Book Description
The Canvas element is part of HTML5 and allows for dynamic, scriptable rendering of 2D shapes and bitmap images. Through WebGL it allows 3D shapes and images to be displayed. HTML5 Canvas also helps in making 2D games.
It is an unofficial and free HTML5 Canvas book created for educational purposes. All the content is extracted from Stack Overflow Documentation, which is written by many hardworking individuals at Stack Overflow.
This open book is licensed under a Creative Commons License (CC BY-SA). You can download Learning HTML5 Canvas ebook for free in PDF format (2.6 MB).
Book Details
Chapter 1
Getting started with html5-canvas
Chapter 2
Animation
Chapter 3
Charts & Diagrams
Chapter 4
Clearing the screen
Chapter 5
Collisions and Intersections
Chapter 6
Compositing
Chapter 7
Dragging Path Shapes & Images on Canvas
Chapter 8
Images
Chapter 9
Media types and the canvas
Chapter 10
Navigating along a Path
Chapter 11
Path (Syntax only)
Chapter 12
Paths
Chapter 13
Pixel Manipulation with "getImageData" and "putImageData"
Chapter 14
Polygons
Chapter 15
Responsive Design
Chapter 16
Shadows
Chapter 17
Text
Chapter 18
Transformations
