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+## Buffer Uploads ## {#buffer-uploads}
+
+*This section is non-normative.*
+
+Modern graphics APIs have largely eschewed immediate data uploads in favor of mapping
+host-visible buffers and enqueuing copies into other (especially device-local) buffers as needed.
+Beginners in particular will want an easy way to upload new data for buffers without managing mappings.
+We encourage use of helper functions (like below) until more sophisticated buffer and mapping management is required.
+While copyDataToBuffer isn't always the most efficient approach, it is robust and easy to use for basic content.
+
+<div class="example">
+function copyDataToBuffer(device, queue, srcData, srcOffset,
+                          dstBuffer, dstOffset, size)
+{
+   size = size || (srcData.byteLength - srcOffset);
+
+   const [uploadBuf, map] = device.createBufferMapped({
+      size: size,
+      usage: GPUBufferUsage.COPY_SRC,
+   });
+   map.set(srcData, srcOffset);
+   uploadBuf.unmap();
+
+   const cenc = device.createCommandEncoder();
+   cenc.copyBufferToBuffer(uploadBuf, 0, dstBuffer, dstOffset, size);
+   const cbuf = cenc.finish();
+
+   queue.submit([cbuf]);
+   uploadBuf.destroy();
+};
+</div>
+
+More sophisticated content may require batched or pipelined uploads, possibly with staging areas and
+other tuned heuristics.
+Instead of guessing the intent of the application, this API offers the primitive building blocks to
+construct efficient abstractions for any usecase.
 
 # Textures and Texture Views # {#textures}