If you too find d3 very difficult, have a look here: nvd3 creates boilerplate examples for typical graphs. It's almost plug and play: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4366018
I had some trouble with the tooltips and getting the x-axis to like Date objects, and I really wish all the examples showed the source data (not just some random function that generates the source data), but other than that it is pretty solid for boilerplate charts. The other weird thing is that some charts work without a height attribute on the svg / div element and others don't, and you kinda just have to figure that one out for yourself =)
