Okay, so I wanted to mess around with this “balloon for” thing I saw online. It looked pretty neat, and I figured I could do something cool with it. Here’s how it went down.
Getting Started
First, I needed to figure out what I actually needed. It’s all about animating, right? So, I grabbed some basic HTML and CSS to set up a simple webpage. I created a basic div to hold the future animation.
The Nitty-Gritty
I started poking around for examples. I found some code snippets, mostly JavaScript. I copy-pasted some stuff into my HTML file, just to see what would happen. Initially? Nothing. Total blank.
I realized I was missing something. These scripts needed to be inside the script tags! Duh. So I fixed that. I added the script tags like a good boy should and start the animation part.
Tweaking and Fiddling
- I started playing with the numbers in the code, the values to define positions, the speed, you know.
- It began to resemble something. I can see some changes.
- I spent a good chunk of time just tweaking stuff, changing colors, making it bigger, smaller, faster, slower. It was like a child with a new toy.
My “Masterpiece”
After a bit of messing around, I got it to a place where I was pretty happy. It wasn’t exactly what I saw online, but it was mine. It’s basic, it is simple, but it moves!
It’s not rocket science, but it was fun to play with. That’s the whole point, right? Trying new things, seeing what happens. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn’t, but you always learn something.
