HTML5 Canvas - Softcover

Fulton, Steve; Fulton, Jeff

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9781449393908: HTML5 Canvas
Softcover
ISBN 10: 144939390X ISBN 13: 9781449393908
Publisher: O'Reilly Media, 2011

Synopsis

No matter what platform or tools you use, the HTML5 revolution will soon change the way you build web applications, if it hasn't already. HTML5 is jam-packed with features, and there's a lot to learn. This book gets you started with the Canvas element, perhaps HTML5's most exciting feature. Learn how to build interactive multimedia applications using this element to draw, render text, manipulate images, and create animation.

Whether you currently use Flash, Silverlight, or just HTML and JavaScript, you'll quickly pick up the basics. Practical examples show you how to create various games and entertainment applications with Canvas as you learn. Gain valuable experience with HTML5, and discover why leading application developers rave about this specification as the future of truly innovative web development.

  • Create and modify 2D drawings, text, and bitmap images
  • Incorporate and manipulate video, and add audio
  • Build a basic framework for creating a variety of games on Canvas
  • Use bitmaps and tile sheets to develop animated game graphics
  • Go mobile: port Canvas applications to iPhone with PhoneGap
  • Explore ways to use Canvas for 3D and multiplayer game applications

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About the Author

Steve is an R.I.A. and web game developer who has been cultivating an audience for news, stories, blogs and tutorials about Flash, Silverlight, and now the HTML 5 Canvas at their own web site, http://www.8bitrocket.com, for the past 3 1/2 years. He has one of the highest Alexa rankings among Flash game developers blogs.

Steve has worked as a web development manager at Mattel Toys for the past 14 years, helping to create Mattel’s extensive online presence.

Jeff is an R.I.A. and web game developer who has been cultivating an audience for news, stories, blogs and tutorials about Flash, Silverlight, and now the HTML 5 Canvas at their own web site, http://www.8bitrocket.com, for the past 3 1/2 years. He has one of the highest Alexa rankings among Flash game developers blogs.

Jeff has worked as a web development manager at Mattel Toys for the past 14 years, helping to create Mattel’s extensive online presence.

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Publisher
O'Reilly Media
Publication date
2011
Language
English
ISBN 10 
144939390X
ISBN 13 
9781449393908
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
628
Rating
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