Charts communicate ideas with simplicity, clarity, and detail.

Once you're comfortable with D3 you can quickly:

* understand key metrics at a glance
* catch anomalies (before they turn into problems)
* give key insights to your customers
* and impress your boss and co-workers

Today, I will show you the exact methods I use to create beautiful, understandable data visualizations using D3.

The Fullstack D3 masterclass is the complete guide to D3. With dozens of code examples showing each step, you will gain new insights into your data by creating visualizations in this self-paced online course.

Fullstack D3 Masterclass

---
title: "Steps in drawing any chart"
description: "We solidify our foundation by splitting our chart-creating code into seven general steps."
useMdx: true
privateVideoUrl: https://fullstack.wistia.com/medias/auhi540ysw
---

# Steps in drawing any chart

In d3, there are general steps that we need to take every time we make a chart — we briefly went through each of them in **Chapter 1** to create our line chart, but now **let's create a checklist to give us a roadmap for future charts**.

1.  **Access data**

We solidify our foundation by splitting our chart-creating code into seven general steps.