Reuse and Recycle: The Canvas 2D API

The canvas element and associated API started life as an Apple extension to HTML. From there it blossomed into one of the early stars of the HTML5 era. The canvas element provides a scriptable interface for drawing two-dimensional images in the browser. Even without full browser support on the desktop, developers have embraced canvas fully. […]

Bits and Bobs (Book Updates, the H5BP Ant Build Script, CanvasJS and My First Six Months at Sapient)

Time to share some random updates. Mobile Web App in Practice My Manning book has shifted tracks slightly. It was originally going to be a cookbook. It’s now part of Manning’s In Practice series so the title has changed to reflect that. With that slight adjustment out of the way we’re heading into serious production […]

In NYC This Week? I’m Speaking at HTML5 Live on Tuesday.

Just in case you missed it the first time I mentioned this event, HTML5 Live is just a couple of days away and I’m getting excited for my presentation. It’s on a topic I love, getting people up and running with emerging standards, it’s in New York and the rest of the lineup is excellent. […]

I’m Speaking At HTML5 Live (New York City, November 1, 2011)

Like the subject says, I’m going to be presenting at HTML5 Live in November. Here’s the description: HTML5 From the Front Lines: What to Embrace Today (and What to Avoid) As an engineer working on big, consumer sites and applications, Rob Larsen has had hands-on, production experience with pretty much every emerging technology that’s available […]

My New IBM Article is Live: “HTML5, CSS3, and related technologies”

In it, I make a small argument for using HTML5 as a generic marketing term. I’ll be following up on that a little later, here on this blog. Anyway, check it out. The resources section is worth it alone. HTML5, CSS3, and related technologies. Web standard development and marketing It’s a great time to be […]