This is the gentlest introduction to d3 out there. Run through the book and you will have a solid foundation to start playing around on your own for basic visu

This is the gentlest introduction to d3 out there. Run through the book and you will have a solid foundation to start playing around on your own for basic visualizations and charts. http://shop.oreilly.com/product/0636920026938.do http://shop.oreilly.com/product/0636920026938.do This was also posted on HN a while back: http://code.hazzens.com/d3tut/lesson_0.html http://code.hazzens.com/d3tut/lesson_0.html d3 is not dependant on jquery and covers a lot of the same basic DOM manipulation. You also need to learn some super basic css to theme things.