Head First HTML5 Programming : Building Web Apps with JavaScript

Eric Freeman

ISBN 10: 1449390544 / ISBN 13: 9781449390549

Verlag: O'reilly Media Nov 2011, 2011

Beschreibung

Neuware - What can HTML5 do for you If you're a web developer looking to use this new version of HTML, you might be wondering how much has really changed. Head First HTML5 introduces the key features -- including improved text elements, audio and video tags, geolocation, and the Canvas drawing surface -- and uses concrete examples and exercises to apply and reinforce these concepts. You'll learn how HTML5, Javascript, and CSS3 will help create fast, interactive sites with fewer plugins.Get the low-down on changes to the basic HTML markupExplore CSS3, and discover how it compliments HTML5Understand JavaScript's relationship to HTML5Learn HTML5's new font, multicolumn, and text capabilitiesBring out your inner artist with CanvasUse the technology to add audio and videoTake advantage of local storage and databasesLearn how HTML5 deals with geolocation, multitouch, and moreWe think your time is too valuable to waste struggling with new concepts. Using the latest research in cognitive science and learning theory to craft a multi-sensory learning experience, Head First HTML5 uses a visually rich format designed for the way your brain works, not a text-heavy approach that puts you to sleep.

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 9781449390549

Bibliografische Details

• Titel: Head First HTML5 Programming : Building Web Apps with JavaScript
• Verlag: O'reilly Media Nov 2011
• Veröffentlichungsdatum: 2011
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 1449390544
• ISBN-13: 9781449390549
• Bindung: Taschenbuch
• Zustand: Neu

Über diesen Titel

Inhaltsangabe

HTML has been on a wild ride. Sure, HTML started as a mere markup language, but more recently HTML's put on some major muscle. Now we've got a language tuned for building web applications with Web storage, 2D drawing, offline support, sockets and threads, and more. And to speak this language you've got to go beyond HTML5 markup and into the world of the DOM, events, and JavaScript APIs.

Now you probably already know all about HTML markup (otherwise known as structure) and you know all aboutCSS style (presentation), but what you've been missing is JavaScript (behavior). If all you know about are structure and presentation, you can create some great looking pages, but they're still just pages. When you add behavior with JavaScript, you can create an interactive experience; even better, you can create full blown web applications.

Head First HTML5 Programming is your ultimate tour guide to creating web applications with HTML5 and JavaScript, and we give you everything you need to know to build them, including: how to add interactivity to your pages, how to communicate with the world of Web services, and how to use the great new APIs being developed for HTML5.

Here are just some of the things you'll learn in Head First HTML5 Programing:

• Learn how to make your pages truly interactive by using the power of the DOM.
• Finally understand how JavaScript works and take yourself from novice to well-informed in just a few chapters.
• Learn how JavaScript APIs fit into the HTML5 ecosystem, and how to use any API in your web pages.
• Use the Geolocation API to know where your users are.
• Bring out your inner artist with Canvas, HTML5's new 2D drawing surface.
• Go beyond just plugging a video into your pages, and create custom video experiences.
• Learn the secret to grabbing five megabytes of storage in every user's browser.
• Improve your page's responsiveness and performance with Web workers.
• And much more.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Eric Freeman is described by Head First series co-creator Kathy Sierra as "one of those rare individuals fluent in the language, practice, and culture of multiple domains from hipster hacker, to corporate VP, engineer, think tank." Professionally, Eric recently ended nearly a decade as a media company executive, having held the position ofCTO of Disney Online & Disney.com at The Walt Disney Company. Eric is now devoting his time to WickedlySmart.com and lives with his wife and young daughter on Bainbridge Island. He holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science from Yale University. Elisabeth Freeman researches new technologies at the Walt Disney Internet Group, focusing most recently on Digital Rights Management, content standards, new media formats, and video on demand over the Internet. In her free time, she is learning XSLT and Objective-C/Cocoa on her Macintosh iBook.