Web and Mobile Development articles
Let’s build a simple painting (or sketching) application using HTML5 <canvas> element along with its Javascript API. Although the app will be small, there’s going to be quite a bit of information for intake. So I’ll break the entire process into different tutorials (posts).
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Flash games are old and technology is advancing. I have collected some amazing HTML5 games that you can play this weekend and keep yourself busy. They are in random order (no ranking or anything else). Make sure you are using a modern browser that supports HTML5 and Canvas.
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You might have used CSS3 box shadows several times to create some pretty looking drop shadows like you do in Photoshop. That’s great! But do you even know how it can be used for some other mind boggling purposes ? If not, then you are definitely going to like what I am about to show you.
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Every now and then a new technology releases giving better features and advantages over the previous ones but learning them all without spending a lot of time can be a pain. HTML5 <canvas> element is one of those technologies which is used to draw graphics, on the fly, on a web page via scripting (normally JavaScript). Learning <canvas> is not hard at all but due to a lack of good tutorials around the web makes it difficult to understand, specifically for newcomers.
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In the previous post, we covered how easy it is to build an environment where anyone can write in HTML, CSS, JS code that gets rendered and displayed in a sandbox (iframe) in realtime. It’s all good as long as the platform is restricted to yourself, but when it becomes open, i.e., when others can create testcases or use it for some other purpose as on CSSDeck, you need to start thinking about security.
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I’ll try to take you through my process of re-creating the famous Doodle Jump (which was originally released for mobile platforms) in HTML5 from scratch. The entire write up might help you with creating your own games from scratch!
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