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Last edited Apr 27, 2016

Created on Apr 26, 2016

A force-directed graph of 1,000 nodes and 999 links is animated over 60 frames, showing how the layout evolves from an initial state into a stable configuration. Node positions are updated through repeated simulation ticks, with white nodes and gray links drawn on a black background using the Canvas API. The example uses `d3.forceSimulation` with a many-body charge force and a zero-distance link force, rendered via node canvas buffers and assembled into GIFs with ImageMagick and gifsicle. Two versions compare D3 v3’s `d3.layout.force` with the newer modular `d3-force` API.

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