| # D3 Base Component | |
| Integrate React Lifecyle methods with d3.js charts. | |
| ## Base Component Responsibilities | |
| - Create and manage mounting and unmounting parent `div` and `svg` | |
| - Handle resize events, resulting re-renders, and event listeners | |
| - Handle re-renders as a result of new props | |
| ## Props | |
| ### className | |
| { string } A class to be applied to the parent `div` | |
| ### getParams( node ) | |
| { function } A function returning an object containing required properties for drawing a chart. This object is created before re-render, making it an ideal place for calculating scales and other props or user input based properties. | |
| - `svg` { node } The parent `div`. Useful for calculating available widths | |
| ### drawChart( svg, params ) | |
| { function } draw the chart | |
| - `svg` { node } Base element | |
| - `params` { Object } Properties created by the `getParams` function | |