Three.js and TypeScript
Learn Threejs, TypeScript and NodeJS to create interactive 3D content on the web.
Updated on Sep, 2023
Language - English
Course Description
Welcome to my course on Three.js and Typescript.
In this course we will learn all about Three.js, write it in TypeScript, and also write a HTML client and server component using NodeJS.
The course is in 5 main sections,
1. Setting up the development environment and installing TypeScript
2. An quick introduction course to TypeScript suitable for Beginners
3. Creating the three.js master project template with the client HTML and the NodeJS server
4. The main threejs course content with demonstrations and code examples.
5. Deployment to Production.
If you have experience with TypeScript, then you can skip part 2.
At the beginning of part 4, I also provide a pre created copy of the project template that was created in part 3. So you can also bypass section 3 in case you want to get straight into the details of Threejs.
Since this course is written in TypeScript, section 2 and 3 contain very useful information that will help you to understand the additional TypeScript syntax and concepts I use throughout this course.
All code is provided in the accompanying documentation so that you can easily copy and paste, in case you don't want to pause the video and copy from the screen.
TypeScript introduces type safety in our code which makes it much more robust and gives the IDE extra tools such as intellisence that we can use to help us find and understand the available Threejs properties and methods and code much faster.
Thanks for taking part in my course, and I will see you there.
Sean
Goals
What will you learn in this course:
- Learn the Basics of Threejs with many demonstrations and example code
- Setup a Development Environment using VSCode, Git and NodeJS
- Install TypeScript
- Do a TypeScript mini course learning about Types, Interfaces, Classes and see it run in NodeJS and in the browser.
- Create a Threejs project using NPM and package json
- Import the Threejs libraries into our TypeScript code and serve via our NodeJS server
- Learn about NodeJS, Express and serving ES6 modules to the browser clients.
- Set up NodeJS to auto recompile and generate project code upon changes
- Create (or optionally Install) a Threejs TypeScript Boilerplate for use throughout the course
- Learn about the Threejs Scene, Camera and Renderer
- Learn about the Animation loop
- Learn about the Stats and Dat GUI panels
- Learn about Object3D base class, and the Rotation, Position, Scale, Visibility and Matrix properties
- Learn about Geometries such as Box, Sphere, Icosahedron, Plane, TorusKnot and more
- Learn about the Basic, Normal, Lambert, Phong, Standard, Physical, Matcap and other materials
- Learn about the highlighting options with the SpecularMap, RoughnessMap and MetalnessMap
- Learn about the Bumpmap and Displacement Maps
- Learn about modifying the texture and displacement map UVs using the material options.
- Learn about lighting using the Ambient, Directional, Hemisphere, Point and Spot lights.
- Learn about shadows using both the Perspective and Orthographic shadow cameras.
- Learn about the Orbit, Trackball and Pointerlock mouse and touch interaction controls
- Learn about the model loaders such as the OBJ, MTL, GLTF, DRACO and more
- The Raycaster and how to use it for mouse picking 3D objects in the scene
- Mipmaps, Custom Mipmaps and Anistropic Filtering
- Physics with Cannonjs
- The Cannonjs Debug Renderer
- Understanding ConvexPolyhedrons versus Compound Shapes for Collision Detection
- Constructive Solid Geometry
- Provision, Deploy and Start our Threejs Projects to a Production server
- Install Nginx Proxy, Point a Domain Name and Install SSL
- And many more very useful examples of Threejs
Prerequisites
What are the prerequisites for this course?
- A Computer that you can install VSCode, Git and NodeJS
- A desire to code 3D web applications in Threejs and TypeScript
Curriculum
Check out the detailed breakdown of what’s inside the course
Three.Js And TypeScript
77 Lectures
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Course Preview
01:54
01:54
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Introduction
01:27
01:27
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Setup Development Environment
02:03
02:03
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Install TypeScript
00:35
00:35
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Build Your First TypeScript File
05:28
05:28
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Type Annotations
04:21
04:21
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Interfaces and Type Declarations
07:43
07:43
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Classes
04:16
04:16
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Run it in the Browser
01:45
01:45
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Begin Creating the Three.js Project
04:07
04:07
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Add the Initial Scripts
02:58
02:58
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Server Side Dependency Imports
07:51
07:51
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Client Side Dependency Imports
08:56
08:56
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Importing Three.js Modules
04:59
04:59
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Automate Compilation with TSC Watch, Nodemon and Concurrently
08:09
08:09
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Install the Three.js Typescript Boilerplate
02:02
02:02
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Scene, Camera and Renderer
17:42
17:42
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Animation Loop
09:20
09:20
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Stats Panel
06:45
06:45
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Dat GUI Panel
07:54
07:54
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Object3D
07:37
07:37
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Geometries
15:44
15:44
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Material
11:25
11:25
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MeshBasicMaterial
10:02
10:02
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MeshNormalMaterial
03:05
03:05
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MeshLambertMaterial
04:10
04:10
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MeshPhongMaterial
03:17
03:17
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MeshStandardMaterial
03:17
03:17
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MeshPhysicalMaterial
02:36
02:36
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MeshMatcapMaterial
03:26
03:26
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MeshToonMaterial
04:11
04:11
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Specular Map
04:56
04:56
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Roughness and Metalness Maps
01:37
01:37
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Bump Map
01:58
01:58
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Displacement Map
04:18
04:18
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Material Repeat and Center
03:52
03:52
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Texture Mipmaps
06:09
06:09
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Custom Mipmaps
02:46
02:46
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Anistropic Filtering
02:16
02:16
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Lights
01:09
01:09
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Ambient Light
02:39
02:39
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Directional Light
03:55
03:55
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Hemisphere Light
01:55
01:55
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Point Light
04:04
04:04
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Spot Lights
02:09
02:09
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Spot Light Shadow
05:55
05:55
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Directional Light Shadow
02:29
02:29
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Orbit Controls
10:14
10:14
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Trackball Controls
05:05
05:05
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Pointerlock Controls
05:53
05:53
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Drag Controls
03:12
03:12
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Transform Controls
02:22
02:22
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Using Multiple Controls in the Same Scene
03:40
03:40
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OBJ Model Loader
10:52
10:52
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MTL Loader
08:11
08:11
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GLTF Loader
12:30
12:30
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DRACO Loader
04:54
04:54
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FBX Loader
08:17
08:17
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FBX Animations
14:51
14:51
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GLTF Animations
05:16
05:16
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Raycaster
24:39
24:39
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Using tween.js
15:20
15:20
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Using tween.js and the THREE.AnimationMixer
18:23
18:23
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Physics with Cannon.js
21:11
21:11
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The Cannon.js Debug Renderer
18:30
18:30
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ConvexPolyhedrons and Compound Shapes
19:00
19:00
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Deploying to Production
03:19
03:19
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Create the Start Script
03:20
03:20
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Provision a Cloud Server for Production
02:47
02:47
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Deploy Files to the Server
05:33
05:33
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Start the Games on the server
06:10
06:10
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Install Nginx Proxy
08:53
08:53
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Point a Domain Name
02:29
02:29
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Add SSL
06:18
06:18
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Extra Tasks
21:54
21:54
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Converting JavaScript Threejs Examples to TypeScript Projects
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Troubleshooting
Instructor Details
Sean Bradley
Software and Networking Engineer for 20 YearsHello, I'm Sean.
For over 20 years I have been an IT engineer building and managing real time, low latency, high availability, asynchronous, multi threaded, remotely managed, fully automated, monitored solutions in the education, aeronautical, banking, drone, gaming and telecommunications industries.
I have also created and written hundreds of Open Source GitHub Repositories, Medium Articles and YouTube video tutorials.
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