This project implements Conway's Game of Life as a single-page JavaScript application.
This implementation of Conway's Game of Life uses the Canvas API to draw cells.
The underlying grid is a toroidal array, such that the left and right edges and top and bottom edges are stitched together.
To launch the application run npm start.
Once the application is running navigate to http://localhost:1234 to view the page.
Life typically converges to a stable state after a number of generations. Refreshing the page will yield a new randomized seed to start the grid anew.
Cells appear to leave behind a 'residue' after they die off that fades over the next few generations. I actually like the way that this looks, but I didn't do go out of my way to implement it. Instead this comes as a side effect of pixel anti-aliasing when drawing arc paths on the canvas. I do not clear the canvas between generations and merely draw new cell circles over old ones, so anti-aliasing pixels from the previous generation may still be visible.