Skip to content

Instantly share code, notes, and snippets.

@d3noob

d3noob/.block

Last active April 8, 2024 12:19
Show Gist options
  • Save d3noob/b3ff6ae1c120eea654b5 to your computer and use it in GitHub Desktop.
Save d3noob/b3ff6ae1c120eea654b5 to your computer and use it in GitHub Desktop.
Download ZIP
Simple d3.js Graph
Raw
.block
license: mit
Raw
README.md

This is a simple d3.js graph used as an example in the book D3 Tips and Tricks.

It is aimed at providing some exposure to some d3.js functions and should be taken in context with the text of the book which can be downloaded for free from Leanpub.

Raw
data.csv
date close
1-May-12 58.13
30-Apr-12 53.98
27-Apr-12 67.00
26-Apr-12 89.70
25-Apr-12 99.00
24-Apr-12 130.28
23-Apr-12 166.70
20-Apr-12 234.98
19-Apr-12 345.44
18-Apr-12 443.34
17-Apr-12 543.70
16-Apr-12 580.13
13-Apr-12 605.23
12-Apr-12 622.77
11-Apr-12 626.20
10-Apr-12 628.44
9-Apr-12 636.23
5-Apr-12 633.68
4-Apr-12 624.31
3-Apr-12 629.32
2-Apr-12 618.63
30-Mar-12 599.55
29-Mar-12 609.86
28-Mar-12 617.62
27-Mar-12 614.48
26-Mar-12 606.98
Raw
index.html
<!DOCTYPE html>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<style> /* set the CSS */
body { font: 12px Arial;}
path {
stroke: steelblue;
stroke-width: 2;
fill: none;
}
.axis path,
.axis line {
fill: none;
stroke: grey;
stroke-width: 1;
shape-rendering: crispEdges;
}
</style>
<body>
<!-- load the d3.js library -->
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/d3/3.5.17/d3.min.js"></script>
<script>
// Set the dimensions of the canvas / graph
var margin = {top: 30, right: 20, bottom: 30, left: 50},
width = 600 - margin.left - margin.right,
height = 270 - margin.top - margin.bottom;
// Parse the date / time
var parseDate = d3.time.format("%d-%b-%y").parse;
// Set the ranges
var x = d3.time.scale().range([0, width]);
var y = d3.scale.linear().range([height, 0]);
// Define the axes
var xAxis = d3.svg.axis().scale(x)
.orient("bottom").ticks(5);
var yAxis = d3.svg.axis().scale(y)
.orient("left").ticks(5);
// Define the line
var valueline = d3.svg.line()
.x(function(d) { return x(d.date); })
.y(function(d) { return y(d.close); });
// Adds the svg canvas
var svg = d3.select("body")
.append("svg")
.attr("width", width + margin.left + margin.right)
.attr("height", height + margin.top + margin.bottom)
.append("g")
.attr("transform",
"translate(" + margin.left + "," + margin.top + ")");
// Get the data
d3.csv("data.csv", function(error, data) {
data.forEach(function(d) {
d.date = parseDate(d.date);
d.close = +d.close;
});
// Scale the range of the data
x.domain(d3.extent(data, function(d) { return d.date; }));
y.domain([0, d3.max(data, function(d) { return d.close; })]);
// Add the valueline path.
svg.append("path")
.attr("class", "line")
.attr("d", valueline(data));
// Add the X Axis
svg.append("g")
.attr("class", "x axis")
.attr("transform", "translate(0," + height + ")")
.call(xAxis);
// Add the Y Axis
svg.append("g")
.attr("class", "y axis")
.call(yAxis);
});
</script>
</body>
@karataev
Copy link

You should always use local web server to access files from your hard disk with the browser.
Detailed instructions: https://github.com/mrdoob/three.js/wiki/How-to-run-things-locally

@nina-mir
Copy link

nina-mir commented Mar 5, 2020

Great example and tutorial! Thank you!
I fixed my empty page problem and shared my solution using a simple, local web server in python3 here: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/21006647/cannot-import-data-from-csv-file-in-d3/60383167#60383167

Sign up for free to join this conversation on GitHub. Already have an account? Sign in to comment