JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground
HTML
<canvas id="canvas"></canvas>
JavaScript
// requestAnim shim layer by Paul Irish
window.requestAnimFrame = (function () {
return window.requestAnimationFrame || window.webkitRequestAnimationFrame || window.mozRequestAnimationFrame || window.oRequestAnimationFrame || window.msRequestAnimationFrame || function ( /* function */ callback, /* DOMElement */ element) {
window.setTimeout(callback, 1000 / 60);
};
})();
var canvas = document.getElementById("canvas"),
ctx = canvas.getContext("2d");
canvas.width = 400;
canvas.height = 200;
var points = [],
currentPoint = 1,
nextTime = new Date().getTime()+500,
pace = 200;
// make some points
for (var i = 0; i < 50; i++) {
points.push({
x: i * (canvas.width/50),
y: 100+Math.sin(i) * 10
});
}
function draw() {
if(new Date().getTime() > nextTime){
nextTime = new Date().getTime() + pace;
currentPoint++;
if(currentPoint > points.length){
currentPoint = 0;
}
}
ctx.clearRect(0,0,canvas.width, canvas.height);
ctx.beginPath();
ctx.moveTo(points[0].x, points[0].y);
ctx.lineWidth = 2;
ctx.strokeStyle = '#2068A8';
ctx.fillStyle = '#2068A8';
for (var p = 1, plen = currentPoint; p < plen; p++) {
ctx.lineTo(points[p].x, points[p].y);
}
ctx.stroke();
requestAnimFrame(draw);
}
draw();