d3bind

D3bind

D3bind is a library that brings model-view separation and observables to d3.js.

You can use the bundled library: d3bind.js, or install it with npm install d3bind --save

Examples can be found here: code, demo

See the wiki for more explanation.

Hello world example

var model = d3bind.observable({ name: '' });
var parent = d3bind.select('body');

parent.append('input').attr('type', 'text').bindInput(model.$name);
parent.append('div')
    .bindStyle('display', model.$name, function(name) { return name ? 'block' : 'none'; })
    .bindText(model.$name, function(name) { return 'Hello ' + name; });

Data binding

Instead of the data join mechanism of d3.js with the data, enter and exit functions, this library offers an alternative that uses an observable array model, and view bindings that automatically react to the changes in it.

var data = d3bind.observable([4, 8, 15, 16]);
var view = d3bind.select('body');

view.append('ul').bindRepeat(data, function(d, $i) {
	var li = this.append('li');
	li.append('span').bindText($i);
	li.append('span').text(d);
});

view.append('button').text('Insert random').on('click', function() {
	data.push(Math.floor(Math.random()*100));
});

view.append('button').text('Remove random').on('click', function() {
	data.splice(Math.floor(Math.random()*data.length), 1);
});

view.append('div').bindText(data.$length);

Logging

To debug the cascading changes of observables, switch on logging:

d3bind.logging = true;

Licensing

Released under The MIT License.