What are the good javascript libraries for drawing shapes?

Question

I'm wanting to create various shapes in HTML pages and am looking for a decent javascript library to simplify the task. What type of js libraries exist for drawing shapes on the web?

I am familiar with Raphaël for SVG - but don't really know what else is out there for SVG or non-SVG drawing.

Answer 1

try processing.js - http://processingjs.org

Answer 2

Canvas isn't to hard to use for basic shapes without a library. But it only isn't supported in IE yet. Though, I think IE9 is supposed to.

https://developer.mozilla.org/en/Canvas_tutorial

Answer 3

there are also following JS libraries:

jQuery SVG: http://keith-wood.name/svgRef.html

SVGKit: http://svgkit.sourceforge.net/index.html

Dojo GFX: http://docs.dojocampus.org/dojox/gfx/