Core HTML5 Canvas: Graphics, Animation, and Game Development
Language: English
Published by Pearson Education (US), 2012
Series: Book 2 of 3 - Core
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Core HTML5, Volume I: Canvas takes a code-fueled, no-nonsense, deep dive into one of HTML5's most exciting APIs by showing readers how to draw and paint; apply shadows, patterns, and gradients; manipulate images; create smooth animations; implement video games; and more. The book also comes with a companion Web site which provides access to the book's source code, videos about HTML5 Canvas, and live demonstrations from the book.
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- Title
- Core HTML5 Canvas: Graphics, Animation, and Game Development
- Author
- David Geary
- Publisher
- Pearson Education (US)
- Publication year
- 2012
- Condition
- Good
- Binding
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0132761610
- ISBN 13
- 9780132761611
- Series
- Book 2 of 3: Core
The result of two years full-time work by a long-time best-selling author, this book shows you how to implement anything you can imagine with the Canvas 2D API, from text editors to video games. Geary meticulously covers every detail of the API with crystal-clear writing so that you not only understand advanced concepts, but most importantly, you can modify the book's examples for your own specific use cases.
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The canvas element--using it with other HTML elements, handling events, printing a canvas, and using offscreen canvases
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Shapes--drawing, dragging, erasing, and editing lines, arcs, circles, curves, and polygons; using shadows, gradients, and patterns
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Text--drawing, positioning, setting font properties; building text controls
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Images--drawing, scaling, clipping, processing, and animating
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Animations--creating smooth, efficient, and portable animations
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Sprites--implementing animated objects that have painters and behaviors
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Physics--modeling physical systems (falling bodies, pendulums, and projectiles), and implementing tweening for nonlinear motion and animation
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Collision detection--advanced techniques, clearly explained
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Game development--all aspects of game development, such as time-based motion and high score support, implemented in a game engine
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Custom controls--infrastructure for implementing custom controls; implementing progress bars, sliders, and an image panner
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Mobile applications--fitting Canvas apps on a mobile screen, using media queries, handling touch events, and specifying iOS5 artifacts, such as app icons
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