# d3-rails [D3.js](http://github.com/mbostock/d3) is a JavaScript library for manipulating documents based on data. D3 helps you bring data to life using HTML, SVG and CSS. d3-rails provides D3 for Rails 3.1 and higher. ## Version d3-rails comes with version 3.3.5 of D3.js. and will track the always mirror the version of D3 it comes with. ## Installation Add this line to your `Gemfile`: gem "d3-rails" Please note that D3 is provided via the asset pipeline and you do *not* need to copy their files into your application. Rails will get them from d3-rails automatically. Then add it to your manifest file, most probably at `app/assets/javascripts/application.js`: //= require d3