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About the Authors
Steve Fulton is an R.I.A. and web game developer who has been cultivating an audience for news, stories, blogs and tutorials about Flash, Silverlight, and now the HTML 5 Canvas at his own web site,
8bitrocket.com
, for the past four years. He has one of the highest Alexa rankings among Flash game developers blogs.
Steve has worked as web development manager at Mattel Toys for the past 14 years, helping to create Mattel's extensive online presence.
Jeff is an also an R.I.A. and web game developer who runs 8bitrocket.com. He has one of the highest Alexa rankings among Flash game developers blogs.
In real life, he works as game developer for Zynga and previously spent his time consulting as well as developing for Mattel Toys extensive on-line presence.
HTML5 Canvas
By Steve Fulton and
Jeff Fulton$35.99 Read Online
Buy the Ebook
The second edition of this popular book gets you started with HTML5 Canvas. Learn how to draw, render text, manipulate images, and create animation—all in the course of building several interactive web games throughout the book.
This online version of HTML5 Canvas includes 53 interactive examples and exercises. In Chapter 10, you’ll create a canvas version of an arcade classic, Retro Blaster, shown below. Move your ship with the mouse or your finger, and shoot the aliens traveling across the screen.
Purchase the DRM-free ebook on oreilly.com, which includes downloadable PDF, EPUB, and Mobi versions of the book, as well as free, lifetime updates.
