Canvas on InternetException

Line in WebGL and why you gonna do this on your own.

Tue, 26 Feb 2013 02:15:00 +0100

WebGL as method for generating 3D graphic in browser and it is pretty powerful. You can do really awesome things with this, like porting Quake 2 to JavaScript or creating model of human body . But all of this 3D object are complex collection of hundreds or thousands triangles. What if you just want to draw a simple thin line? Luckily OpenES have support for that. So it is possible. Lets see how to do that.

Cartezian coordinate system in HTML 5 canvas

Sat, 23 Feb 2013 14:35:00 +0100

Normally canvas 2D context is using custom coordinate transform where Y coordinates are flipped vertically. Here is image with example (taken from http://diveintohtml5.info/canvas.html ; it is great book and you should read it :) ) It is a bit inconvenient to use if you are drawing some shapes with points given in classic Cartezian coordinate system.

Simple 2D graphs

Sun, 17 Feb 2013 02:26:00 +0100

While writing application for my Masters Degree diploma I was required to came up with simple library for creating simple 2D graphs in the browser. Today I decided to share it with the rest of the world :)