Comment by willyk

Agreed that it's a framework, but it's not necessarily that much work, it really depends on what you're trying to do. Sometimes its easier just to use a library if it offers what you needs, other times its easier to use D3 directly -- knowing when to make that call is important.

There a good O'Reilly book on D3 by Scott Murray, the ebook version of which is free that's a great primer:

http://chimera.labs.oreilly.com/books/1230000000345/index.ht...