COAP:COAP-2100/week4
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Week 4
Topics covered
- Introduction to static SVG
- Using SVG within HTML5
- Dynamic SVG (if time left, more on week 5)
- Recall of XML principles (well-formed XML)
Monday
- Creating SVG with svg-edit
- Embedding SVG in HTML 5. See Using SVG with HTML5 tutorial
- Download SVG from http://openclipart.org
- Repairing clip art from openclipart.org with Inkscape (export "as SVG")
- Scaling SVG graphics
- https://developer.mozilla.org/en/SVG (reference)
Example HTML5/SVG code that you can copy/paste into an editor
<!doctype html>
<html>
<head>
<title>HTML5 SVG demo</title>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;charset=utf-8" />
</head>
<body>
<h1>HTML5 SVG Demo</h1>
<p> A nice green circle:</p>
<svg id="circle" height="100" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg">
<circle cx="30" cy="30" r="30" fill="green" />
</svg>
</body>
</html>
Wednesday
- Discussion about the mid-term exam (Wed week 5)
- Use of http://openclipart.org (Free SVG drawings)
- Demo of the Inkscape SVG editor, preparing SVG graphics for the Web
- Importing complex drawings in HTML5, see Using SVG with HTML5 tutorial
Homework 4
- Create an HTML5+SVG page. It must include interesting contents and illustrations.
- You may copy/paste from some other sources under the condition that do not violate any copyright and that you cite the source.
- You may keep the HTML very simple (ie. only use h1 and p tags)
- You are allowed to copy/paste free SVG images, e.g. from openclipart.org or you can draw them yourself.
- Submit the file to the worldclass room.
HTML5 code fragment
<img height="100" src="my_sushi.svg" style="float:left;padding:5px 20px 5px 0px;">
Main resources:
- Using SVG with HTML5 tutorial
- Static SVG tutorial
- SVG/SMIL animation tutorial or SVG Essentials/Animating and Scripting SVG
Due: Wednesday week 5 (before start of class)
Teaching materials, software, and reference manuals
- (1) SVG Tutorials
- See SVG for finding online tutorials
- Static SVG tutorial
- Using SVG with HTML5 tutorial
- SVG/SMIL animation tutorial (if time left)
- SVG Essentials On-line SVG textbook. Wiki version of J. David Eisenberg (2002), SVG Essentials, O'Reilly
- SVG/SMIL animation tutorial or SVG Essentials/Animating and Scripting SVG
- (2) HTML Tutorials (if needed)
- HTML (very short overview)
- HTML5 (overview, what's new)
- HTML and XHTML elements and attributes
- D. Raggett's HTML 4 tutorial (outdated, but ok as introduction, use the HTML5 document header)
- Dive Into HTML5 by Mark Pilgrim. This is a free draft for the HTML 5: Up and running book from O'Reilly. ISBN 0596806027. The web site also includes code examples, etc.
- (3) SVG-Edit online software
- (4) Free SVG drawing tools you can install on your computer
- Inkscape Powerful, but more difficult drawing tool (export as "pure" SVG before pasting into HTML5)
- DIA, a popular open source diagramming tool can import/export SVG (Win/Mac/Linux). There are also portable app (Windows) and zip versions
- (5) Free SVG clipart
- Open Clip Art Library (openclipart.org)