Chapter 2. Selections and Data Binding
In this chapter, you will learn how to use D3.js to select and manipulate the DOM of an HTML page based upon data. Rendering of visuals in D3.js takes a declarative approach, where you inform D3.js of how to visualize a piece of data instead of imperatively programming exactly how to draw the visual and iterate across the data. This process is referred to as selection and data binding in the D3.js nomenclature.
To demonstrate how D3.js can be used to create DOM elements driven by data, we will progress through a number of examples that demonstrate creating DIV elements to display various arrays of integer values. We will first examine how selection can be used to extract the existing DOM elements, and how ...
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