Compare to SVG Swarm.
A response to Trevor Bedford's post, Comparing performance of Processing.js and D3.js.
Compare to SVG Swarm.
A response to Trevor Bedford's post, Comparing performance of Processing.js and D3.js.
<!DOCTYPE html> | |
<meta charset="utf-8"> | |
<title>Canvas Swarm</title> | |
<style> | |
canvas { | |
position: absolute; | |
top: 0; | |
} | |
</style> | |
<div id="fps">FPS: <span>?</span></div> | |
<script src="http://d3js.org/d3.v2.min.js?2.9.1"></script> | |
<script> | |
var data = d3.range(500).map(function() { | |
return {xloc: 0, yloc: 0, xvel: 0, yvel: 0}; | |
}); | |
var width = 960, | |
height = 500, | |
angle = 2 * Math.PI; | |
var x = d3.scale.linear() | |
.domain([-5, 5]) | |
.range([0, width]); | |
var y = d3.scale.linear() | |
.domain([-5, 5]) | |
.range([0, height]); | |
var time0 = Date.now(), | |
time1; | |
var fps = d3.select("#fps span"); | |
var canvas = d3.select("body").append("canvas") | |
.attr("width", width) | |
.attr("height", height); | |
var context = canvas.node().getContext("2d"); | |
context.fillStyle = "steelblue"; | |
context.strokeStyle = "#666"; | |
context.strokeWidth = 1.5; | |
d3.timer(function() { | |
context.clearRect(0, 0, width, height); | |
data.forEach(function(d) { | |
d.xloc += d.xvel; | |
d.yloc += d.yvel; | |
d.xvel += 0.04 * (Math.random() - .5) - 0.05 * d.xvel - 0.0005 * d.xloc; | |
d.yvel += 0.04 * (Math.random() - .5) - 0.05 * d.yvel - 0.0005 * d.yloc; | |
context.beginPath(); | |
context.arc(x(d.xloc), y(d.yloc), 10, 0, angle); | |
context.fill(); | |
context.stroke(); | |
}); | |
time1 = Date.now(); | |
fps.text(Math.round(1000 / (time1 - time0))); | |
time0 = time1; | |
}); | |
</script> |