Getting Started - Chapter 1 - Setup Your First Web App

You will have seen that the template needed for any code on the playground is

var createScene = function() {
    var scene = new BABYLON.Scene(engine);

    // Add a camera to the scene and attach it to the canvas
    // Add a lights to the scene

    //Your Code

  return scene;
};

By following this format in you own project you can quickly drop it into your own HTML page using the following as a template.

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">

    <head>
        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"/>
        <title>Babylon Template</title>

        <style>
            html, body {
                overflow: hidden;
                width: 100%;
                height: 100%;
                margin: 0;
                padding: 0;
            }

            #renderCanvas {
                width: 100%;
                height: 100%;
                touch-action: none;
            }
        </style>

        <script src="https://cdn.babylonjs.com/babylon.js"></script>
        <script src="https://cdn.babylonjs.com/loaders/babylonjs.loaders.min.js"></script>
        <script src="https://code.jquery.com/pep/0.4.3/pep.js"></script>
    </head>

   <body>

    <canvas id="renderCanvas" touch-action="none"></canvas> <!-- touch-action="none" for best results from PEP -->

    <script>
        const canvas = document.getElementById("renderCanvas"); // Get the canvas element
        const engine = new BABYLON.Engine(canvas, true); // Generate the BABYLON 3D engine

        // Add your code here matching the playground format

        const scene = createScene(); //Call the createScene function

        // Register a render loop to repeatedly render the scene
        engine.runRenderLoop(function () {
                scene.render();
        });

        // Watch for browser/canvas resize events
        window.addEventListener("resize", function () {
                engine.resize();
        });
    </script>

   </body>

</html>

This line

<script src="https://cdn.babylonjs.com/loaders/babylonjs.loaders.min.js"></script>

allows you to import models into your scene.

This line

<script src="https://code.jquery.com/pep/0.4.3/pep.js"></script>

allows you to use a touch screen.

Examples

Import a Model Setup

The following loads a box model into an app.

First App

Example setup for a loaded model

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">

    <head>
        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"/>
        <title>Babylon Template</title>

        <style>
            html, body {
                overflow: hidden;
                width: 100%;
                height: 100%;
                margin: 0;
                padding: 0;
            }

            #renderCanvas {
                width: 100%;
                height: 100%;
                touch-action: none;
            }
        </style>

        <script src="https://cdn.babylonjs.com/babylon.js"></script>
        <script src="https://cdn.babylonjs.com/loaders/babylonjs.loaders.min.js"></script>
        <script src="https://code.jquery.com/pep/0.4.3/pep.js"></script>
    </head>

   <body>

    <canvas id="renderCanvas" touch-action="none"></canvas> <!-- touch-action="none" for best results from PEP -->

    <script>
        const canvas = document.getElementById("renderCanvas"); // Get the canvas element
        const engine = new BABYLON.Engine(canvas, true); // Generate the BABYLON 3D engine

        // Add your code here matching the playground format
        const createScene = function () {
    
            const scene = new BABYLON.Scene(engine);  

            BABYLON.SceneLoader.ImportMeshAsync("", "https://assets.babylonjs.com/meshes/", "box.babylon");

            const camera = new BABYLON.ArcRotateCamera("camera", -Math.PI / 2, Math.PI / 2.5, 15, new BABYLON.Vector3(0, 0, 0));
            camera.attachControl(canvas, true);
            const light = new BABYLON.HemisphericLight("light", new BABYLON.Vector3(1, 1, 0));

            return scene;
        };

        const scene = createScene(); //Call the createScene function

        // Register a render loop to repeatedly render the scene
        engine.runRenderLoop(function () {
                scene.render();
        });

        // Watch for browser/canvas resize events
        window.addEventListener("resize", function () {
                engine.resize();
        });
    </script>

   </body>

</html>

Code a Model Setup

The following creates a box model in an app.

First Coded App

Example setup for a coded model

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">

    <head>
        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"/>
        <title>Babylon Template</title>

        <style>
            html, body {
                overflow: hidden;
                width: 100%;
                height: 100%;
                margin: 0;
                padding: 0;
            }

            #renderCanvas {
                width: 100%;
                height: 100%;
                touch-action: none;
            }
        </style>

        <script src="https://cdn.babylonjs.com/babylon.js"></script>
        <script src="https://cdn.babylonjs.com/loaders/babylonjs.loaders.min.js"></script>
        <script src="https://code.jquery.com/pep/0.4.3/pep.js"></script>
    </head>

   <body>

    <canvas id="renderCanvas" touch-action="none"></canvas> <!-- touch-action="none" for best results from PEP -->

    <script>
        const canvas = document.getElementById("renderCanvas"); // Get the canvas element
        const engine = new BABYLON.Engine(canvas, true); // Generate the BABYLON 3D engine

        // Add your code here matching the playground format
        const createScene = function () {
    
            const scene = new BABYLON.Scene(engine);  

            BABYLON.MeshBuilder.CreateBox("box", {})

            const camera = new BABYLON.ArcRotateCamera("camera", -Math.PI / 2, Math.PI / 2.5, 15, new BABYLON.Vector3(0, 0, 0));
            camera.attachControl(canvas, true);
            const light = new BABYLON.HemisphericLight("light", new BABYLON.Vector3(1, 1, 0));

            return scene;
        };

        const scene = createScene(); //Call the createScene function

        // Register a render loop to repeatedly render the scene
        engine.runRenderLoop(function () {
                scene.render();
        });

        // Watch for browser/canvas resize events
        window.addEventListener("resize", function () {
                engine.resize();
        });
    </script>

   </body>

</html>

Let's move on to learning more about using Babylon.js code and build more interesting models. We start with giving our world a ground to build on.

Getting Started - Chapter 1 - Setup Your First Web App

Examples

Import a Model Setup

Code a Model Setup

Further reading

NPM Support

Learn about Babylon.js's use of the NPM Package Manager.

Babylon.js ES6 support with Tree Shaking

Learn about tree shaking and package management in Babylon.js.