What you need for this book

  • A text editor: To edit and create HTML, CSS, and JavaScript files
  • A web browser: A modern web browser (Firefox 3, IE 9, Chrome, Safari 3.2 and above)
  • A local HTTP server: You need a local HTTP server to host data file for some of the more advanced recipes in this book. We will cover how to set up a Node or Python based simple HTTP server in the first chapter.
  • Git client (Optional): If you would like to check out the recipe source code directly from our Git repository, you need a Git client installed on your computer.

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