Experiment: Can we write a collaborative Javascript presentation?

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28 points·vjeux··5 comments

I can't contribute open source code now for.. some reason. But, here's one of the more impressive JS demos I've seen: http://www.ro.me/tech/.

Also, here's a JavaScript game done in WebGL: http://www.playtankworld.com/

There're a lot of ways to appreciate a programming language, just like there're lots of ways to appreciate different forms of art. JavaScript is a messy yet versatile language these days. It's not as fast as C, but you can do a lot of things with comparatively very little code in a very accessible way.

"Tankworld is programmed in Javascript and does not need any plugin to run, a modern browser is sufficient (preferably Chrome). The game uses a custom 3D engine which only uses the basic canvan rendering functions. The engine does not use WebGL because most people don't have enabled it yet."

So no, it's not WebGL. :)

It is.. the author hasn't updated the description, but I've talked to him personally. It was one of the competition entries for Mozilla's Game On, and at that point it wasn't written in WebGL. But the author has updated the code later to use WebGL.

Ok ... Looks like my marketing approached failed! I'm going to write the slides myself and seek for correction instead of a full community write :)

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