Canvas vs SVG
SVG is wonderful until you ask it to draw too much. Every mark is a DOM node, and the browser pays for each one.
This lesson shows exactly why SVG slows down at scale, and why canvas, which paints pixels instead of nodes, is the way out.
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5 minutes readBy now, after completing the previous modules, you're likely able to draw almost anything on the screen— including interactive elements like tooltips, hover effects, and animations.
However, there's a significant bottleneck: performance. Let's explore canvas, a rendering engine that can help solve this issue.
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