Creating an Oscilloscope with JavaScript and the Web Audio API
12 May 2022 (Updated 14 May 2022)The oscilloscope is what you might call the archetypal audio visualiser, portraying sound in its mos...
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Should I Use p5js or Plain JavaScript (HTML Canvas)?
12 Aug 2021 (Updated 8 Oct 2022)If you're interested in generative art, generative design or creative coding in general, how does p5...
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Creative Coding with SVG, Part 1: Circles, Rectangles and the ViewBox
20 Jun 2021Learn about the SVG viewBox and how to create simple one-line circles and rectangles...
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From CSS to SASS and Back Again
21 Mar 2021 (Updated 1 Jul 2021)Why I'm abandoning SASS, or how SASS lost its lustre (for me at least)....
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The Canvas API, Part 4: Points, Paths and Colours
7 Mar 2021In this tutorial we take a look at how to properly create shapes with paths, and how to add colour....
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The Canvas API, Part 3: A Retina-Ready, Responsive Canvas
13 Feb 2021 (Updated 10 Jun 2024)In part 3 we'll learn to sharpen up those shapes and make them retina-ready and responsive...
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The Canvas API, Part 2: Basic Shapes and the 2D Context
21 Jan 2021 (Updated 12 May 2022)In this tutorial we look at some of the basic shape methods offered by the Canvas API....
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The Canvas API, Part 1: The Background
4 Oct 2020 (Updated 27 Jan 2021)The Canvas API, or the ‘HTML5 Canvas’, allows for the creation of dynamic, interactive graphics ...
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TrimPress – Trim the Cruft from WordPress
19 Aug 2020 (Updated 14 May 2022)Over the weekend I released my third plugin, TrimPress. As the name (hopefully) suggests, its aim is...
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More jQuery for your Dollar ($); How to Write it the WordPress Way
7 Jun 2020 (Updated 13 Feb 2021)Disclaimer; I didn’t use jQuery at all for the theme I created for this site, so in most cases...
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