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Canvas
Remy Sharp
IF THE VIdEo ELEMENT
is the poster boy of HTML5,
the canvas element is definitely the Han Solo of HTML5.
It's one of the larger parts of the HTML5 specification, and
in fact the canvas API, the 2D drawing context, has been
split into a separate document, though the canvas element
itself is still part of the official HTML5 spec.
The canvas element provides an API for two-dimensional
drawing—lines, fills, images, text, and so on. The API has
already been used in a huge range of situations, includ-
ing (interactive) backgrounds to websites, navigation ele-
ments, graphing tools, full-fledged applications, games,
and emulators. Who knew Super Mario canvas-based
games would open the eyes of so many developers!
