zrender

What is zrender?

zrender is a lightweight canvas library that provides a powerful and flexible way to create and manipulate 2D graphics. It is often used as a rendering engine for the ECharts library, but it can also be used independently for custom graphics and animations.

What are zrender's main functionalities?

Basic Shapes

This feature allows you to create basic shapes like circles, rectangles, and lines. The code sample demonstrates how to create a red circle and add it to the canvas.

const zrender = require('zrender');
const zr = zrender.init(document.getElementById('main'));
const circle = new zrender.Circle({
  shape: {
    cx: 150,
    cy: 150,
    r: 50
  },
  style: {
    fill: 'red'
  }
});
zr.add(circle);

Animations

This feature allows you to animate shapes. The code sample demonstrates how to animate a rectangle moving from one position to another over a duration of 1000 milliseconds.

const zrender = require('zrender');
const zr = zrender.init(document.getElementById('main'));
const rect = new zrender.Rect({
  shape: {
    x: 50,
    y: 50,
    width: 100,
    height: 100
  },
  style: {
    fill: 'blue'
  }
});
zr.add(rect);
rect.animate('shape', true)
  .when(1000, { x: 200 })
  .start();

Event Handling

This feature allows you to handle events like click, mouseover, and mouseout on shapes. The code sample demonstrates how to add a click event listener to a circle that shows an alert when the circle is clicked.

const zrender = require('zrender');
const zr = zrender.init(document.getElementById('main'));
const circle = new zrender.Circle({
  shape: {
    cx: 150,
    cy: 150,
    r: 50
  },
  style: {
    fill: 'green'
  }
});
zr.add(circle);
circle.on('click', function () {
  alert('Circle clicked!');
});

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fabric

Fabric.js is a powerful and simple JavaScript HTML5 canvas library. It provides an interactive object model on top of the canvas element, allowing for complex shapes, animations, and event handling. Compared to zrender, Fabric.js offers more built-in functionalities for object manipulation and interaction.

paper

Paper.js is an open-source vector graphics scripting framework that runs on top of the HTML5 Canvas. It is particularly well-suited for creating complex vector graphics and animations. Compared to zrender, Paper.js focuses more on vector graphics and provides a more extensive set of tools for path manipulation.

konva

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README

ZRender

A lightweight canvas library which providing 2d draw for ECharts

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