D3.js Data Visualization

Table of Contents

• Overview
• Workflows
  • Create Basic Chart Workflow
  • Update Visualization with New Data
  • Create Advanced Layout Workflow
• Path Selection Menu
• Quick Reference

Overview

D3 provides low-level building blocks for data-driven DOM manipulation, visual encoding, layout algorithms, and interactions — enabling bespoke visualizations that chart libraries cannot provide.

Use D3 when: Chart libraries lack your specific design, you need full customization, you're building network graphs/hierarchies/maps, or animating data changes smoothly.