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JavaScript in HTML5 vs ActionScript 3 in Flash in Drawing Match - Who Win? Perhaps I did not to talk more, everyone knew HTML5 and Flash - these two web technologies are developed and improved to attract more attentions from web developers.

Today in this canvas tutorial JavaScript post, I'm pleasure to present you a match of HTML5 and Flash in simple JavaScript drawing round: creating a warning icon by code lines. The arms of both two races: HTML5 using canvas element with support from JavaScript, Flash with Action Script 3.

Although the author did not show which technology won, but personally according to final images, jsB@nk think it's HTML5 because the color of picture made by HTML5 is more real than Flash; however, this is just a very simple HTML5 canvas test and these web technologies are still improved. Please go to the full post page for detailed results.


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Create the Inner Stroke Path


Next we create a smaller triangle within our first triangle. Later we will stroke it and utilize standard properties to curve the border of our stroke for us.

Triangular Inner Path to Stroke

// Create the inner border path
context.beginPath();
context.moveTo(canvasWidth/2, this.padding + this.lineWidth);
context.lineTo((canvasWidth + this.width)/2 - this.lineWidth, this.padding + this.height - this.lineWidth/2);
context.lineTo((canvasWidth - this.width)/2 + this.lineWidth, this.padding + this.height - this.lineWidth/2);
context.lineTo(canvasWidth/2, this.padding + this.lineWidth);
context.closePath();
// Create the inner border path
var strokePath:GraphicsPath = new GraphicsPath(new Vector.(), new Vector.());
strokePath.moveTo(canvasWidth/2, padding + innerBorder);
strokePath.lineTo((canvasWidth + iconWidth)/2 - innerBorder, padding + iconHeight - innerBorder/2);
strokePath.lineTo((canvasWidth - iconWidth)/2 + innerBorder, padding + iconHeight - innerBorder/2);
strokePath.lineTo(canvasWidth/2, padding + innerBorder);

Bang!


With any icon, we have a message. The warning standard is an exclamation point (aka a "bang" character) which we add in the center of our icon. We could use a text representation but we will not do that for a various reasons (the user might not have that font, the size cost for embedding an entire typeface just for one character is not worth it, etc.)

exclamation point path

// Create the text (aka bang) path
context.beginPath();	
// Top
context.moveTo(canvasWidth/2 - 8, this.padding + 45);			
context.quadraticCurveTo(canvasWidth/2, this.padding + 35,  canvasWidth/2 + 8, this.padding + 45);
// Bottom
context.lineTo(canvasWidth/2 + 3, this.padding + 66);
context.quadraticCurveTo(canvasWidth/2, this.padding + 78, canvasWidth/2 - 3, this.padding + 66);
// Close path
context.lineTo(canvasWidth/2 - 8, this.padding + 44);
// Create the text (aka bang) path
var bangPath:GraphicsPath = new GraphicsPath(new Vector.(), new Vector.());
// Top
bangPath.moveTo(canvasWidth/2 - 8, padding + 45);			
bangPath.curveTo(canvasWidth/2, padding + 35, canvasWidth/2 + 8, padding + 45);
// Bottom
bangPath.lineTo(canvasWidth/2 + 3, padding + 66);
bangPath.curveTo(canvasWidth/2, padding + 78, canvasWidth/2 - 3, padding + 66);
// Close path
bangPath.lineTo(canvasWidth/2 - 8, padding + 44);

Again the major difference between the two approaches are the methods quadraticCurveTo versus curveTo.

Exclamation 'Point'


To finish our bang character, we add a circle:

// Draw dot
var radius = 5;
var centerX = canvasWidth/2;
var centerY = this.padding + 84;
context.moveTo(centerX, centerY - radius);
context.quadraticCurveTo(centerX + radius, centerY - radius, centerX + radius, centerY);
context.quadraticCurveTo(centerX + radius, centerY + radius, centerX, centerY + radius);
context.quadraticCurveTo(centerX - radius, centerY + radius, centerX - radius, centerY);
context.quadraticCurveTo(centerX - radius, centerY - radius, centerX, centerY - radius);
context.closePath();
// Draw Dot
var radius:Number = 5;
var centerX:Number = canvasWidth/2;
var centerY:Number = padding + 84;
bangPath.moveTo(centerX, centerY - radius);
bangPath.curveTo(centerX + radius, centerY - radius, centerX + radius, centerY);
bangPath.curveTo(centerX + radius, centerY + radius, centerX, centerY + radius);
bangPath.curveTo(centerX - radius, centerY + radius, centerX - radius, centerY);
bangPath.curveTo(centerX - radius, centerY - radius, centerX, centerY - radius);

JavaScript and ActionScript have more efficient ways to create circles including the methods arc and drawCircle respectively.

Draw Inside the Lines


The paths are complete:

Warning Icon Path

In JavaScript and ActionScript and you won't actually see the path until assign a fill or stroke to them. The following code defines what the fills and strokes will look like:

// Background Gradient Fill
var backFill = context.createLinearGradient(0, this.padding, 0, this.padding + this.height);
backFill.addColorStop(0.55, this.primaryColor);
backFill.addColorStop(0.55, this.tertiaryColor);
backFill.addColorStop(1, this.secondaryColor + " transparent");

// Text and Stroke Fill 
bangFill = context.createLinearGradient(0, this.padding, 0, this.padding + this.height);
bangFill.addColorStop(0, "#555");
bangFill.addColorStop(1, "#333");

// Stroke
context.lineWidth = this.lineWidth;
context.lineJoin = "round";	
context.strokeStyle = bangFill;
// Background Gradient Fill 
var backFill:GraphicsGradientFill = new GraphicsGradientFill(); 
backFill.colors = [secondaryColor, tertiaryColor, primaryColor]; 
backFill.ratios = [iconHeight/2, iconHeight, iconHeight];
backFill.matrix = new Matrix();
backFill.matrix.createGradientBox(iconWidth, iconHeight, 3*Math.PI/2, 0,  padding); 

// Text and Stroke Fill 
var bangFill:GraphicsGradientFill = new GraphicsGradientFill(); 
bangFill.colors = [0x555555, 0x333333];  
bangFill.matrix = new Matrix(); 
bangFill.matrix.createGradientBox(iconWidth, iconHeight, Math.PI/2, 0, padding);
			
// Transparent Fill
var transparentFill:GraphicsSolidFill = new GraphicsSolidFill(); 
transparentFill.alpha = 0;
			
// Stroke
var stroke:GraphicsStroke = new GraphicsStroke(lineWidth); 
stroke.joints = JointStyle.ROUND;
stroke.fill = bangFill;

Draw


// Fill the background path
context.fillStyle = backFill;
context.fill();                    

// Stroke the inner border path
context.stroke();                    

// Fill the bang path
context.fillStyle = bangFill;
context.fill();	
// Fill and stroke all paths
var iconGraphics:Vector. = new Vector.(); 
iconGraphics.push(backFill, trianglePath, bangFill, bangPath, transparentFill, stroke, strokePath); 
graphics.drawGraphicsData(iconGraphics);

JavaScript applies the path fills on the HTML5 Canvas as each one is completed. ActionScript 3 can apply all path fills and strokes all at one time using the method drawGraphicsData.


We see the results below:

Warning Icon with no border

A Subtle Shadow


We are almost there, but there is something missing. Let's add a subtle shadow.

// Add a subtle shadow
context.shadowOffsetX = 0;
context.shadowOffsetY = 0;
context.shadowBlur = 10;
context.shadowColor = "#000000";
// Add a subtle shadow
filters = new Array(new DropShadowFilter(0, 0, 0x000000, 1, 10, 10));

Final Images


Warning Icon in JavaScript and ActionScript Compared

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