HTML5 Game - Making canvas fill the browser window

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Making canvas fill the browser window

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<!DOCTYPE html>

<html>
  <head>
    <title>Learning the basics of canvas</title>
    <meta charset="utf-8">
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    <link href="canvas.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css">
    
    <script type="text/javascript" src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1/jquery.min.js"></script>
    
    <script type="text/javascript">
      $(document).ready(function() {  
        let canvas = $("#myCanvas");
        let context = canvas.get(0).getContext("2d");
        
        $(window).resize(resizeCanvas);
        
        function resizeCanvas() {
          canvas.attr("width", $(window).get(0).innerWidth);
          canvas.attr("height", $(window).get(0).innerHeight);
          context.fillRect(0, 0, canvas.width(), canvas.height());
        };
        
        resizeCanvas();
      });
    </script>
  </head>
  
  <body>
    <canvas id="myCanvas" width="500" height="500">
      <!-- Insert fallback content here -->
    </canvas>
  </body>
</html>

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