From 5debabd3fba1f0669081cefe55b67d333470bbd4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Simon Willison Date: Sun, 4 Nov 2018 22:04:23 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] More human friendly 'what is Datasette' intro text --- README.md | 6 ++++-- docs/index.rst | 11 ++++++----- 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 7d490b80..56986668 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -7,9 +7,11 @@ *A tool for exploring and publishing data* -Datasette provides an instant, read-only JSON API for any SQLite database. It also provides tools for packaging the database up as a Docker container and deploying that container to hosting providers such as [Zeit Now](https://zeit.co/now). +Datasette is a tool for exploring and publishing data. It helps people take data of any shape or size and publish that as an interactive, explorable website and accompanying API. -Got CSV data? Use [csvs-to-sqlite](https://github.com/simonw/csvs-to-sqlite) to convert them to SQLite, then publish them with Datasette. Or try [Datasette Publish](https://publish.datasettes.com), a web app that lets you upload CSV data and deploy it using Datasette without needing to install any software. +Datasette is aimed at data journalists, museum curators, archivists, local governments and anyone else who has data that they wish to share with the world. + +[Explore a demo](https://fivethirtyeight.datasettes.com/fivethirtyeight), watch [a video about the project](https://simonwillison.net/2018/Oct/25/how-instantly-publish-data-internet-datasette/) or try it out by [uploading and publishing your own CSV data](https://publish.datasettes.com/). * Documentation: http://datasette.readthedocs.io/ * Examples: https://github.com/simonw/datasette/wiki/Datasettes diff --git a/docs/index.rst b/docs/index.rst index 697d1ab5..686aa5de 100644 --- a/docs/index.rst +++ b/docs/index.rst @@ -3,12 +3,13 @@ Datasette *A tool for exploring and publishing data* -Datasette provides an instant, read-only JSON API for any SQLite -database. It also provides tools for packaging the database up as a -Docker container and deploying that container to hosting providers such -as `Zeit Now`_ or `Heroku`_. +Datasette is a tool for exploring and publishing data. It helps people take data of any shape or size and publish that as an interactive, explorable website and accompanying API. -Some examples: https://github.com/simonw/datasette/wiki/Datasettes +Datasette is aimed at data journalists, museum curators, archivists, local governments and anyone else who has data that they wish to share with the world. + +`Explore a demo `__, watch `a video about the project `__ or try it out by `uploading and publishing your own CSV data `__. + +More examples: https://github.com/simonw/datasette/wiki/Datasettes Contents --------