# Getting Started with the Canvas | KIRUPA

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**Category:** programming\
**Created:** [March 21, 2017, 5:50pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/getting-started-with-the-canvas-kirupa/636268 "2017-03-21T17:50:34Z")\
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by [kirupa](http://www.kirupa.com/www.kirupa.com/me/index.htm) | 9 November 2015

In the previous article, we got a high-level overview of the mysterious canvas by comparing it to the more-familiar DOM. That article was missing something crucial, though. It was missing the part where you get your hands wet writing markup and code. We are going to fix that up in this article.

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This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at [http://www.kirupa.com/canvas/getting\_started\_canvas.htm](http://www.kirupa.com/canvas/getting_started_canvas.htm)