What is the current state of the art in HTML canvas JavaScript libraries and frameworks?

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Published on 2010-08-13T07:01:02Z Indexed on 2011/02/19 23:25 UTC
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I am currently investigating options for working with the canvas in a new HTML 5 application, and was wondering what is the current state of the art in HTML canvas JavaScript libraries and frameworks?

In particular, are there frameworks that support the kind of things needed for game development - complex animation, managing scene graphs, handling events and user interactions?

Also willing to consider both commercial and open source products.

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