Creating Browser Driven SVG Elements

Creating Browser Driven SVG Elements

Scalable vector graphics with interactive elements can be achieved through some combination of several baseline languages responsible for web pages in general: HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. The advantage of using these forms of syntax to present these effects is that the browser directly executes the code without having to load some sort of external media file. While SVG driven by HTML and CSS can be created with programs similar to what would have been used to create and export video files, SVG productions can be loaded very quickly and do not appear grainy or blurry when viewed at different levels of magnification. Fast-loading web content such as SVG helps optimize a given website for search engines so that it will rank higher.
Codepen.io is a site that features many different projects demonstrating how the three baseline languages can be used in concert to create sophisticated SVG-based effects, but it is rare to see a project that can fully simulate a complex real-world object. This project uses particularly large and complicated CSS and JavaScript files to display the famous Rubik's Cube puzzle and allow the user to drag their mouse's cursor along its surfaces to rotate its segments as if an authentic copy of the puzzle was being physically held and handled. When the project is first loaded and the user taps the title twice, the cube is randomly shuffled and a timer ensues, thus providing the user a fully functioning game.
The comparatively small HTML file powering the project is mainly used to provide a space hosting the cube effect. The JavaScript file holds the data providing the project's interactive functionality, and the CSS file dictates colors and shapes. It is difficult to visually parse the CSS and JavaScript syntax at a glance, but Codepen's user interface allows the viewer to modify the code and see the changes reflected in the area in which the simulated cube is displayed. Doing this allows aspiring web programmers to get a better handle through experimentation on how the syntax responsible for an effect that resembles a three-dimensional object is arranged. For more information click here https://codepen.io/bsehovac/pen/EMyWVv.

Browser SVG Elements