README.md

Computational Geometry Playground

This webapp is a (currently very simple) playground for interactively changing and automatically executing computational geometry code in CoffeeScript.

The window is divided into an SVG canvas on the top, and a CodeMirror code entry box at the bottom. If the code produces an error, it gets displayed at the very bottom.

As you edit the code, it automatically executes after a second of idle time. The code also gets embedded into the page's URL, so you can share the playground with your code by sending the link.

Globals

Your code automatically has access to the following globals:

• Flatten.js (see also docs): point, line, ray, segment, polygon, circle, etc.
• draw(obj, [attrs]) draws a given Flatten.js object to the SVG canvas.
  • For objects with finite bounding box (point, segment, circle, polygon, etc.), this updates the viewBox.
  • For objects with infinite bounding box (line, ray, etc.), the drawing gets clipped to the current viewBox. So be sure to draw some finite objects first.
  • attrs can specify the few rendering attributes supported by Flatten.js's svg methods: fill, stroke, strokeWidth, r for points, fillOpacity for polygons.
• Math: sin, cos, PI, etc. (no need for Math. prefix).

Zooming In

If you drag a rectangle on the SVG canvas, you will zoom in to that rectangle. Click the “Reset View” button to return to the bounding box.