HTML Canvas Tutorial

Canvas is an HTML element that can perform dynamic generation of 2D shapes and bitmap images using JavaScript. HTML Canvas is a great alternative for drawing pictorial data such as graphs, charts, and maps inside a web page. It is a low-level procedural model which updates in the form of a bitmap. The Canvas element is only the basic rectangular-shaped container for graphics, which is usually done using JavaScript. The shapes or any other graphics implementation inside the Canvas element can be done using JavaScript. HTML Canvas element is an HTML tag like the div, a, or table, with the exception that its contents are rendered using JavaScript.

Audience

This tutorial has been created for the beginners to help them understand the basics of Canvas element. After completing this tutorial, you will find yourself at a moderate level of expertise in Canvas API, from where you can take yourself to the next levels. You will be able to generate various graphic designs useful for creating virtual content, making web-pages interactive and much more.

Prerequisites

Before proceeding with this tutorial, you should have a basic understanding of Webpages and its programming languages such as HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. Although it is a beginner’s tutorial, we assume that the readers have a good exposure to any front-end programming environment and knowledge of basic concepts such as tags, attributes, and elements. We strongly recommend that you gain some basic knowledge of HTML and JavaScript before proceeding to learn Canvas element.