Supercharged JavaScript Graphics: with HTML5 canvas, jQuery, and More

With HTML5 and improved web browser support, JavaScript has become the tool of choice for creating high-performance web graphics. This faced-paced book shows you how to use JavaScript, jQuery, DHTML, and HTML5’s Canvas element to create rich web applications for computers and mobile devices.

By following real-world examples, experienced web developers learn fun and useful approaches to arcade games, DHTML effects, business dashboards, and other applications. This book serves complex subjects in easily digestible pieces, and each topic acts as a foundation for the next.

• Tackle JavaScript optimization and understand how it impacts performance
• Create fast-moving graphics by combining old-school DHTML with jQuery
• Learn advanced UI techniques using the jQuery UI and Ext JS libraries
• Build games with collision detection, object handling, and JavaScript scrolling techniques
• Master HTML5 Canvas basics for drawings, fills, bitmaps, animation, and more
• Create applications for the small screen with jQuery Mobile and PhoneGap
• Use Google’s data visualization tools to create interactive dashboards

通过HTML5和改进的Web浏览器支持，JavaScript已成为创建高性能Web图形的首选工具。本书介绍了如何使用JavaScript、jQuery、DHTML和HTML5的画布元素为计算机和移动设备创建丰富的Web应用程序。

通过遵循真实世界的示例，经验丰富的Web开发人员可以学习有趣而有用的方法来开发街机游戏、DHTML效果、业务仪表板和其他应用程序。这本书以易于理解的片段形式提供复杂的主题，每个主题都是下一篇的基础。

• 解决JavaScript优化问题并了解其对性能的影响
• 通过结合老式的DHTML和jQuery来创建快速移动的图形
• 使用jQuery UI和Ext JS库学习高级UI技术
• 使用碰撞检测、对象处理和JavaScript滚动技术构建游戏
• 掌握绘图、填充、位图、动画等HTML5画布基础知识
• 使用jQuery Mobile和PhoneGap创建小屏幕应用程序
• 使用谷歌的数据可视化工具创建交互式仪表板