me bar chart

<!DOCTYPE html>
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/d3/3.5.17/d3.js"></script>
  <style>
    body { margin:0;position:fixed;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;left:0; }
  </style>
</head>

<body>
  <script>
    const margin = {
      top: 80,
      bottom: 50,
      right: 20,
      left: 50
    }
    
    var width = 500 - margin.left - margin.right;
    var height = 500 - margin.top + margin.bottom;
    
    var chartData = [
      {
        value: 153,
        category: 'Whatsit',
        color: 'blue'
      },
      {
        value: 25,
        category: 'Thingy',
        color: 'green'
      },
      {
        value: 76,
        category: 'WTFs',
        color: 'orange'
      },
      {
        value: 200,
        category: 'Thingamajiggy',
        color: 'purple'
      },
      {
        value: 300,
        category: 'Meh',
        color: 'turquoise'
      }
    ]
    
    var svg = d3.select("body").append("svg")
      .attr("width", width + margin.left + margin.right)
      .attr("height", height + margin.top + margin.bottom)
    	.attr('style', 'background-color: #f5f5f5')

var g = svg.append('g')
    	.attr('transform', 'translate(' + margin.left + ',' +  margin.right + ')')
    
    var maxValue = d3.max(chartData, function(d) {
      return d.value
    })
        
    var y_scale = d3.scale.linear()
    	.domain([0, maxValue])
    	.range([height, 0])
    
    var x_scale = d3.scale.ordinal()
    	.domain(chartData.map(function(d) { return d.category}))
    	.rangeRoundBands([0, width], 0.1, 0)    
    
    var bars = g.selectAll('rect.bar').data(chartData)
    
    bars.enter().append('rect')
    	.attr({
        class: 'bar',
      	x: function(d, i) {
      		//return i * barWidth
          return x_scale(d.category)
        },
        y: function(d, i) { 
          return y_scale(d.value)
        },
        height: function(d, i) { 
          return height - y_scale(d.value)
        },
        width: function(d,i) {
          return x_scale.rangeBand(d.category)
        },
        style: function(d, i) {
          return 'fill: ' + d.color
        }
      })
    
    bars.exit().remove();
    
    var yAxis = d3.svg.axis()
    							.scale(y_scale)
    							.orient('left')

var xAxis = d3.svg.axis()
    							.scale(x_scale)
    							.orient('bottom')
    
    g.append('g')
     .attr('class', 'y-axis axis')
     .call(yAxis)

g.append('g')
     .attr('class', 'x-axis axis')
     .attr('transform', 'translate(0, ' + height + ')')
     .call(xAxis)
    
    g.append('text')
     .text('My first D3 bar chart!')
     // todo: 200 should be width/2
     .attr('transform', 'translate(200, ' + (height + 70) + ')')
     .attr('style', 'font-size:1.5em; text-anchor: middle')
    
    
//     var labels = g.selectAll('text.label').data(chartData)
    
//     labels.enter().append('text')
//     	.attr({
//         class: 'label',
//         y: height + 30,
//         x: function(d, i) {
//           return x_scale(d.category) + x_scale.rangeBand(d.category)/2
//         },
//         width: function(d,i) {
//           return x_scale.rangeBand(d.category)
//         },
//       	style: 'text-anchor: middle'
//       })
//       .text(function(d, i) {
//       	return d.category
//       })

</script>
</body>

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