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Discussion on: Simple Disease Outbreak Modeling - Inspired by a 3b1b video

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Médéric Burlet • • Edited

Interesting tutorial But I would have loved for you to modernize it using current best practices.

for instance:

for(let i = 0; i<infected;i++){
    dots.push([Math.random()*Math.min(cv.width,cv.height)*3/4,Math.random()*Math.min(cv.width,cv.height)*3/4,1,speed*Math.random(),speed*Math.random()]
}
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I would have also decomposed the above formula with step by step.

Another example is your refresh function declaration:

const refresh = () => {

}
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You might also want to look into p5 which has amazing drawing capabilities for this kind of work.

p5js.org/examples/simulate-flockin...

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QLabs • • Edited

Thanks for your feedback! Although p5 might have better drawing techniques and styles, I felt like the whole process of learning a new library and using it in the simulation defeats my purpose of keeping the simulation simple. I don't usually use const but it is something you could use as a substitute. These suggestions though should help the reader, and I encourage you to use what you thought was better or current. Once again, thanks for your feedback.

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Médéric Burlet •

Const and let is not just to substitute. Its for scope, security and more