I would like to be able to make a bouncing ball simulation based on c++ code I've already written. Something where I can use code to simulate a bouncing ball in a graphical window.

I would like to do it in my web browser so I don't have to download anything, but if that doesn't exist (which I suspect it doesn't, based on a bit of research) then I would take a reccommendation for software that is safe for download. This is one I've found in my research: https://www.sfml-dev.org/download/
but I am not sure it is safe for download

im on Mac Os

 

SFML looks to be a valid software graphic library. Works for me in Debian Linux for a simple screen window demo. Don't know if it's really good.





The example Linux code has bugs on the web and github but that's easily fixed.

 

if you are looking for something that runs in a browser then something like this may do

 

I would like to be able to make a bouncing ball simulation based on c++ code I've already written. Something where I can use code to simulate a bouncing ball in a graphical window.

I would like to do it in my web browser so I don't have to download anything, but if that doesn't exist (which I suspect it doesn't, based on a bit of research) then I would take a reccommendation for software that is safe for download. This is one I've found in my research: https://www.sfml-dev.org/download/
but I am not sure it is safe for download

im on Mac Os

You could use Xcode to build yourself a little app showing your bouncing ball. It'll be a bit steep learning curve to get started but once you're up and running you can do anything you can imagine. Even I have done some simple 2D animations.

That all said, I'm a little surprised you couldn't find javascript to bounce a ball around on a web page.

 

internet has many examples of this.
https://editor.p5js.org/Santiago-j-s/sketches/cncYrS-TJ
https://editor.p5js.org/p5/sketches/Motion:_Bouncy_Bubbles

more sketches
https://editor.p5js.org/p5/sketches

 

Javascript is the way to go for Browser hosted animations.

Used this 3d Javascript library: https://threejs.org/
Threejs demos:
https://threejs.org/examples/#physics_rapier_instancing
https://threejs.org/examples/#webgl_camera_logarithmicdepthbuffer
https://threejs.org/examples/#webgl_effects_anaglyph
https://threejs.org/examples/#webgl_animation_keyframes

I wrote some simple (open frame) code years ago in threejs for Solar power indicators using a rotating cube.
https://github.com/nsaspook/mbmc/blob/master/TCPIP Demo App/WebPages2/dynvars_a.htm

 

You could use Xcode to build yourself a little app showing your bouncing ball. It'll be a bit steep learning curve to get started but once you're up and running you can do anything you can imagine. Even I have done some simple 2D animations.

That all said, I'm a little surprised you couldn't find javascript to bounce a ball around on a web page.

Great I will try that. Not sure where to start but I thank you for the idea.

 

Great I will try that. Not sure where to start but I thank you for the idea.

If you're pursuing the Xcode approach, the first step is to download and install Xcode. You do NOT need to be a paid, subscribing developer to do that. If you wanted to share and/or sell your app, that's where you'd need to be a genuine developer but you don't need to pay for local playing around.

Incorporating C++ code into an Xcode app is quite doable - I've done it - but there are some hoops to jump through. Most of my projects are in Swift and dealing with C++ was a nuisance. Maybe it's not so bad if you're coming from there.

Once you have the software, find an online tutorial showing how to create a simple app. Build from there.

 

yes you can do it easily. Follow these links:
ready demo: https://editor.p5js.org/
https://www.sfml-dev.org/download/
https://www.sfml-dev.org/tutorials/2.5/
https://emscripten.org/docs/getting_started/index.html
https://replit.com/languages/cpp

tell me if it helped