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index.html
<!DOCTYPE html>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<style>
body {
background: #333;
}
</style>
<body>
<script src="//d3js.org/d3.v4.0.0-alpha.29.min.js"></script>
<script>
var width = 960,
height = 500,
radius = Math.sqrt(width / 2 * width / 2 + height / 2 * height / 2) + 5;
var theta = Math.PI * (3 - Math.sqrt(5)),
spacing = 4,
size = spacing - 1,
speed = 1,
index = 0,
total = (radius * radius) / (spacing * spacing);
var color = d3.scaleRainbow()
.domain([0, 360]);
var canvas = d3.select("body").append("canvas")
.attr("width", radius * 2)
.attr("height", radius * 2)
.style("position", "absolute")
.style("left", width / 2 - radius + "px")
.style("top", height / 2 - radius + "px")
.style("transform-origin", radius + "px " + radius + "px");
var context = canvas.node().getContext("2d");
context.translate(radius, radius);
d3.timer(function() {
canvas.style("transform", "rotate(" + -speed / 2 + "deg)");
for (var j = 0; index < total && j < speed; ++j) {
var radius = spacing * Math.sqrt(++index),
angle = index * theta,
x = radius * Math.cos(angle),
y = radius * Math.sin(angle);
context.beginPath();
context.arc(x, y, size, 0, 2 * Math.PI);
context.stroke();
context.fillStyle = color(angle * 180 / Math.PI - radius);
context.fill();
}
speed += .1;
});
</script>
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