Basics of html5 and canvas
- by René Nyffenegger
As I browse through different questions here, I see that there are a number
of questions tagged with html5 and canvas, so I guess they sort of belong
together. Now, I have absolutely no idea about the canvas (which is obviously (?) rendered
in html5), but it seems that It could be useful one day in the future. So, in
order to be prepared when that day comes, I'd like to know the basics about these
things.
I found a html snippet that is supposed to render such a canvas, but when opened
in my browser (firefox) nothing is displayed. So, I guess I need a special plugin
or another browser.
My question: what are the absolute basic things I need to know and have in order
to create a hello world thingy. Please bear in mind that I am completely new
with this and don't need no fancy advanced stuff.