31:T1c68,# Community News, January 2023 ## Helping you and your team make data-driven decisions, faster. Every month, we highlight the inspiring work being done in Observable by creators in our supportive user community. We also provide development updates, showcase new features, and share opportunities to connect with — and learn from — each other. --- ## Introducing: new "Learning Observable" course Are you a new(ish) user of Observable? Our course ["Learning Observable"](https://observablehq.com/@observablehq/learning-observable-introduction?collection=@observablehq/intro-to-observable) provides an intuitive introduction to all knowledge levels. You'll learn about the core methods and tools to quickly get started working with your data in Observable. There are also plenty of links to more in-depth information. [

](https://observablehq.com/@observablehq/learning-observable-introduction?collection=@observablehq/intro-to-observable) Start course here --- ## Data Visualization Predictions, 2023 Last week, Observable hosted roundtable discussion, "Data Visualization Predictions for 2023." Industry experts shared their forecasts and hopes regarding dataviz trends, innovations, and workflows. [

](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-w8JrGwU6YA) Guests were Tereza Iofciu, PhD, Head Coach Data Science at neuefische and Observable Ambassador, Kristin Henry, a computer scientist specializing in Science and Data Visualization, and Melody Meckfessel, Observable co-founder and CEO. Watch here --- ## Feature of the month: auto-format your code Did you know you can use [Prettier](https://prettier.io/) to auto-format your JavaScript code with a simple ⌥⇧F, and instantly make it easier to read?

Or, auto-enable this feature by going to Settings, Editor Preferences, and checking "Auto-format code." --- ## Can the tools we use help us with more responsible data exploration? When Observable Data Scientist Advocate Allison Horst mentioned that Observable has really helped her with responsible EDA, Observable Writer and Marketer Maria Ciampa asked her to talk more about that... [

](https://observablehq.com/blog/resp-data-exploration?utm_medium=blog&utm_source=newsletter) In the article [How Observable facilitates thorough and responsible data exploration](https://observablehq.com/blog/resp-data-exploration?utm_medium=blog&utm_source=newsletter) Allison shares how Observable has helped her with "due diligence" during data exploration. Read on --- ## Community Spotlight [

](https://observablehq.com/d/23df9ce47ccef179?&utm_source=newsletter&utm_source=newsletter) Take a look at the amazing notebooks the Observable community has created this month! - [House Buying Analysis](https://observablehq.com/d/23df9ce47ccef179) by Spencer - [Visualizing wind turbines in 3D using threebox](https://observablehq.com/@chrispahm/visualizing-wind-turbines-in-3d-using-threebox) by Christoph Pahmeyer - [Circle inversion fractals](https://observablehq.com/@esperanc/circle-inversion-fractals) by Claudio Esperança - [Colours for maps](https://observablehq.com/d/ab5d7d5a5d9e9e16) by Joe Davies View more [featured creators](https://observablehq.com/featured-creators) and [trending notebooks](https://observablehq.com/trending?&utm_source=newsletter). --- ## Join us on Slack and Mastodon - **Join The Observable Slack** We launched the Observable [Community Slack](https://join.slack.com/t/observable-community/shared_invite/zt-1icwex7uf-ovIAS0PcuJ~ZgBToSyUs8w) as another way to connect with one another and the Observable team to ask questions, get product information, and learn what other data practitioners are creating. Join us [here](https://join.slack.com/t/observable-community/shared_invite/zt-1icwex7uf-ovIAS0PcuJ~ZgBToSyUs8w). - **Follow Observable on Mastodon** We've joined the vis.social DataViz community on Mastodon. You can [follow us here](https://vis.social/@observablehq). --- ## Updates from our Community Feedback Repo 🙏 We are thankful for a community that cares and takes time to submit issues on our [community feedback repository](https://github.com/observablehq/feedback). Here are some key feature requests and bug fixes that we recently closed: - **Auto-scroll bug fixed**
A bug that was causing notebooks to scroll erratically during editing when the 'Find and Replace' pane was dismissed without clearing the search field has now been fixed. Thanks @saneef and @Martien for flagging this bug and @JobLeonard and @oluckyman for adding context in the threads! [[#513](https://github.com/observablehq/feedback/issues/513), [#517](https://github.com/observablehq/feedback/issues/517) ] - **Geojson attachments now parsed by default**
GeoJSON file attachments when inserted into a notebook via a code snippet from the File pane are now auto-parsed as JSON. Thank you @saneef for submitting this feature request! [[#525](https://github.com/observablehq/feedback/issues/525)] - **Un-useable error messages from Prettier are no longer logged**
A bug that was causing Prettier to flood the console with unusable error messages has been fixed. Thanks @mootari for flagging this bug! [[#446](https://github.com/observablehq/feedback/issues/446)] Visit our feedback repository --- ## Upcoming Events & Learning Opportunities 📅
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