 09 Apr 2014
Upsert via soda-ruby: on 26 Mar 2014
Changes to the handling of NULLs in Upsert operations: chrismetcalf on 11 Feb 2014
Simple column chart with D3: chrismetcalf on 13 Aug 2013