Foundation HTML5 Animation with JavaScript
I’m very happy to announce the release of this book, and need to say a few things about it.
First, this is a direct JavaScript port of my previous books, Foundation ActionScript Animation: Making Things Move!, and Foundation ActionScript 3.0 Animation: Making Things Move!. Chapter by chapter, they cover the same material, but teach you how to do the same things in JavaScript, mostly with canvas.
Second, I cannot take full responsibility for this book. Beyond the fact that my books served as the foundation for this book, I did no work on the actual writing of this book and had very little if any input on the book. I didn’t actually see the final manuscript until it was complete. I say this not as a complaint, or in any attempt to cover my own butt, or any kind of warning about the book’s quality (see point #3), but merely as a statement of fact. I gave consent to the project and sat back and let it happen, hands-off.
Third, when I finally did see the manuscript, I was very much blown away by what Billy Lamberta had done. Major respect to work through all the chapters of that book, converting it all into another language, while still staying true to the original form and intent. I can’t say enough how impressed I am at the job he did. Thank you.
Fourth, I’m also stoked to see that Apress released a Kindle version of the book at the same time as the print edition. Also, if you don’t want the Kindle format, you can buy direct from Apress: http://www.apress.com/9781430236658 and get the PDF, mobi, and ePub versions all for one price. I’m really happy to see Apress, O’Reilly and PragProg all doing deals like that on ebooks, as I’m trying to steer clear of any and all hard copy books and go all digital these days.