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d3js workshop - data binding

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VVyrwn
Last edited Oct 19, 2017
Created on Oct 19, 2017

This example demonstrates D3.js data binding by pairing an empty selection of `div` elements with an array of four names. The code uses `d3.selectAll('div')` and `.data([...])` to join the data, then `.enter()` to create placeholder selections for each data point without appending elements. The visualization intentionally leaves the append and text-filling steps commented out, showing the intermediate state of the binding process. It relies on D3 v3’s core selection and data-join API, with the data sourced from a hardcoded array of names.

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