AnSavvides/d3act

Add better error handling

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#3 opened on Aug 17, 2015

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Description

Right now, it's all a little bit of magic; if you don't pass everything that's required to the Chart component, you won't know what's gone wrong. We should raise some informative errors to make it easier to figure out what's going wrong.

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Tech stack
javascriptreact
Domain
frontend
Issue type
feature
DifficultyEstimated implementation difficulty for a new contributor, from 1 for very small changes to 5 for expert-level work.
2
Estimated timeA rough time range for an experienced contributor to investigate, implement, test, and prepare a pull request.
1-3 hours
Activity statusHow available the issue appears right now: fresh, active, stale, blocked, or waiting on maintainer input.
stale
ClarityHow clearly the issue explains the expected change, acceptance criteria, and next step.
clear
Prerequisites
Basic React knowledgeFamiliarity with d3act's Chart component
Newbie friendlinessA 1-100 score estimating how approachable this issue is for first-time contributors.
80
Research direction
The issue requests better error handling in the Chart component. Look at the current implementation of Chart in the d3act source code (likely in a file like `src/Chart.js` or similar). Identify which props are required and currently unchecked. Add validation at the start of the component to check for missing required props and throw informative error messages. Consider using prop types or custom validation. The fix is localized to this one component.