[nologic01]

SVG feels like the neglected stepchild of the web universe for reasons that are not entirely clear.

While its obviously not the solution to any and all visualizations in the browser its a remarkable addition to html and the dom. It should not really be considered a foreign format but the natural native one.

SVG can go a long way on its own or together with server side templates (as this post nicely demonstrates) but imho its pairing with js libraries such as d3 or vega is (still) out of this world in terms of the user experience they create.