Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG), which are now supported by all modern browsers, enable developers and designers to create high quality, dynamic graphics and graphical applications with a great level of precision. JavaScript master Addy Osmani rounds up 20 excellent uses of SVG in the wild
Using code to create beautiful visualisations saves time, effort and allows you to focus on the idea rather than implementation details. Brian Suda explains how he wrote a PHP script to build an SVG graphic based on the .net magazine covers
Divya Manian of nimbupani.com reveals how to create dynamic visualisations using Polymaps, a library that makes it trivial to create and manipulate map data in SVG
This year HTML5 truly rocked. Oli Studholme, one of the HTML5 Doctors, runs through 20 of the best sites and covers semantics, audio, client-side web apps, canvas as well as SVG and WebGL and looks ahead to the future
Brian Suda, software developer, informatician and author of A Practical Guide to Designing with Data, presents some of the best and most beautiful visualisations on the web that are based on time, geography, sound data and more
Jim Morrison explains how to paint SVG sprites using HTML5 localStorage as an intelligent cache, plus how to achieve the same effect in IE8 and working around the lack of native SVG support
Bruce Lawson, open web standards evangelist for Opera, looks at some nifty new browser technologies that are not part of HTML5, including WebGL and SVG
This month we present the ultimate freelance web design tools you need to manage your work and money. We cover planning, graphic design, copywriting as well as coding, testing and accounting
Front end developer David Smith explains how to utilise the Google Charts API to create flexible HTML5/SVG-based charts that are visually appealing and work cross browser
Many sites neglect users with slow connections. Ian Culshaw explains how to use SVG library Raphaël to create a preloader that’ll hold the users' attention while pages load
In the first of a regular series of reports, Lea Verou summarises the latest need-to-know developments in the fast-moving world of the Working Groups ...
Mozilla's Brian Birtles on the new web standards that will enable developers to synchronise animations with video and audio, and provide scheduling, seeking, reversing and other features