Basic State Machines
A State Machine is a program, logic circuit, or mechanical device, that has a finite number of legal states. For example a traffic control signal can be red, yellow, or green. It can't be red and green. It can't be violet. More ...
A JavaScript Function That Returns a Function
Its a fad now in JavaScript to code functions that return functions in order to avoid declaring global variables but the procedure is inefficient and unnecessary. More ...
Easy JavaScript Web Storage Code
In the past allowing web pages to store data on your PC was considered too dangerous. Cookies can not be considered permanent and reliable storage. HTML5 brings us web storage, providing methods to store keyword/value data pairs in the user's browser. More ...
Slide Show with Different Size Images
In this article, I explain how to code a slide show that can display different size images without growing and shrinking your web page. I'll explain it in detail so that you can understand and feel comfortable using the code, then you can cut and paste the code into your webpage and modify it for your purposes. More ...
HTML5 Canvas lineCap and lineJoin Attributes
The HTML5 canvas element is a webpage container for graphics. You can use JavaScript to draw within the canvas element. In this article to learn how to draw lines with round or square end caps and how to specify that where two lines join the joint should be miter, round or beveled. More ...
Introduction to JavaScript Programming
JavaScript is a wonderful little programming language. It's a client-side, meaning it runs right on your local computer, not on the web server, and it's a scripting language meaning
it's run by an interpreter. More ...
HTML5 Canvas Drag-and-Drop
The HTML5 canvas element creates a sketchpad area on a webpage where you can use JavaScript to draw 2D shapes, graphics, animations, render bitmap images, and even create online presentations and build dynamic browser games. In this article you'll learn how to use drag-and-drop in your canvas projects. More ...
JavaScript Code for Binary to Decimal - Decimal to Binary Conversion
To convert a binary number to decimal add together the decimal weight of all positions that contain a 1. To convert a decimal number to binary place a 1 in all positions where you can subtract the weight of the binary position. More ...
Where Did the User Click?
This code creates a webpage with an html div containing the words ONE TWo THREE. A Java Script function uses the event object's clientX and clientY properties to determine which word the user clicked on and displays it in a message box. More ...
Java Script to Get Selected Item from Drop-down Select List
An HTML Select list is a form control used to create a drop-down list of items from which the user can select. This article provides code to get the selected item from a select list. More ...
Java Script Code for a Random Circle Generator
Have you seen some Web content that uses a group of several different size and color circles as a decoration? In this article I'll show you how to use a bit of Java Script code to draw a group of random size and color circles. More ...
Java Script Code to Factor Numbers
Being able to factor numbers is an important skill, one that is necessary to work with equations, fractions and polynomials. In this article, I show you how to use Java Script to factor a number, therefore you will learn a little mathematics and a little programming at the same time. More ...
