HTML5 in Action

by Greg Wanish, Rob Crowther, Joe Lennon, Charles Brindle

Released February 2014

Publisher(s): Manning Publications

ISBN: 9781617290497

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Book description

HTML5 in Action provides a complete introduction to web development using HTML5. You'll explore every aspect of the HTML5 specification through real-world examples and code samples. It's much more than just a specification reference, though. It lives up to the name HTML5 in Action by giving you the practical, hands-on guidance you'll need to use key features.

About the Technology

HTML5 is not a few new tags and features added to an old standard--it's the foundation of the modern web, enabling its interactive services, single-page UI, interactive games, and complex business applications. With support for standards-driven mobile app development, powerful features like local storage and WebSockets, superb audio and video APIs, and new layout options using CSS3, SVG, and Canvas, HTML5 has entered its prime time.

About the Book

HTML5 in Action provides a complete introduction to web development using HTML5. It explores the HTML5 specification through real-world examples and code samples. It earns the name "in Action" by giving you the practical, hands-on guidance you'll need to confidently build the sites and applications you--and your clients--have been wanting for years.

What's Inside

New semantic elements and form input types
Single-page application design
Creating interactive graphics
Mobile web apps

About the Reader

This book concentrates on new HTML5 features and assumes you are familiar with standard HTML.

About the Authors

Rob Crowther is a web developer and blogger and the author of Manning's Hello! HTML5 & CSS3. Joe Lennon is an enterprise mobile application developer. Ash Blue builds award-winning interactive projects. Greg Wanish is an independent web and eCommerce developer.

Quotes
Learn how to use HTML5 now, using secure and intelligent solutions.
- From the Foreword by Christian Heilmann, Mozilla

Manning’s In Action series has been an invaluable resource to me, and this book is no exception.
- Robert Williams, Mutual Mobile

The go-to guide for all things HTML5.
- Tyson Maxwell, Raytheon

If you like to learn by example, this is your book.
- Julio Guijarro, HP Labs

The missing manual on HTML5 has arrived. All you need now is to take action.
- Arun Noronha, Co-eXprise Inc.