#Automaton This is my first project since I have learn Javascript. It is a mean for me to practise and share this beautiful little things that are cellular Automatons.

#Overview This project is using a HTML5 canvas to graphically displayed the automaton. For now, I am only implementing several 'life like' automatons.

#Usage ##Creation

var myAutomaton = Automaton.automata({surfaceId: 'displayId',     // HTML canvas' ID
                    numberElements: [10, 10],                     // number of elements on each dimension
                    colors: ['#629F61', '#69394A'],               // color for each state
                    freqUpdate: 100},                             // update frequency in ms
                    auto: 'conway'                                // default is conway, values available are 
                                                                  // in the list below
                    );                  

The automatons available are :

• conway Conway's Game of Life
• seeds Seeds
• replicator
• highlife HighLife

Injecting custom life like automatons is also possible:

var customLifeLike = ['lifelike',       // keyword to detect lifelike automaton
                        [1,2,3],        // number of neighbours needed to come to life
                        [4,5,6]         // number of neighbours needed to stay alive
                     ];
var myAutomaton = Automaton.automata({surfaceId: 'displayId', auto: customLifeLike});                  

##Start and Stop

    myAutomaton.start();
    myAutomaton.stop();
    
    // compute only one iteration
    myAutomaton.nextIteration();

##Frequency's update

    myAutomaton.start();
    myAutomaton.updateFrequency(10);
    myAutomaton.updateFrequency(100);
    myAutomaton.updateFrequency(1000);
    myAutomaton.stop();

##Default values Here is described the default value for each parameters

Field	Type	Default value
surfaceId	string	non optional
freqUpdate	number	1000
numberElements	[number, number])	cells 10px*10px computed
colors	[string, string]	['#D1D1D1', '#DD5856']
auto	string	conway
circular	boolean	false

#Example The index.html page in a basic application where all parameters are customisable. Enjoy ! #Incoming features

• First implementation of a Cellular Automaton
• Better looking interface
• Add more Cellular Automaton
• Interface allowing to change parameters on the fly
• Additional parameters to generate custom life like automatons
• Basics patterns for each automaton instead of random generation