Drawing React line charts with plain SVG and no charting library
A developer shows that a basic line chart can be built in about 60 lines of React using only SVG, since SVG coordinates can be drawn directly. The post explains three core ideas: a scale that maps values to pixel positions, nice tick selection that produces readable axis labels, and building lines as SVG path strings. The example handles missing values by splitting the line into separate runs, so a null becomes a gap rather than a zero. It also adds accessibility by pairing the SVG with a hidden data table for screen readers. The author then compares how earlier oks-ui Chart versions mishandled such cases, showing that version 1.1.2 drew nulls as zero and sent the line outside the chart.
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