Further reading
The TikZ manual at https://texdoc.org/pkg/tikz covers transformations in Part III in the following sections:
- Section 17.7, Transformations, tells you how to transform nodes. You can find it online at https://tikz.dev/tikz-shapes#sec-17.7.
- Section 25, Transformations, deals with transformations in general. It is available online at https://tikz.dev/tikz-transformations.
- Part IX, Section 99.4, Coordinate versus canvas transformations, explains the difference between coordinate and canvas transformations. The online link is https://tikz.dev/base-design#sec-99.4.
You can read the tikz-ext
package documentation at https://texdoc.org/pkg/tikz-ext.