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Work with 3D graphics, 3D graphics engine creation in JavaScript, C++, Flash.

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Composable type checking for JavaScript

Article about the Security module

Generating short ordered IDs with any insertion pattern

Say you have a set of elements which need to be ordered, and you want to give each element an ID which reflects its position in the ordering.

Counting uniques using only O(1 byte)

There are occasions when you need to know how many unique entries there are in an array or how many unique values have been seen in a stream, but do not…

Making a node module which works both on frontend and backend

If theres some logic which needs to run on both frontend (JavaScript/HTML) and backend (NOdeJS) then there are some patterns which allow you to use the…

On address space sizes

We are well into the 64-bit era, and a 64-bit pointer allows for an addressable space of 2^64 bytes, or 16 exabytes.

Self-describing code

It is possible to write code in a manner that allows you to choose whether to execute it or grab a description of what the code does as an Abstract Syntax…

Self-describing code

It is possible to write code in a manner that allows you to choose whether to execute it immediately or grab a description of what the code does as an…

3D Script IDE demo

This is an interactive environment for creating 3D animations using a simple scripting language.

A pure JavaScript CPU emulator

A CPU is a device which takes instructions from RAM and performs actions based on those instructions.

Asteroids game

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Bedlam MS-DOS Game

Comparison of JavaScript binary data objects

There are a set of objects for dealing with binary data in JavaScript, which are slightly different on NodeJS and in the browser.

Composable typechecking in JavaScript

If you are working in pure JavaScript on a project of any reasonable size, type errors will often become a major source of pain unless you have a process…

Declarative programming

Exceptional Parsing, or using JavaScript exceptions as a substitute for algebraic expressions

Parsing is one of those intermediate-level algorithms, which, like state machines, you may not use on a day-to-day basis as a developer but their…

Flattening 2D Data

Isomorphic JavaScript

Key Hunt JavaScript game

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Rocks Off JavaScript Game

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Some JavaScript performance comparisons

In JavaScript there are often many ways to achieve the same common things

Tetrisk MS-DOS Game

The Dodge Game

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Using Context in JavaScript to achieve cleaner code

Simple typechecking goes a long way

Curried functions in JavaScript

Curried functions exists in some programming languages and they are functions which have been called without all their arguments. This yields a new…

Simulating algebraic effects in JavaScript

A collection of simple speedups

If you have a Web application there are likely countless ways you can speed it up, some with significant performance gains, and some adding up to…

Raytracer 008 - Bumpy Textures demo

Raytracer 007 - Pearls demo

Raytracer 006 - Even more spheres demo

Raytracer 005 - More spheres demo

Raytracer 004 - Shadows demo

Raytracer 003 - 3 levels of reflection demo

Raytracer 002 - Diffuse and phong lighting demo

Raytracer 001 - 3 spheres with normals demo

Fragment Shader Framework demo

Mini Tetris flash

Tiny tetris game example

Destructible Walls flash

A gameplay experiment where the walls can be destroyed by the bullets with several hits.

Small Level flash

This is the same two-player game with a smaller level and a lot tighter action.

Large Level flash

This is the two-player game with a large level.

Three cubes test flash

Two cubes flash

Nice 3D Engine

3D Engine with scene graph and cartoon rendering style

2 squares flash

nice four squares flash

three squares, good calc flash

Cube vs Plane Intersection flash

T shaped test flash

X shaped test flash

Reflected symmetry

With faded edges

Wavey effect

Wavey effect

Simple

Basic Scene, reflection, shadows

Chess Game flash

Simplest chessboard ever

Meteora flash

2-player game example

Mixer flash

How to overlay Flash with a transparent background over your HTML.

Not showing splits flash

Showing splits flash

Just outlines flash

With Mouseover and trimmings

Mask with border

Solid and wireframe cubes with mask

Basic Solid Cubes with Z-Sorting

Unfolded Panorama java

Panorama Viewer java

Test Java Cube Rendering java

White Outline (Cartoon Shading) java

Pillars With Reflective Floor java

Box & Reflective Tetrahedron java

Using a BSP tree for reflections and object intersection