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Ask HN: How may I learn HTML5 canvas in less than 3 days?

by gtklocker on 10/13/11, 6:13 PM with 3 comments

Well, I want to learn canvas in a limited period of time.

Any suggestions? Where to start?

  • by TheCowboy on 10/24/11, 6:02 AM

    Consider getting the O'Reilly book HTML5 Canvas that came out this year.

    This was popular a few days ago: http://www.popstardefense.com/blog/js-development-reading-li... (HTML5 web dev reading list)

  • by shaunxcode on 10/13/11, 6:39 PM

    try and implement a classic game that you know the rules of really well (Astroids, Missle Command, Pac Man) using canvas for graphics and spine js/jquery html5 local storage for the ui/high schore/save game/network communication.

  • by DanBC on 10/13/11, 6:44 PM

    Dive Into HTML5 would seem a good place. Here's one mirror:

    http://diveintohtml5.ep.io/

    (It was released under some CC licence, so I'm guessing the mirror is legit. )