Category Archives: JavaScript

Playing With Chaos is Published!

Posted on September 20, 2013 by keith

At long last, the book is available for sale. It took a few days to get through all the copy edits and then a few last minute tweaks, then I hit the big old publish button. A few hours later, … Continue reading →

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Playing with Chaos – July Update

Posted on July 26, 2013 by keith

Since my last post, I’ve been focusing almost all of my free time on writing this book. Mostly because I’m having so much fun writing it. I’ve finished a whopping six chapters since I last posted here. So yeah, it’s … Continue reading →

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Winding Rules in HTML’s Canvas

Posted on February 1, 2013 by keith

This is another one that a lot of people should already know, but I’m still betting that a few will find useful. Winding refers to the direction a path is drawn in – clockwise or counterclockwise. In many cases, this … Continue reading →

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Scaling in HTML’s Canvas

Posted on January 31, 2013 by keith

I’m probably not dropping any huge knowledge bombs here on many of you, but there are a few neat things about scaling when drawing to an HTML5 Canvas that I didn’t realize until a few months ago. So there are … Continue reading →

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Circle Layering

Posted on January 28, 2013 by keith

If you were wondering where my last post was heading… Oops, gotta turn off the “capture cursor” on that screenshot program. 🙂 Anyway, this was an idea I first explored several years ago on my art from code site, but … Continue reading →

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Working out a Math Problem

Posted on January 25, 2013 by keith

So I had this idea the other day for a graphic effect. I thought it might be interesting to walk through how it went from concept to functional code. So here it is. The effect involved placing smaller circles around … Continue reading →

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Game in Progress: Infiltration

Posted on January 4, 2013 by keith

I just wanted to share a little bit about the game I’m currently in the process of creating. It will be a Windows 8 game, called “Infiltration”. The game play, as well as the visual style, is very much a … Continue reading →

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2012 in Review

Posted on December 31, 2012 by keith

Following a tradition several years in the running, I bring you my personal retrospective into 2012 and a glimpse into the new year. In fact, 2012 followed much the same pattern as 2011 – some interesting stuff in the start … Continue reading →

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Playing With Chaos: The Book

Posted on April 29, 2012 by keith

Well, the title gives it away, so I just need to elaborate. I had so much fun and did so much research and wrote so much code for my Playing With Chaos presentation, and it went over so well and … Continue reading →

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JavaScript Object Creation: Learning to Live Without “new”

Posted on February 29, 2012 by keith

I wrote yet another article on object creation in JavaScript. This time, for Adobe! I’m really glad to see that they are reaching out to publish articles like this. I hope to see a lot more on similar subjects. And … Continue reading →

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