SVG — Friend or Foe?

This session will dig into Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) and show what it has under the hood: animation, specific DOM methods and properties. Is it really "Flash™ killer"? Should growing support for SVG be a reason to worry for Flash developers?

  • Difficulty: Experienced
  • Prerequisites: Document Object Model (DOM) knowledge is beneficial
  • Session Track: UX Design,Frameworks,Javascript,Flash,RIA

Speakers

Dmitry Baranovskiy (Sydney, Australia)

Dmitry started in the IT industry as back-end web developer in 2000. He then moved into graphic design and finally onto front-end web development soon after. This background helps him understand a broad range of front-end goodness: from pixel pushing to complex JavaScript and XSLT development. More...