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<# | |
.SYNOPSIS | |
A Tiny Turtle | |
.DESCRIPTION | |
A minimal implementation of Turtle graphics in PowerShell and JavaScript, with and a speed test. | |
.EXAMPLE | |
./TinyTurtle.html.ps1 > ./TinyTurtle.html | |
#> | |
"<div>" | |
"<svg width='100%' height='100%' id='stage'>" | |
"<path id='turtle-path' fill='transparent' stroke='currentColor' stroke-width='1%' stroke-linecap='round'></path>" | |
"<text id='counter' font-size='12px' x='50%' y='50%' text-anchor='middle' dominant-baseline='middle'></text>" | |
"</svg>" | |
"<script>" | |
@" | |
let counter = 0; | |
let time = new Date() | |
function draw() { | |
requestAnimationFrame(draw) | |
let turtle = { | |
heading: 0.0, | |
steps: [], | |
penDown: true, | |
x: 0.0, y:0.0, | |
width: 0.0, height: 0.0, | |
min: {x:0.0, y:0.0}, max: {x:0.0, y:0.0}, | |
rotate: function(angle) { this.heading += Number(angle); return this }, | |
step: function(dx,dy) { | |
if (this.penDown) { this.steps.push(`` l `${dx} `${dy} ``) } | |
else { this.steps.push(`` m `${dx} `${dy} ``) } | |
this.x += dx; this.y += dy ; this.resize() | |
return this | |
}, | |
forward: function(distance) { | |
return this.step(distance * Math.cos(this.heading * Math.PI / 180), | |
distance * Math.sin(this.heading * Math.PI / 180)) | |
}, | |
goto: function(x,y) { return this.step(x - this.x, y - this.y) }, | |
teleport: function(x,y) { | |
var penState = this.penDown | |
this.penDown = false | |
step(x - this.x, y - this.y) | |
this.penDown = penState | |
return this | |
}, | |
resize: function() { | |
if (this.x > this.max.x) { this.max.x = this.x } | |
if (this.y > this.max.y) { this.max.y = this.y } | |
if (this.x < this.min.x) { this.min.x = this.x } | |
if (this.y < this.min.y) { this.min.y = this.y } | |
this.width = this.max.x - this.min.x | |
this.height = this.max.y - this.min.y | |
return this | |
}, | |
path: function() { return ``m `${this.min.x * -1} `${this.min.y * -1} `${this.steps.join(' ')} `` }, | |
polygon: function(size, sides = 6) { | |
for (let side = 0; side < sides; side++) { | |
turtle.forward(size).rotate(360/sides) | |
} | |
} | |
} | |
turtle.rotate(Math.random() * 360).polygon(100, 8) | |
let svg = document.getElementById('stage') | |
svg.setAttribute('viewBox', ``0 0 `${turtle.width} `${turtle.height}``) | |
let path = document.getElementById('turtle-path') | |
path.setAttribute('d', turtle.path()) | |
counter++ | |
document.getElementById('counter').textContent = | |
```${Math.round(counter/((new Date() - time)/1000)*100)/100} fps`` | |
} | |
draw() | |
"@ | |
"</script>" | |
"</div>" |
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