Jump Start CoffeeScript
Index
A
- AABB (Axis-Aligned Bounding Box), Collision
- alert code for debugging, alert versus console.log-alert versus console.log
- animation, Animation-Falling Animation
- arguments
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- default argument values, Default Argument Values-Default Argument Values
- arguments, splatted, Splats-Splats
- Array, Objects and Arrays-Objects and Arrays
- arrays, Destructured Assignment 1: Arrays- Destructured Assignment 1: Arrays
- Artificial Intelligence, Ninja AI-Ninja AI, Adding the AI Rules into the Code-Adding the AI Rules into the Code
- ASCII maps, Creating a Level-Creating a Level
- Ashkenas, Jeremy, Client-side Compilation on the Fly
- audio, Audio and Sound Effects-Audio and Sound Effects
- auto properties, Constructor and Auto Properties
- Axis-Aligned Bounding Box (AABB), Collision
B
- base class, Class Inheritance
- base classes, Calling the Super Class
- Block class, The Block Class-The Block Class
- block collision detection, Block Collision Detection- Destructured Assignment 1: Arrays, Collision-Collision
- blocks
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- adding new, Adding New Blocks-Adding New Blocks
- digging and building blocks, Digging Holes-Building Blocks
- bound functions (see function binding)
- bounding boxes, Collision-Collision
- branching, Conditionals and Operators-Conditionals and Operators
- browsers
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- Document Object Model and, Document Object Model-Document Object Model
- in-browser compilation, The Basics
- build tools, Getting Serious with Cake-Getting Serious with Cake
C
- Cake command, Getting Serious with Cake-Getting Serious with Cake
- canvas, Canvas-Canvas
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- clearRect method, Context and Soaking up Nulls-Context and Soaking up Nulls
- compilation, Drawing Something: Using Canvas
- context, Context and Soaking up Nulls-Context and Soaking up Nulls, Drawing Primitives
- drawing images, Draw an Image-Draw an Image
- drawing primitives, Drawing Primitives-Drawing Primitives
- drawing with, Drawing Something: Using Canvas-Drawing Something: Using Canvas
- scrolling, Canvas Scrolling-Canvas Scrolling
- soaking up nulls, Context and Soaking up Nulls
- styling, Styling Your Canvas-Styling Your Canvas
- Canvas API, Canvas-Canvas, The Canvas API- Processing a Sprite Sheet
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- manipulation of objects, Canvas Scrolling-Canvas Scrolling
- chaining function calls, Function Gotchas-Function Gotchas
- character images (see sprites)
- characters
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- ability to kill, Collision-Collision
- action from, Kicking It All Off
- adding to game, Adding the Professor- Adding the Professor
- at multiple levels, Kicking It All Off-Kicking It All Off
- core entity model, Class Inheritance-Class Inheritance
- core entity models, Class Inheritance
- creating, Introducing Professor Digman-Rünner-Introducing Professor Digman-Rünner
- digging and building by, Power to the Professor-Building Blocks
- movement logic, Ninja AI-Ninja AI, Adding the AI Rules into the Code-Adding the AI Rules into the Code
- player modules, Building Larger Projects
- characters utility
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- creating, Introducing Professor Digman-Rünner
- class inheritance, Class Inheritance-Class Inheritance
- class types, testing
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- testing, Testing Class Types-Testing Class Types
- classes, Classes-Classes, Game Classes-Kicking It All Off, The Block Class
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- (see also Block class)
- (see also Level class)
- client-side compilation, Client-side Compilation on the Fly-Client-side Compilation on the Fly
- client-side manipulation, with jQuery, Using jQuery-Using jQuery
- closures, Function Binding
- coffee utility, Installing CoffeeScript Properly
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- change deployment, Setting Up Our Project
- installation, Installing Coffee-Installing Coffee
- options, Coffee Options-Coffee Options
- CoffeeScript, Installing CoffeeScript Properly, Setting Up Our Project
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- (see also compilation)
- (see also installation)
- advanced, Functions Revisited-And There Was Light!
- basics, The Basics, CoffeeScript Fundamentals-Ready to Rumble
- defining snippets of, Client-side Compilation on the Fly-Client-side Compilation on the Fly
- features of, Getting Started
- JavaScript and, Getting Started-Getting Started
- outputting help, Installing Coffee
- website, The Basics
- collecting particles, Collecting-Testing Class Types
- collision detection, Block Collision Detection- Destructured Assignment 1: Arrays, Collision-Collision
- colors, HSL, Drawing Something: Using Canvas
- comments, Comments-Comments
- compilation, Setting Up Our Project
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- canvas, Drawing Something: Using Canvas
- client-side compilation, Client-side Compilation on the Fly-Client-side Compilation on the Fly
- in-browser compilation, The Basics
- lists of files, Compiling a List of Files-Compiling a List of Files
- precompiled JavaScript, Client-side Compilation on the Fly
- comprehensions, Loops and Ranges, List Comprehensions-List Comprehensions
- conditionals, Conditionals and Operators-Conditionals and Operators
- console tool, alert versus console.log-alert versus console.log
- console tool function, alert versus console.log
- constructors, Constructor and Auto Properties-Constructor and Auto Properties
- controllers, Particles-Particles
- cruft, Missing Cruft-Missing Cruft
- CRUISING code, Adding the AI Rules into the Code-Adding the AI Rules into the Code
- CSS effects, Canvas, CSS Effects-Cheap Parallax Effect
D
- debugging, alert versus console.log-alert versus console.log
- default argument values, Default Argument Values-Default Argument Values
- destructured assignment (pattern matching), Destructured Assignment 1: Arrays- Destructured Assignment 1: Arrays, Splats, Destructured Assignment 2: Objects-Destructured Assignment 2: Objects
- dialogs, Overlaying Dialogs-Overlaying Dialogs
- dispatching
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- with switch statements, Dispatching with Switch-Dispatching with Switch
- distance function, Functions Revisited
- Document Object Model (DOM), Document Object Model-Document Object Model
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- player input and, Handling Player Input- Handling Player Input
- document, missing, Context and Soaking up Nulls
- DOM elements (see Document Object Model (DOM))
- drawing (see canvas)
- drawSprite function, Default Argument Values-Default Argument Values
E
- entity models, Class Inheritance-Class Inheritance
- equality-testing, Operator Aliases-Operator Aliases
- event listeners, Handling Player Input- Handling Player Input
F
- falling animation, Falling Animation-Falling Animation
- files
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- compiling a list of, Compiling a List of Files-Compiling a List of Files
- for loops, Loops and Ranges, List Comprehensions-List Comprehensions
- function binding, Function Binding-Function Binding
- functions, Functions-Functions
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- bound functions, Function Binding-Function Binding
- chaining function calls, Function Gotchas-Function Gotchas
- lining up code blocks, Function Gotchas-Function Gotchas
- optional parentheses, Function Gotchas-Function Gotchas
- string reversal example, The Basics-The Basics
- ways of defining, Functions Revisited-Team Meeting
G
- game classes, Game Classes-Kicking It All Off
- game development, Features to Boost Your Game, Handling Player Input, Adding the Professor, Gravity
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- (see also characters)
- (see also movement)
- (see also player input)
- ability to kill, Collision-Collision
- collecting goal, Collecting-Testing Class Types
- game development utility
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- nested loops, Loops and Ranges
- Game Jam-a-Thon (see HTML5 Game Jam Challenge)
- game loops, Adding the Professor, The Game Loop-Looping with RequestAnimationFrame
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- with RequestAnimationFrame, Looping with RequestAnimationFrame-Looping with RequestAnimationFrame
- game screens, Adding Screens-Adding Screens, The Game Screen-The Game Screen
- getBlocks function, Destructured Assignment 1: Arrays
- GitHub repository, Client-side Compilation on the Fly
- graphical processing abilities, DOM and canvas, Document Object Model-Canvas
- gravity, Gravity-Gravity
H
- help, outputting, Installing Coffee
- HSL (hue, saturation, lightness) colors, Drawing Something: Using Canvas
- HTML5 Canvas API (see Canvas API)
- HTML5 Game Jam Challenge, HTML5 Game Jam Challenge, Introducing Professor Digman-Rünner
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- (see also characters)
- HTML5 tools, CoffeeScript and HTML5 FX-Particles
- HUNTING code, Adding the AI Rules into the Code-Adding the AI Rules into the Code
I
- images, drawing, Draw an Image-Draw an Image
- indentation, Whitespace
- inheritance, Class Inheritance-Class Inheritance
- input (see player input)
- installation, Installing CoffeeScript Properly-Installing Node.js
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- coffee utility, Installing Coffee-Installing Coffee
- global versus local, Installing Coffee
- Node.js, Installing Node.js-Installing Node.js
- overview, Installing: an Overview-Installing: an Overview
J
- JavaScript
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- CoffeeScript and, Getting Started-Getting Started
- CoffeeScript code compared with, The Basics-The Basics
- embedded in CoffeeScript, Returning to JavaScript-Returning to JavaScript
- functions in, List Comprehensions
- jQuery, Using jQuery-Using jQuery
K
- key codes, Dispatching with Switch-Dispatching with Switch
- keyboard input, Handling Player Input- Handling Player Input
- keys, Objects and Arrays
L
- ladders, Ladders-Ladders
- Level class, The Level Class-The Level Class
- levels, Creating a Level
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- characters at multiple, Kicking It All Off-Kicking It All Off
- creating, Creating a Level-Creating a Level
- ladders for movement up, Ladders-Ladders
- loading levels, Loading Levels-Loading Levels
- use in game, Driving a Level-Driving a Level
- list comprehensions, List Comprehensions-List Comprehensions
- loops, Loops and Ranges-Loops and Ranges, List Comprehensions-List Comprehensions
M
- maps, Creating a Level-Creating a Level, Loading Levels
- move function, Block Collision Detection
- movement, Gravity
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- (see also collision detection)
- Artificial Intelligence, Ninja AI-Ninja AI, Adding the AI Rules into the Code-Adding the AI Rules into the Code
- gravity simulation, Gravity-Gravity
- ladders for, Ladders-Ladders
- scrolling, Cheap Parallax Effect-Canvas Scrolling
- setInterval function, Drawing Something: Using Canvas
- walk cycles, Walk Animation-Walk Animation
N
- nested blocks, Whitespace
- Node.js
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- installation, Installing: an Overview-Installing: an Overview, Installing Node.js-Installing Node.js
- running from your terminal, Installing Node.js
- noise, Game Over
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- (see also sound effects)
- noise function, Drawing Something: Using Canvas
- now function, Block Collision Detection
- npm (Node’s package manager), Installing Coffee
O
- object-oriented models, Class Inheritance
- Objects, Objects and Arrays-Objects and Arrays
- objects
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- destructured assignment, Destructured Assignment 2: Objects-Destructured Assignment 2: Objects
- prototypal inheritance, Classes
- openGL, Further Options
- operator aliases, Operator Aliases-Operator Aliases
- operators, Conditionals and Operators-Conditionals and Operators
P
- parallax scrolling, Cheap Parallax Effect-Cheap Parallax Effect
- parentheses, Loading Levels
- particle effect, Canvas
- particles, Adding New Blocks-Adding New Blocks, Collecting-Testing Class Types, Particles-Particles
- pattern matching (destructured assignment), Destructured Assignment 1: Arrays- Destructured Assignment 1: Arrays, Splats, Destructured Assignment 2: Objects-Destructured Assignment 2: Objects
- Play! framework, Installing CoffeeScript Properly
- Player function, Classes, Set for Life
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- (see also characters)
- player input, Building Larger Projects, Handling Player Input- Handling Player Input
- project planning, Setting Up Our Project-Setting Up Our Project
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- larger projects, Building Larger Projects-Getting Serious with Cake
- prototypal inheritance, Classes
R
- random map, Random Map-Random Map
- range loops, Loops and Ranges-Loops and Ranges
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- inclusive versus exclusive ranges, Loops and Ranges-Loops and Ranges
- rendering, Further Options, Adding the Professor- Adding the Professor
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- HTML5 games, Choosing Our Tech-Drawing Something: Using Canvas
- RequestAnimationFrame, Looping with RequestAnimationFrame-Looping with RequestAnimationFrame
- reserved words as keys, Objects and Arrays
- reset method, Improving Our Loop
- Ruby on Rails, Installing CoffeeScript Properly
S
- safety wrappers, Removing the Safety Wrapper-Removing the Safety Wrapper
- Scalable Vector Graphics, Further Options
- scope, Types, Variables, and Scope
- screens, Screens and Dialogs-The Game Screen
- script tags, Client-side Compilation on the Fly-Client-side Compilation on the Fly
- scrolling, Cheap Parallax Effect-Canvas Scrolling
- self = this variable, Improving Our Loop
- setInterval function, Drawing Something: Using Canvas
- setTimeout function, Improving Our Loop
- short function syntax, Functions
- significant whitespace, Whitespace-Whitespace
- sine wave path, Adding New Blocks-Adding New Blocks
- snap function, Block Collision Detection
- sound effects, Audio and Sound Effects-Audio and Sound Effects, Game Over
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- (see also noise)
- spaces (significant whitespace), Whitespace-Whitespace
- splats, Splats-Splats
- sprites, Processing a Sprite Sheet- Processing a Sprite Sheet, Default Argument Values-Default Argument Values
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- grid development, Random Map
- square function, Functions Revisited
- state machine, Ninja AI
- strings, Strings-Strings
- super class, Calling the Super Class-Calling the Super Class
- SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics), Further Options
- switch statements, Dispatching with Switch-Dispatching with Switch
T
- tabs (significant whitespace), Whitespace-Whitespace
- test function, Functions Revisited
- title screen, Inserting a Title Screen-Inserting a Title Screen
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- basic title screen, Drawing Primitives
- transpilation into JavaScript, Getting Started-Getting Started
- types, Types, Variables, and Scope
U
- updating, Adding the Professor- Adding the Professor
V
- variables, Types, Variables, and Scope-Types, Variables, and Scope
- vignettes, Styling Your Canvas
W
- walk cycles, Walk Animation-Walk Animation
- Web Audio specification, Audio and Sound Effects
- WebGL, Further Options
- whitespace, Whitespace-Whitespace
