react-zdog

What is react-zdog?

react-zdog is a React wrapper for Zdog, a pseudo-3D engine for canvas and SVG. It allows you to create and animate 3D-like illustrations using a simple and intuitive API.

What are react-zdog's main functionalities?

Creating Shapes

This code demonstrates how to create a basic shape using react-zdog. The `Shape` component is used to draw a simple shape with a specified stroke and color.

```jsx
import React from 'react';
import { Illustration, Shape } from 'react-zdog';

const MyShape = () => (
  <Illustration>
    <Shape
      stroke={20}
      color="#636"
    />
  </Illustration>
);

export default MyShape;
```

Animating Shapes

This code demonstrates how to animate a shape using react-zdog. The `useRef` and `useEffect` hooks are used to rotate the shape continuously.

```jsx
import React, { useRef, useEffect } from 'react';
import { Illustration, Shape } from 'react-zdog';

const AnimatedShape = () => {
  const shapeRef = useRef(null);

  useEffect(() => {
    const animate = () => {
      shapeRef.current.rotate.y += 0.03;
      requestAnimationFrame(animate);
    };
    animate();
  }, []);

  return (
    <Illustration>
      <Shape
        ref={shapeRef}
        stroke={20}
        color="#636"
      />
    </Illustration>
  );
};

export default AnimatedShape;
```

Combining Shapes

This code demonstrates how to combine multiple shapes using the `Group` component in react-zdog. The `Group` component allows you to group multiple shapes together and manipulate them as a single entity.

```jsx
import React from 'react';
import { Illustration, Shape, Group } from 'react-zdog';

const CombinedShapes = () => (
  <Illustration>
    <Group>
      <Shape
        stroke={20}
        color="#636"
      />
      <Shape
        translate={{ x: 40 }}
        stroke={20}
        color="#E62"
      />
    </Group>
  </Illustration>
);

export default CombinedShapes;
```

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README

npm install react-zdog

This is a super early preview for zdog in React.

Demo: https://codesandbox.io/s/nervous-feather-vk9uh

Coming soon ...

Probably making the verbose vectors shorter:

<Shape path={[[0, -8], [8, 8], [-8, 8]]} translate={[0, 0, 10]} stroke={3} fill />