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HTML5’s canvas is a very powerful rendering tool, but at its heart, it is still just another block-level DOM element as far as the web browser’s layout engine is concerned. Although the <canvas> tag accepts a grand total of two … Continue reading →

The following represents the 15 most utilized videos by Safari Books Online subscribers during the month of March 2012. Title: The Java Sessions: The Best of OSCON 2011 Publisher: O’Reilly Media, Inc.   Title: C# 2010 Fundamentals I, II, and … Continue reading →

Here are just 20 of the 79 new books that were added into Safari Books Online during the week of April 9-13, 2012. Title: Quantum Information Processing and Quantum Error Correction By: Ivan Djordjevic Publisher: Academic Press   Title: ATDD … Continue reading →

In my Using HTML5 Canvas vs. SVG blog post, I touched on the benefits of using the Raphaël.js JavaScript library, and in this tip we will take a deeper look. Raphaël.js is a JavaScript library for creating SVG graphics. Before … Continue reading →

The following represents the most utilized books by Safari Books Online subscribers during the month of March, 2012. Title: Head First Design Patterns By: Eric T Freeman; Elisabeth Robson; Bert Bates; Kathy Sierra Publisher: O’Reilly Media, Inc.   Title: Head First … Continue reading →

In this post, I will discuss some of the key features of SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics) and HTML5-Canvas based graphics. Let’s start off by explaining the basic differences between these two technologies! Canvas Thanks to the current hype for HTML5, … Continue reading →

Since the old days of CSS 2.1, media type has played an important role in CSS stylesheets. One main example was the media type print used for providing a print version of our layouts. I’m sure you remember the following … Continue reading →

Some developers avoid including HTML5 features in their applications for fear of leaving their users behind. While it is important to accommodate users, it is also important to keep innovating and providing top features to those using state-of-the-art browsers. In … Continue reading →

The State of HTML5 Mobile in 2012 post introduced some of the trends in mobile HTML5 development for 2012. In this post we will look at several ways of detecting mobile device movement using HTML5. In order to programatically detect … Continue reading →

The HTML5 ecosystem is growing at an almost unbelievable rate, and it’s becoming hard to keep up. The State of HTML5 Mobile in 2012 post introduced some of the trends in mobile HTML5 development for 2012. Here is a list … Continue reading →