Elm Town 41 – Confetti and Waterfalls
Brian Hicks stops by to talk about elm-particle, a handy particle physics simulation you can use to throw confetti across your users' screens!
Elm Town · Kevin Yank
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Show Notes
Brian Hicks stops by to talk about elm-particle, a handy particle physics simulation you can use to throw confetti across your users' screens!
Thank you to our sponsors, Ellie, Culture Amp and Joel Clermont.
Special thanks to Xavier Ho (@Xavier_Ho) for editing and production of this episode!
Recording date: 2019-01-19
Guests
- Brian Hicks (@brianhicks)
Show Notes
00:00:00 Introduction
00:01:32 Guest intro
00:02:12 Project origin
00:06:13 Particle Physics
00:08:20 Library Overview
00:11:21 Getting started with the API
00:12:36 Normal distribution of random numbers
00:14:37 Opaque types and 'with' functions
00:17:21 SVG vs WebGL
00:21:39 Weighted randomness and Markov chains
00:24:25 Dynamic generators via subscription function
00:28:42 Generating GitHub site with make
00:30:56 Future work
00:33:17 Oslo Elm Day
00:33:51 Thank You