Database Reference
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D3.js
D3, pronounced "dee three", is another way to refer to a library that is supposed to
enable and provide data-driven documents. It is a JavaScript library for manipulating
you visualize data using HTML, SVG, and CSS. D3's emphasis on web standards gives
you the full capabilities of modern browsers without tying yourself to a proprietary
framework, combining powerful visualization components and a data-driven
approach to the manipulation of the
Document Object Model
(
DOM
) that is the
basis of HTML and XML documents.
As such, D3.js is not limited to the visualization of graphs—it aims to solve the heart
of many data visualization problems: being able to manipulate a dataset interactively
based on some kind of document. Once that is solved, the data can be manipulated
independentoftheformatorrepresentation,whichoffersgreatlexibilityandhas
made the D3 libraries very popular with developers, and which is why many other
libraries are built on top of it.
D3 visualization of a graph
