Book description
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Using HTML5, web developers can create standards-based browser applications with extraordinary richness and power, incorporating everything from drag-and-drop to native audio and video–all without any third-party plug-ins. Simply put, every web developer needs to master HTML5–and the sooner you do so, the greater advantage you’ll have. HTML5 Developer’s Cookbook provides all the expert advice and proven code you need to start building production-quality HTML5 applications right now.
Authors Chuck Hudson and Tom Leadbetter present tested, modular recipes at beginner, intermediate, and advanced levels. You’ll learn exactly how to deliver state-of-the-art user experiences by integrating HTML5’s new and enhanced elements with CSS3, multimedia, and JavaScript APIs. Reflecting current standards, this book prioritizes HTML5 features with substantial browser support and identifies the level of browser support for each feature discussed. Coverage includes
Understanding and using HTML5’s new structural elements
Using grouping, text-level, and redefined semantics
Managing browser-handling in HTML5
Leveraging new CSS3 layout and style techniques
Maximizing interactivity with HTML5 Web Forms
Embedding audio and video with HTML5
Drawing with the canvas
Controlling browser histories
Integrating location awareness with the Geolocation API
Implementing client side storage
Working with local files
Managing communication and threading
Optimizing the HTML5 browser experience
Integrating device data
Turn to HTML5 Developer’s Cookbook for expert answers, real solutions, and the code required to implement them. It’s all you need to jumpstart any HTML5 project and create rich, high-value web applications your users will love.
Table of contents
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Contents at a Glance
- Contents
- Introduction
- Acknowledgments
- About the Authors
- 1. New Structural Elements in HTML5
- 2. Grouping, Text-Level, and Redefined Semantics
- 3. Browser Handling in HTML5
- 4. New Layout and Style Techniques with CSS3
- 5. HTML5 Web Forms
- 6. Drawing with Canvas
- 7. Embedding Video with HTML5
- 8. Embedding Audio with HTML5
- 9. Changing Browser History
- 10. Location Awareness with the Geolocation API
- 11. Client-Side Storage
- 12. Communication and Threading
- 13. Browser Experience in HTML5
- 14. Working with Local Files
- 15. Integrating Device Data
- Recipes
- Index
Product information
- Title: HTML5 Developer’s Cookbook
- Author(s):
- Release date: December 2011
- Publisher(s): Addison-Wesley Professional
- ISBN: 9780321769381
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