Supercharged Javascript Graphics

Cecco, Raffaele

ISBN 10: 1449393632 / ISBN 13: 9781449393632

Verlag: Oreilly & Associates Inc, 2011

Beschreibung

1st edition. 400 pages. 9.84x5.91x0.59 inches. In Stock.

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers x-1449393632

Bibliografische Details

• Titel: Supercharged Javascript Graphics
• Verlag: Oreilly & Associates Inc
• Erscheinungsjahr: 2011
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 1449393632
• ISBN-13: 9781449393632
• Einband: Paperback
• Zustand: Brand New

Über diesen Titel

Inhaltsangabe

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

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Raffaele Cecco is a veteran software developer from the European video games industry, publishing his first title in 1986. After working on a freelance basis and publishing numerous products to accolades, he served as Technical Director at London-based software studio, King of the Jungle Ltd, where he created software for clients such as Hasbro and Virgin. In 2003, shifted to web technologies, both client and server-side, and spent some time developing retail e-commerce systems. He enjoys experimenting on his website, professorcloud.com, and the need to push pixels around quickly and make systems do things above their station has never left him.