Canvas Line

A line chart rendered to Canvas using d3-shape. Rendering the axes is a bit tedious, but that’s we need a d3-axis module.

<!DOCTYPE html>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<canvas width="960" height="500"></canvas>
<script src="//d3js.org/d3.v4.0.0-alpha.4.min.js"></script>
<script>

var canvas = document.querySelector("canvas"),
    context = canvas.getContext("2d");

var margin = {top: 20, right: 20, bottom: 30, left: 50},
    width = canvas.width - margin.left - margin.right,
    height = canvas.height - margin.top - margin.bottom;

var parseTime = d3.timeParse("%d-%b-%y");

var x = d3.scaleTime()
    .range([0, width]);

var y = d3.scaleLinear()
    .range([height, 0]);

var line = d3.line()
    .x(function(d) { return x(d.date); })
    .y(function(d) { return y(d.close); })
    .curve(d3.curveStep)
    .context(context);

context.translate(margin.left, margin.top);

d3.requestTsv("data.tsv", function(d) {
  d.date = parseTime(d.date);
  d.close = +d.close;
  return d;
}, function(error, data) {
  if (error) throw error;

x.domain(d3.extent(data, function(d) { return d.date; }));
  y.domain(d3.extent(data, function(d) { return d.close; }));

xAxis();
  yAxis();

context.beginPath();
  line(data);
  context.lineWidth = 1.5;
  context.strokeStyle = "steelblue";
  context.stroke();
});

function xAxis() {
  var tickCount = 10,
      tickSize = 6,
      ticks = x.ticks(tickCount),
      tickFormat = x.tickFormat();

context.beginPath();
  ticks.forEach(function(d) {
    context.moveTo(x(d), height);
    context.lineTo(x(d), height + tickSize);
  });
  context.strokeStyle = "black";
  context.stroke();

context.textAlign = "center";
  context.textBaseline = "top";
  ticks.forEach(function(d) {
    context.fillText(tickFormat(d), x(d), height + tickSize);
  });
}

function yAxis() {
  var tickCount = 10,
      tickSize = 6,
      tickPadding = 3,
      ticks = y.ticks(tickCount),
      tickFormat = y.tickFormat(tickCount);

context.beginPath();
  ticks.forEach(function(d) {
    context.moveTo(0, y(d));
    context.lineTo(-6, y(d));
  });
  context.strokeStyle = "black";
  context.stroke();

context.beginPath();
  context.moveTo(-tickSize, 0);
  context.lineTo(0.5, 0);
  context.lineTo(0.5, height);
  context.lineTo(-tickSize, height);
  context.strokeStyle = "black";
  context.stroke();

context.textAlign = "right";
  context.textBaseline = "middle";
  ticks.forEach(function(d) {
    context.fillText(tickFormat(d), -tickSize - tickPadding, y(d));
  });

context.save();
  context.rotate(-Math.PI / 2);
  context.textAlign = "right";
  context.textBaseline = "top";
  context.font = "bold 10px sans-serif";
  context.fillText("Price (US$)", -10, 10);
  context.restore();
}

</script>

https://d3js.org/d3.v4.0.0-alpha.4.min.js