This. I rewrote pure-JS implementation of some topology visualization in D3 and very much regretted it. The abstractions are simply weird, documentation poor an

This. I rewrote pure-JS implementation of some topology visualization in D3 and very much regretted it. The abstractions are simply weird, documentation poor and the resulting code difficult to reason about and maintain. Useful for toy projects, but I wouldn't use it in a serious app anymore. > I really wish there was a library out there like D3 that tried harder not to surprise me with every abstraction. Interestingly enough, I find that the combination of React + inline SVG fill this space pretty nicely. The engine is well thought out and documented, as is SVG. And animations are easier to do with CSS anyway. EDIT: note that React is declarative too, which helps with visualizations a lot.