e.g. of d3 without svg for bar charts
http://mbostock.github.io/d3/tutorial/bar-1.html
by hrabinowitz
CSS
.chart div {
font: 10px sans-serif;
background-color: steelblue;
text-align: right;
padding: 3px;
margin: 1px;
color: white;
}
JavaScript
var data = [4, 8, 15, 16, 23, 42];
var chart = d3.select("body").append("div")
.attr("class", "chart");
chart.selectAll("div")
.data(data)
.enter().append("div")
.style("width", function(d) { return d * 10 + "px"; })
.text(function(d) { return d; });