Concept:
For this week’s assignment, I used forces to control electrons moving around their nucleus. In this case, the electrons are the visible movers and the nucleus (with neutrons and protons) is the invisible attractor.
Embedded Sketch:
Code Highlight:
// Showing and Updating the movers
for (let i = 0; i < 4; i++) {
movers[i].update();
movers[i].show();
attractor.attract(movers[i]);
}
In this part of the code, I added a for loop to keep showing the movers and updating them, as well as make them go towards the attractor which is centered in the middle of the canvas. I added a seperate class for each, the mover and the attractor.
By changing the value 4 into a lower value, you can see less electrons moving towards the invisible nucleus.
Reflections & Improvement:
I faced a few difficulties while placing the movers in a nice pattern and giving them specific velocity values. For that, I referred to this video which helped me figure that out.
If I were to improve this assignment, I would definitely add more movers and give the user the option to select how many electrons they want to see moving according to whatever chemical element they want to visualize.