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0 pointsdirtyaura9y ago0 comments

Can you explain why do you feel 'enter' is obtuse? I found enter/update/exit pretty logical. I do agree that long-term value of Bostock's work is in other parts than data-binding, but I didn't find enter/update/exit particularly hard

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dimgl9y ago· 2 in thread

I agree with you as well. The enter/update/exit cycle is actually very intuitive although the documentation could do a better job of explaining what the functions are doing to the DOM.

Bahamut9y ago

In this case, I think a little more verbosity in the names of these methods would assist in understanding significantly. For example, enterAnimation/enterTransition would increase the clarity for someone new to d3, or who has been away from it for a while.

renlo9y ago

enter is used to insert elements into the DOM; if there is data in the data-set which isn't represented in the DOM, then new elements will be inserted which have that data. It doesn't have to do with animations really, though you can animate those newly inserted elements if you wish.

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