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q5#js

A small and fast alternative implementation of p5.js. [Download (33KB minified)]
README | Source Code
bezierTangent I
q5.js(this)
p5.js(reference)
new Q5("global");

noFill();
bezier(85, 20, 10, 10, 90, 90, 15, 80);
let steps = 6;
fill(255);
for (let i = 0; i <= steps; i++) {
  let t = i / steps;
  // Get the location of the point
  let x = bezierPoint(85, 10, 90, 15, t);
  let y = bezierPoint(20, 10, 90, 80, t);
  // Get the tangent points
  let tx = bezierTangent(85, 10, 90, 15, t);
  let ty = bezierTangent(20, 10, 90, 80, t);
  // Calculate an angle from the tangent points
  let a = atan2(ty, tx);
  a += PI;
  stroke(255, 102, 0);
  line(x, y, cos(a) * 30 + x, sin(a) * 30 + y);
  // The following line of code makes a line
  // inverse of the above line
  //line(x, y, cos(a)*-30 + x, sin(a)*-30 + y);
  stroke(0);
  ellipse(x, y, 5, 5);
}
From the original p5 example at https://p5js.org/reference/#/p5/bezierTangent