3-connecting-particles.js

// setup
const canvas = document.getElementById('canvas1')
const ctx = canvas.getContext('2d')
canvas.width = window.innerWidth
canvas.height = window.innerHeight

//ctx.strokeStyle = 'white'
//ctx.lineWidth = 5
console.log(ctx)
const gradient = ctx.createLinearGradient(0, 0, canvas.width, canvas.height)
gradient.addColorStop(0, 'white')
gradient.addColorStop(0.5, 'magenta')
gradient.addColorStop(1, 'blue')
ctx.fillStyle = gradient
ctx.strokeStyle = 'white'


class Particle {
    constructor(effect){
        this.effect = effect
        this.radius = Math.random() * 5 + 2
        this.x = this.radius + Math.random() * (this.effect.width - this.radius * 2)
        this.y = this.radius + Math.random() * (this.effect.height - this.radius * 2 )
        this.vx= Math.random() * 1 - 0.5
        this.vy = Math.random() * 1 - 0.5
    }
    draw(context){
        //context.fillStyle = 'hsl(' + this.x  * 0.5 + ', 100%, 50%)'
        context.beginPath()
        context.arc(this.x, this.y, this.radius, 0, Math.PI * 2)
        context.fill()
        context.stroke()
    }
    update(){
        this.x += this.vx
        if (this.x > this.effect.width - this.radius || this.x < this.radius) this.vx *= -1
        this.y += this.vy
        if (this.y > this.effect.height - this.radius || this.y < this.radius) this.vy *= -1
    }
}

class Effect {
    constructor(canvas){
        this.canvas = canvas
        this.width = this.canvas.width
        this.height = this.canvas.height
        this.particles = []
        this.numberOfParticles = 400
        this.createParticles()
    }
    createParticles() {
        for (let i = 0; i< this.numberOfParticles; i++){
            this.particles.push(new Particle(this))
        }
    }
    handleParticles(context){
        this.connectParticles(context)
        this.particles.forEach(particle => {
            particle.draw(context)
            particle.update()
        })
        
    }
    connectParticles(context){
        const maxDistance = 100
        for(let a = 0; a < this.particles.length; a++){
            for(let b = a; b < this.particles.length; b++) {
                const dx = this.particles[a].x - this.particles[b].x
                const dy = this.particles[a].y - this.particles[b].y
                // pythagore
                const distance = Math.hypot(dx, dy)
                if (distance < maxDistance){
                    context.save()
                    const opacity = 1 - (distance/maxDistance) 
                    context.globalAlpha = opacity
                    context.beginPath()
                    context.moveTo(this.particles[a].x, this.particles[a].y)
                    context.lineTo(this.particles[b].x, this.particles[b].y)
                    context.stroke()
                    context.restore()
                }
            }
        }
    }
}

const effect = new Effect(canvas)
//console.log(effect)


function animate(){
    ctx.clearRect(0, 0, canvas.width, canvas.height)
    effect.handleParticles(ctx)
    requestAnimationFrame(animate)
}

animate()