Let’s Call It a Draw(ing Surface) - Dive Into HTML5

Let’s Call It a Draw(ing Surface) - Dive Into HTML5

A chapter from Mark Pilgrim's up and coming book on HTML5. The cool thing is that all of the images illustrating the canvas are actually done with a canvas.

TML 5 defines the canvas element as “a resolution-dependent bitmap canvas which can be used for rendering graphs, game graphics, or other visual images on the fly.” A canvas is a rectangle in your page where you can use JavaScript to draw anything you want.

IE8*	IE7*	FX3.5	FX3.0	SAF4	SAF3	CHR3	OP10
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* Internet Explorer support requires the third-party explorercanvas library.