Leaning D3 Selections

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Leaning D3 Selections

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Last edited Jan 13, 2026

Created on Jan 12, 2026

A grid of black circles connected by a single animated path undulates across the screen as a sine wave updates over time. The visualization demonstrates D3 selections and data joins using `d3.select`, `selectAll`, `data`, and `join` to efficiently update SVG elements each frame. The `d3.line` generator computes the path from the circular points, while the animation is driven by a `setInterval` that shifts time and regenerates the dataset.

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