Synopses & Reviews
Want to create exciting HTML5 graphics without spending eternity in JavaScript? You can! This provides a basic overview of the two declarative languages bound to HTML5 - CSS 3.0 and Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG). The decision to incorporate both has to do with the fairly tight relationship that SVG has with CSS and with HTML and the desire to focus on a book that provides only moderate JavaScript code usage. SVG is now supported in all contemporary browsers with the release of SVG support in Internet Explorer 9.0, meaning that it has now reached a point where web developers can make use of its power. This piece provides a jumping off point for developers who want to use SVG in HTML5.
Synopsis
Want to create exciting HTML5 graphics without spending eternity in JavaScript? You can! This practical guide provides a jumping off point for web developers who want to use Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) in HTML5, using the bare minimum of JavaScript code.
Youll learn the basics of both CSS 3.0 and SVG—two declarative languages that have a fairly tight relationship with HTML5, and with each other. Now that SVG is supported in all contemporary browsers with the release of Internet Explorer 9.0, this is the time to get moving on SVG. This book shows you the way.
About the Author
Kurt Cagle worked as a member of the SVG Working Group, and wrote one of the first SVG books on the market in 2004. Currently an Invited Expert with the W3C Xforms working group, Kurt Cagle is also XML Data Architect for the Library of Congress, after having worked in that role for the US National Archives. He was a regular contributor to O'Reilly Media since 2003, and an online editor in 2008-2009.