Web and Mobile Development articles
In the previous post we kicked off with our painting application using HTML5 canvas. If you remember well, we ended up with a basic app where one can easily draw lines or something else with a “pencil” tool. But there was a problem. When drawing different shapes like circles, the lines/curves had jagged edges. They were not smooth or anti-aliased, whatever you want to call them. This article will aim towards solving those issues.
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Creating curves in HTML5 Canvas is usually achieved with quadraticCurveTo() that has 1 control point or bezierCurveTo() that has 2 control points. In some cases, it might be highly desirable to control the point that the curve hits when drawing with quadraticCurveTo. It is pretty simple, but can be a bit tricky. All it requires, is a little formula that we’ll see in a bit.
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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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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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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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