Chapter 12Canvas & SVG: An Introduction to Canvas
As the Web has evolved and matured, so too has the language used to display web pages effectively. The previous version of HTML, v4.01 has many elements that are now obsolete.
Modern internet users are sophisticated and demanding, and this means they expect web pages to appear in a certain way and to load quickly. HTML5 seeks to address what was lacking in earlier versions of HTML to better handle graphics and meet those expectations.
What Can Canvas Be Used For?
Canvas can be used to draw shapes, such as rectangles, squares and circles, or to embed images or videos in an HTML5 document. You can use multiple instances of it in one document, or just one, depending on your needs.
The basic canvas ...
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