[webmaven]

I actually prefer passing a declarative configuration object rather than issuing a series of API calls. It is one of the things that had me switch a project from D3 to C3 + crossfilter a while back.

[cereallarceny]

Really? Perhaps it's just a matter of preference, but this coding style drives me up a fucking wall. Clutters the hell out of your code.

[webmaven]

I guess that depends on whether the settings you are passing to the chart are coming from somewhere else (say, an API call). If you can just get a JSON object from a backend and pass it directly to the chart, things become much simpler in your code.

[aikah]

I actually prefer builders,now it doesnt mean it has to be one or the other,a lib can implement such an api under the hood.