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D3 - Basic Barchart - uses modern function calls
[{
"date": "Bob",
"edits": 32
}, {
"date": "Robin",
"edits": 12
}, {
"date": "Anne",
"edits": 24
}, {
"date": "Mark",
"edits": 8
}, {
"date": "Joe",
"edits": 19
}, {
"date": "Eve",
"edits": 16
}, {
"date": "Karen",
"edits": 12
}, {
"date": "Kristy",
"edits": 31
}, {
"date": "Chris",
"edits": 42
}, {
"date": "Lisa",
"edits": 57
}, {
"date": "Tom",
"edits": 23
}, {
"date": "Stacey",
"edits": 14
}, {
"date": "Charles",
"edits": 12
}, {
"date": "Mary",
"edits": 2
}]
<!DOCTYPE html>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<style> /* set the CSS */
.bar { fill: steelblue; }
</style>
<body>
<!-- load the d3.js library -->
<script src="//d3js.org/d3.v4.min.js"></script>
<script>
// set the dimensions and margins of the graph
var margin = {top: 20, right: 20, bottom: 30, left: 40},
width = 960 - margin.left - margin.right,
height = 500 - margin.top - margin.bottom;
// set the ranges
var x = d3.scaleBand()
.range([0, width])
.padding(0.1);
var y = d3.scaleLinear()
.range([height, 0]);
// append the svg object to the body of the page
// append a 'group' element to 'svg'
// moves the 'group' element to the top left margin
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.json("edits.json", (error, data) => {
if (error) throw error;
// format the data
data.forEach(d => d.edits = +d.edits);
// Scale the range of the data in the domains
x.domain(data.map(d => d.date ));
y.domain([0, d3.max(data, d => d.edits)]);
// append the rectangles for the bar chart
svg.selectAll(".bar")
.data(data)
.enter().append("rect")
.attr("class", "bar")
.attr("x", d => x(d.date))
.attr("width", x.bandwidth())
.attr("y", d => y(d.edits))
.attr("height", d => height - y(d.edits));
// add the x Axis
svg.append("g")
.attr("transform", "translate(0," + height + ")")
.call(d3.axisBottom(x));
// add the y Axis
svg.append("g")
.call(d3.axisLeft(y));
});
</script>
</body>
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