I have made a canvas with multiple hollow circles. And I am trying to animate it. I tried to use the method requestAnimationFrame, but it was unsuccessful. And if possible, I would prefer trying to stick with this method.
To avoid confusion in my code, I have added as much as reasonable comments which explains how the codes works. Note, that my knowledge regarding Javascript is far from good hence the amount of comments.
Also: Outside of the ending script tag, I am showing the lines of codes I tried to use for animation but was unsuccessful in doing so.
See the code below:
body {
background-color: #000000;
}
canvas {
padding: 0;
margin: auto;
display: block;
position: absolute;
top: 0;
bottom: 0;
left: 0;
right: 0;
background-color: #111416;
border: 10px solid blue;
border-style: double;
box-shadow: 0 0 20px 5px blue;
}<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8">
<meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
<title>Document</title>
</head>
<body>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="canvas.css">
<canvas id="myCanvas" width="350" height="350"></canvas>
<script>
// Get id from the canvas element
var canvas = document.getElementById("myCanvas");
// Provide 2D rendering context for the drawing surface of canvas
var context = canvas.getContext("2d");
// Get width and height of the canvas element
var canvW = document.getElementById("myCanvas").width;
var canvH = document.getElementById("myCanvas").height;
// Create a random range of numbers
const randomRange = (min, max) => {
return Math.random () * (max - min) + min;
}
// Class = Create multiple objects with the same properties
class Point {
// Build the new object and pass parameters
constructor(x, y){
// Define properties
// "this" refers to the scope of the class
// class point contains propertie x and y
this.x = x;
this.y = y;
}
}
// Separate point from canvas
// Make dot a new entity
// Create another class
class Agent {
constructor(x, y){
// First property is position using x and y parameters
this.pos = new Point(x, y);
// Create points with random radius
this.radius = randomRange(4, 12);
}
// Create new method called draw
// Pass paramter as reference to the context
draw (context) {
// Draw the points
context.save();
context.translate(this.pos.x, this.pos.y);
context.beginPath();
context.arc(0, 0, this.radius, 0, Math.PI * 2);
context.lineWidth = 4;
context.strokeStyle = "blue";
context.stroke();
context.restore();
}
}
// Create empty array called
// Note to myself: Cannot be written before the initialization of class agent
const agents = [];
// Create 40 random points using a for loop
for (let i =0; i<40; i++){
const x = randomRange(0, canvW);
const y = randomRange(0, canvH);
// push adds new items to the end of an array
// push changes the length of an array
// push returns the new length
agents.push(new Agent (x, y));
// Call function for each element in the array
agents.forEach(agent => {
agent.draw(context);
});
}
</script>
<!--
// Define velocity of point
this.vel = new Point( randomRange(-1, 1), randomRange(-1, 1));
// Add velocity to the points
update() {
this.pos.x += this.vel.x;
this.pos.y += this.vel.y;
}
agent.update();
const animate = () => {}
requestAnimationFrame(animate);
};
animate();
-->
</body>
</html>
