Core HTML5 Canvas Graphics, Animation, and Game Development

Name: Core HTML5 Canvas Graphics, Animation, and Game Development
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ISBN: 9780132761611

ISBN-10: 0132761610

ISBN-13: 9780132761611

Edition: 2012 (Revised)

Authors: David Geary

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Core HTML5, Volume I: Canvas, takes a code-fueled, no-nonsense, deep dive into one of HTML5's most exciting APIs by showing you how to: · Draw and paint · Apply shadows, patterns, and gradients · Manipulate images · Create smooth animations · Implement video games · Develop custom controls · Process video in real time · Use off-screen buffers · Monitor and increase performance · Do lots of other cool graphics stuff Clearly and succinctly written, with real world examples containing code that you can use in your own applications, this guide to Canvas will take you rapidly up the Canvas learning curve, and open a…

Book details

List price: $59.99
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR
Publication date: 5/4/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 752
Size: 6.90" wide x 9.00" long x 1.10" tall
Weight: 2.090
Language: English



Preface


Acknowledgments


About the Author



Essentials



The canvas Element



Canvas Contexts



Canonical Examples in This Book



Getting Started



Fundamental Drawing Operations



Event Handling



Saving and Restoring the Drawing Surface



Using HTML Elements in a Canvas



Printing a Canvas



Offscreen Canvases



A Brief Math Primer



Conclusion



Drawing



The Coordinate System



The Drawing Model



Drawing Rectangles



Colors and Transparency



Gradients and Patterns



Shadows



Paths, Stroking, and Filling



Lines



Arcs and Circles



Bï¿½zier Curves



Polygons



Advanced Path Manipulation



Transformations



Compositing



The Clipping Region



Conclusion



Text



Stroking and Filling Text



Setting Font Properties



Positioning Text



Implementing Text Controls



Conclusion



Images and Video



Drawing Images



Scaling Images



Drawing a Canvas into a Canvas



Offscreen Canvases



Manipulating Images



Clipping Images



Animating Images



Security



Performance



A Magnifying Glass



Video Processing



Conclusion



Animation



The Animation Loop



Calculating Frame Rates



Scheduling Tasks at Alternate Frame Rates



Restoring the Background



Double Buffering



Time-Based Motion



Scrolling the Background



Parallax



User Gestures



Timed Animations



Animation Best Practices



Conclusion



Sprites



Sprites Overview



Painters



Sprite Behaviors



Sprite Animators



A Sprite-Based Animation Loop



Conclusion



Physics



Gravity



Warping Time



Time-Warp Functions



Warping Motion



Warping Animation



Conclusion



Collision Detection



Bounding Areas



Bouncing Off Walls



Ray Casting



The Separating Axis Theorem (SAT) and Minimum Translation Vector (MTV)



Conclusion



Game Development



A Game Engine



The Ungame



A Pinball Game



Conclusion



Custom Controls



Rounded Rectangles



Progress Bars



Sliders



An Image Panner



Conclusion



Mobile



The Mobile Viewport



Media Queries



Touch Events



iOS5



A Virtual Keyboard



Conclusion


Index