Ask HN: How may I learn HTML5 canvas in less than 3 days?

3 points by gtklocker ↗ HN
Well, I want to learn canvas in a limited period of time.

Any suggestions? Where to start?

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try and implement a classic game that you know the rules of really well (Astroids, Missle Command, Pac Man) using canvas for graphics and spine js/jquery html5 local storage for the ui/high schore/save game/network communication.
Dive Into HTML5 would seem a good place. Here's one mirror:

http://diveintohtml5.ep.io/

(It was released under some CC licence, so I'm guessing the mirror is legit. )