HTML5 is more than a markup language—it's a dozen independent web standards all rolled into one. Until now, all it's been missing is a manual. With this thorough, jargon-free guide, you'll learn how to build web apps that include video tools, dynamic drawings, geolocation, offline web apps, drag-and-drop, and many other features. HTML5 is the future of the Web, and with HTML5 is more than a markup language—it's a dozen independent web standards all rolled into one.
Until now, all it's been missing is a manual. With this thorough, jargon-free guide, you'll learn how to build web apps that include video tools, dynamic drawings, geolocation, offline web apps, drag-and-drop, and many other features. HTML5 is the future of the Web, and with this book you'll reach it quickly.The important stuff you need to know:Structure web pages in a new way. Learn how HTML5 helps make web design tools and search engines work smarter.Add audio and video without plugins. Build playback pages that work in every browser.Draw with Canvas.
Create shapes, pictures, text, and animation—and make them interactive.Go a long way with style. Use CSS3 and HTML5 to jazz up your pages and adapt them for mobile devices.Build web apps with rich desktop features. Let users work with your app offline, and process user-selected files in the browser.Create location-aware apps. Write geolocation applications directly in the browser. This is a good book for anyone who wants to explore the possibilities of HTML5.
What I took away from the book, however, was that until a larger number of browsers get up to speed (notably Internet Explorer), HTML5 is not a wise choice for building a new (or updating an existing) website.Heads-up: The is an example driven book - not a tutorial driven book. I was looking for the latter and bought the 'missing manual' offering because other 'missing manual' texts I've used were tutorial driven.This is a good book for anyone who wants to explore the possibilities of HTML5. What I took away from the book, however, was that until a larger number of browsers get up to speed (notably Internet Explorer), HTML5 is not a wise choice for building a new (or updating an existing) website.Heads-up: The is an example driven book - not a tutorial driven book.
I was looking for the latter and bought the 'missing manual' offering because other 'missing manual' texts I've used were tutorial driven.That being said, this is a competent look into HTML5 and I'd recommend it to anyone who is interest in what the future holds for web development. Matthew MacDonald is a science and technology writer with well over a dozen books to his name. He's particularly known for his books about building websites, which include a do-it-from-scratch tutorial (Creating a Website: The Missing Manual), a look at cutting-edge HTML5 (HTML5: The Missing Manual), and a WordPress primer (WordPress: The Missing Manual). He's also written a series of books about Matthew MacDonald is a science and technology writer with well over a dozen books to his name.
He's particularly known for his books about building websites, which include a do-it-from-scratch tutorial (Creating a Website: The Missing Manual), a look at cutting-edge HTML5 (HTML5: The Missing Manual), and a WordPress primer (WordPress: The Missing Manual). He's also written a series of books about programming on and off the Web with.NET, teaches programming at Ryerson University, and is a three-time Microsoft MVP.