From someone who likes to look at these kinds of libraries... D3.js vs animation/graphics libraries: D3.js targets processes over arrays of data, perfect for de

From someone who likes to look at these kinds of libraries... D3.js vs animation/graphics libraries: D3.js targets processes over arrays of data, perfect for designing views of data; these other libraries (like raphael.js, jquery.svg, etc) target transformations and tweening, perfect for objects in motion.