JavaScript and HTML5

[Cybermonkey]

I am really excited about the possibilities of the canvas element. Today I got this book: http://www.apress.com/9781430247104  and I can absolutely recommend it.

At the moment I start learning by doing and try to port some EGSL examples over to Javascript. First example is:

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openwindow (300,200,32,"2D Drawing Test EGSL")
colour (0,0,255)
fillcircle (100,100,50)
colour (0,255,0)
fillbox (150,20,170,40)
colour (255,0,0)
for k=0,20 do
    aaline (10,10+k*8,200,0)
end
color (255,255,255)
drawtext (10,50,"Hello, this is a test")
redraw()
inkey()
closewindow()         
You can find the HTML5 version on: http://retrogamecoding.org/2ddrawing.html (have a look at the source.)
Now, that's rather unspectacular but I think I can show a "moving" example soon.

[Mopz]

Do you have any plans for writing a tool that translates from EGSL to html5/js?

[Cybermonkey]

Do you have any plans for writing a tool that translates from EGSL to html5/js?

No, not yet.

[Tomaaz]

I've found some interesting opinion about JavaScript and HTML5 on the web.

I'm very worried about the html5/javascript standard growing like crazy. How can this worthless-piece-of-crap-shitty-ass-butt-sucking-monster-cock-blowing-stuff be so darned popular? Every cross mobile platform framework, except marmalade, these days use it, and it's a slow crapy webview plugin.

...is it easy to use? No? Is it convenient in any way? No. Does it make any sense? No.

But AS/html5/javascript aren't lowlevel or highlevel, they're just a complete mess. "Hey, let's mix crap with some OOP and hope for the best!..."

Some of you are probably familiar with these word.

I also don't like the fact that almost everything moves to HTML5/JavaScript, but the technology itself is not that bad IMHO. Of course I'm talking as an amateur programmer.

[Mopz]

I've found some interesting opinion about JavaScript and HTML5 on the web.

I'm very worried about the html5/javascript standard growing like crazy. How can this worthless-piece-of-crap-shitty-ass-butt-sucking-monster-cock-blowing-stuff be so darned popular? Every cross mobile platform framework, except marmalade, these days use it, and it's a slow crapy webview plugin.

...is it easy to use? No? Is it convenient in any way? No. Does it make any sense? No.

But AS/html5/javascript aren't lowlevel or highlevel, they're just a complete mess. "Hey, let's mix crap with some OOP and hope for the best!..."

Some of you are probably familiar with these word.

I also don't like the fact that almost everything moves to HTML5/JavaScript, but the technology itself is not that bad IMHO. Of course I'm talking as an amateur programmer.

That was the beer talking, not me I'm very amazed, however, about the fact that "How can this worthless-piece-of-crap-shitty-ass-butt-sucking-monster-cock-blowing-stuff be so darned popular?" didn't transform into "How can this worthless-piece-of-*-*-*-*-*-monster-*-*-stuff be so darned polular?"

[Aurel]

giva me brake dude yo musta try ita

[SteveOW]

@Cybermonkey,
Just out of interest
(seeing as you are now looking at C# etc)
how far did you get with JavaScript and HTML5?

[Cybermonkey]

Well, that's my problem: I want to learn too many different languages ... At the moment I am "back" at JavaScript since there are now so many great frameworks. My favourite is MelonJS at the moment.