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Create a simple Pong game using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript

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This article is needed to help beginners understand how to build a basic interactive web game using core web technologies (HTML, CSS, JavaScript). Readers will learn by example how to integrate user input from the mouse and keyboard, implement basic collision detection, control simple game logic, and handle scorekeeping. Without this knowledge, learners may struggle to translate theory into real, working games.

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This article will walk the reader through the process of creating a classic Pong game from scratch using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. It will cover rendering the game area, handling input for the left paddle using both the mouse and arrow keys, programming simple computer AI for the right paddle, implementing ball movement and bounce logic, detecting collisions with paddles and walls, and adding a scoreboard. The end result will be a playable Pong game that demonstrates interactive web programming fundamentals.

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