Developer Resources

Important: Tableau Web Data Connector 2.0 (this version) is being deprecated at Tableau 2023.1 and eventually retired. We will still support WDC 2.0 until its last compatible version of Tableau (Tableau 2022.4) goes End of Life and is no longer supported.

For information about Tableau Web Data Connector 3.0, see the WDC 3.0 documentation.

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New to web development? Start here:

JavaScript First Steps. A gentle introduction to JavaScript from the Mozilla Developer Network.
A Survey of the JavaScript Programming Language. An introduction to JavaScript for existing programmers by Douglas Crockford.
Chrome Developer Tools. The documentation for the Chrome Developer Tools to help you create and debug connectors.
npm Documentation. The documentation for node package manager (npm), which is used by the web data connector SDK.

Here are some helpful resources for WDC development:

WDC Generator. A scaffolding tool for Tableau Web Data Connectors, built on yeoman.
Community Portal. Learn from existing open source connectors on our community portal.
Samples. Learn from the WDC samples.
Community Forums. Learn from the community in the forums.