Mastering SVG

Take the plunge and develop cross-browser-compatible and responsive web designs with SVGKey FeaturesMaster the art of custom animations and visualizations with SVG CSS and JavaScriptCombine SVG with third-party libraries and frameworks such as React JQuery D3 and Snap.svg for GUI-rich appsCreate an awesome user experience with high-performance graphics for your web applicationsBook DescriptionSVG is the most powerful image format in use on the web. In addition to producing resolution-independent images for today's multi-device world SVG allows you to create animations and visualizations to add to your sites and applications. The simplicity of cross-platform markup mixed with familiar modern web languages such as CSS and JavaScript creates a winning combination for designers and developers alike.In this book you will learn how to author an SVG document using common SVG features such as elements and attributes and serve SVG on the web using simple configuration tips for common web servers. You will also use SVG elements and images in HTML documents.Further you will use SVG images for a variety of common tasks such as manipulating SVG elements adding animations using CSS mastering the basic JavaScript SVG (API) using Document Object Model (DOM) methods and interfacing SVG with common libraries and frameworks such as React jQuery and Angular.You will then build an understanding of the Snap.svg and SVG.js APIs along with the basics of D3 and take a look at how to implement interesting visualizations using the library. By the end of the book you will have mastered creating animations with SVG.What you will learnDeliver the elements that make up an SVG image Replace your old CSS sprites with SVGUnderstand animation and data visualization with SVG are explained in pure JavaScript and using common librariesUse SVG to scale images across multiple devices easily Harness the power of CSS animations and transformations to manipulate your SVG images in a replicable remixable wayInterface SVG with common libraries and frameworks such as jQuery React and AngularWho this book is forThis book is for web developers and designers looking to add animation to their projects. Some experience with HTML CSS and JavaScript is required. About the Author Rob Larsen is an experienced front-end engineer team lead and manager. He is an active writer and speaker on web technology with a special focus on the continuing evolution of HTML CSS and JavaScript. He is a co-author of Professional jQuery the author of Beginning HTML and CSS and the author of The Uncertain Web. He's also an active member of the open source community as a maintainer of several popular projects.