Plot csv data using D3.js

I tried my first D3.js data visualization using csv data source

My 'graph' would plot circles, where the x position of the circle would represent the value of the second column (file size) in my csv. The larger files would be plotted to the right.

I posted my example d3csv.html at https://github.com/binodpanta/webvisualizer

I should be able to do some more interesting things with this, such as realtime monitor files.

Enjoy!

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