Stephen Freeman

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Customizing Axes

This bar chart displays the population of the top 10 most populous countries, based on 2018 estimates from the United Nations World Population Prospects. It demonstrates extensive customization of D3 axes, including formatted tick labels that abbreviate large numbers, removed axis lines, and styled tick marks. Using d3.scaleLinear, d3.scaleBand, d3.axisBottom, and d3.axisLeft, the chart renders as an SVG with custom fonts, colors, and axis titles. The data is loaded from a CSV file with populations multiplied by 1,000 for accurate scaling.

May 20, 2020

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Making a Bar Chart

This bar chart shows the population of the top 10 most populous countries, based on 2018 estimates from the United Nations World Population Prospects. Built with D3 v5, it renders an SVG and demonstrates customized axes: the y-axis removes its domain and tick lines, while the x-axis uses a tick formatter to abbreviate numbers (e.g., converting billions) and includes a labeled axis title. Data is loaded from a CSV and scaled using `d3.scaleLinear` and `d3.scaleBand`, with axes created via `d3.axisLeft` and `d3.axisBottom`.

May 18, 2020