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Challenge: Exploding Sun InteractiveChallenge: Exploding Sun Interactive
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Khan Academy
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6th - Higher Ed
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Challenge: Exploding Sun

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Animating an object by moving it across a computer screen can be accomplished by drawing the object repetitively, each time adjusting some aspect of the drawing slightly. This activity is an easy introduction to animation in JavaScript, and requires one to define the draw function for the given code and use for this reiterative process. 

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Concepts

javascript, computer code, Computer Programming, coding, computer drawing, animation

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programming in javascript, drawing and animation coding

Pros

  • Limits the activity to adding the draw function appropriately to an existing piece of code

Cons

  • None

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