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Published 20 hours ago • verified publisher icon danbernier

Timeline for support of server-based processing.js?

Open doucor opened this issue 11 years ago • 7 comments

Hi Dan,

Thanks for this great project, had lots of fun so far. It's rather a question than an issue. Wondering by when processing.js will be supported within WordCram. Any details to the timeline/implementation as of yet?

Thanks for short response...

Doucor

doucor avatar Mar 17 '13 10:03 doucor

There's long been interest in a Processing.js port of WordCram, but at the moment, no plans for it.

The biggest obstacle is collision detection, which WordCram currently handles with java.awt.Shape objects. I know Jason Davies has a D3-based word cloud, which takes a different approach, and could be helpful there, but I haven't digested it all yet.

Beyond that, WordCram.js would need to parse its own text, since cue.language is only in java.

Once all that's sorted out, I'd still have to port the other parts of the API.

danbernier avatar Mar 17 '13 18:03 danbernier

Thanks Dan, have to figure out a way for my project...keep you posted...

doucor avatar Mar 18 '13 11:03 doucor

Awesome, thank you! I'd :heart: to see wordcram.js in the wild, I just don't have the time to work out the core bits yet. Any help on those will get it closer to possible.

danbernier avatar Mar 18 '13 13:03 danbernier

Further due diligence on the topic left me with this possible solution/approach...only to let you know... :smile_cat:

doucor avatar Mar 20 '13 05:03 doucor

Hah, that's cool! I'm poking around the source now. awesome-sauce

danbernier avatar Mar 20 '13 11:03 danbernier

Hehehhh n1 I like especially the swapped Ying/Yang...on :fire:

doucor avatar Mar 20 '13 13:03 doucor

Here's another project that could help get a WordCram.js started: https://github.com/nodebox/opentype.js

danbernier avatar Oct 06 '13 19:10 danbernier