DIV

<div id="myd3"></div>

Chaining Methods

d3.select("myd3").append("p").text("Hello, World!");

d3.select("myd3")
    .append("p")
    .text("Hello, World!");

hand-off

var myd3 = d3.select("myd3");
var p = myd3.append("p");
p.text("Hello, World!");