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-Assignment 4 - Creative Coding: Interactive Multimedia Experiences
-===
+# Budget Bar Chart Visualization
 
-For this assignment we will focus on client-side development using popular audio/graphics/visualization technologies. The goal of this assignment is to refine our JavaScript knowledge while exploring the multimedia capabilities of the browser.
+## Site Link (Firebase): https://a4-timothyhutzley.web.app/
 
-- [Three.js Tutorial](https://github.com/jmcuneo/cs4241-guides/blob/master/using.three.md)
-- [WebAudio / Canvas Tutorial](https://github.com/jmcuneo/cs4241-guides/blob/main/using.webaudio_and_canvas.md)  
-- [SVG + D3 tutorial](https://github.com/jmcuneo/cs4241-guides/blob/main/using.svg_and_d3.md)  
+## Project Summary
+An interactive **D3.js** bar chart visualization where users create a personal budget that is dynamically visualzied through the bar chart. 
 
-Baseline Requirements
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+## Goal of the Application
+The goal of this application is to create an interactive data visualization to help users create a budget in a more engaging way. The stacked bar chart helps users better understand how they spend their money and what categories it is dsitributed among.
 
-Your application is required to implement the following functionalities:
+## Challenges Faced
+- **Changing Category States:** Implementing the ability to add, deelte, and edit categories correctly without breaking the visualization or creating duplicate elements.  
+- **Color Picker:** Making the color input properly update both the visible color dot next to each category and the color on the chart is it required me to better understand how D3.js uses data binding.   
+- **Displaying Percentages:** Properly determining when to display a category's percentage vs. not when the bar itself gets too small.
 
-- A server created using Express. This server can be as simple as needed.
-- A client-side interactive experience using at least one of the following web technologies frameworks.
-  - [Three.js](https://threejs.org/): A library for 3D graphics / VR experiences
-  - [D3.js](https://d3js.org): A library that is primarily used for interactive data visualizations
-  - [Canvas](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Canvas_API): A 2D raster drawing API included in all modern browsers
-  - [SVG](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Canvas_API): A 2D vector drawing framework that enables shapes to be defined via XML.
-  - [Web Audio API](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Web_Audio_API): An API for audio synthesis, analysis, processing, and file playback.
-- A user interface for interaction with your project, which must expose at least four parameters for user control. [tweakpane](https://cocopon.github.io/tweakpane/) is highly recommended for this, but you can also use regular HTML `<input>` tags (the `range` type is useful to create sliders). You might also explore interaction by tracking mouse movement via the `window.onmousemove` event handler in tandem with the `event.clientX` and `event.clientY` properties. Consider using the [Pointer Events API](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Pointer_events) to ensure that that both mouse and touch events will both be supported in your app.
-- Your application should display basic documentation for the user interface when the application first loads.
-
-The interactive experience should possess a reasonable level of complexity. Some examples:
-### Three.js
-- A generative algorithm creates simple agents that move through a virtual world. Your interface controls the behavior / appearance of these agents.
-- A simple 3D game. You really want this to be a simple as possible or it will be outside the scope of this assignment.
-- An 3D audio visualization of a song of your choosing. User interaction should control aspects of the visualization. 
-### Canvas
-- Implement a generative algorithm such as [Conway's Game of Life](https://bitstorm.org/gameoflife/) (or 1D cellular automata) and provide interactive controls. Note that the Game of Life has been created by 100s of people using `<canvas>`; we'll be checking to ensure that your implementation is not a copy of these.
-- Design a 2D audio visualizer of a song of your choosing. User interaction should control visual aspects of the experience. 
-### Web Audio API
-- Create a screen-based musical instrument using the Web Audio API. You can use projects such as [Interface.js](http://charlie-roberts.com/interface/) or [Nexus UI](https://nexus-js.github.io/ui/api/#Piano) to provide common musical interface elements, or use dat.GUI in combination with mouse/touch events (use the Pointer Events API). Your GUI should enable users to control aspects of sound synthesis. If you want to use higher-level instruments instead of the raw WebAudio API sounds, consider trying the instruments provided by [Tone.js]() or [Gibber](https://github.com/charlieroberts/gibber.audio.lib).
-### D3.js
-- Create visualizations using the datasets found at [Awesome JSON Datasets](https://github.com/jdorfman/Awesome-JSON-Datasets). Experiment with providing different visualizations of the same data set, and providing users interactive control over visualization parameters and/or data filtering. Alternatively, create a single visualization with using one of the more complicated techniques shown at [d3js.org](d3js.org) and provide meaningful points of interaction for users.
-
-Deliverables
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-
-Do the following to complete this assignment:
-
-1. Implement your project with the above requirements.
-1. Test your project to make sure that when someone goes to your main page on Render, etc., it displays correctly.
-1. Ensure that your project has the proper naming scheme `a4-firstname-lastname` so we can find it.
-1. Fork this repository and modify the README to the specifications below. 
-1. Create and submit a Pull Request to the original repo. Name the pull request using the following template: `a4-firstname-lastname`.
-
-Grading
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-Unlike previous assignments, this assignment will be solely graded on whether or not you successfully complete it. Partial credit will be generously given.
-
-Sample Readme (delete the above when you're ready to submit, and modify the below so with your links and descriptions)
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-
-## Your Web Application Title
-
-your hosting link e.g. http://a4-charlieroberts.glitch.me
-
-Include a very brief summary of your project here. Images are encouraged when needed, along with concise, high-level text. Be sure to include the following:
-
-- the goal of the application
-- challenges you faced in realizing the application
-- the instructions you present in the website should be clear enough to use the application, but if you feel any need to provide additional instructions please do so here.
+## Interactive Controls (4 Required Parameters)
+- **Add Category:** New categories can be added with their own names, amounts, and colors  
+- **Delete Category:** Any category can be removed using the "x" button to their right 
+- **Edit Amounts:** The budget amount can be directly edited by double clicking them
+- **Edit Colors:** The colors can be changed for any category by clicking the visisble color dot to their left  
+- **Toggle Percentages:** Toggle percentage labels on the bar chart using the checkbox above the categories section