The Connecting Dots Effect in 80 Lines of JavaScript ✨ #Shorts

✨ The connecting-dots particle network — the hero effect every modern landing page uses. Built from scratch with HTML, CSS, and 80 lines of vanilla JavaScript. No frameworks, no particles.js, no libraries. 🛠 Stack: HTML + CSS + Canvas API (vanilla JS) ⚡ 80 lines · zero dependencies · works in any browser 🎨 80 points · 145px link radius · cursor-attracted connections Full source code on screen 👆 pause and copy. How it works in 30 seconds: ✅ Create N points with random positions and velocities ✅ Each frame: drift points and bounce off the edges ✅ For every pair of points, if they're close, draw a line — opacity based on distance ✅ Track the mouse position — link it to nearby points with brighter lines ✅ requestAnimationFrame — that's the whole engine This is the effect behind particles.js, vanta.js, every SaaS hero section, every crypto landing page in 2026. Save this for your portfolio. Drop a ✨ if you want me to remix it (rainbow lines, 3D constellation, audio-reactive, mouse repulsion...). Follow for a new pure-web build every week. #particles #particlejs #javascript #htmlcss #canvas #webdev #frontend #javascripttutorial #codingshorts #vanillajavascript #creativecoding #devtok #codingtutorial #programming #connectingdots #Shorts