Check out Amelia Wattenberger’s work. She’s done a lot of writing and has created a course and written a book. I can’t speak directly to the book but I think her work in general is a good representation of the modern way that D3 is used in conjunction with other front-end frameworks.
Second this, reading her work is how I was able to build some really cool things using those ideas. Once you get it, it really unlocks the potential to create some unique things