# First Visual Story A step-by-step guide to publishing a standalone story from a dataset. ## What you will learn This tutorial will show you how journalists at America’s top news organizations escape rigid content-management systems to publish data-driven stories on deadline. You will get hands-on experience in every stage of the development process, writing [JavaScript](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JavaScript), [HTML](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTML) and [CSS](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CSS) within a [Node.js](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Node.js) [static-site framework](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Static_site_generator). You won't stop until you've deployed a working application on the [World Wide Web](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Wide_Web). ## Who can take it This course is free. If you have a good attitude and can take a code crashes in stride, you are qualified. If you’re a little scared, that’s a good thing; You’re ready for this. ## Table of contents ```{toctree} :maxdepth: 1 :name: mastertoc :numbered: what prereqs github framework template data cards embeds styles scripts internet about ```