HTML5: Up and Running

Mark Pilgrim

ISBN 10: 0596806027 / ISBN 13: 9780596806026

Published by O'Reilly Media, Inc, USA, 2010

About this Item

2010. 1st Edition. Paperback. Offers a look at HTML5's elements and attributes. This title shows how this version enables browsers to interact with JavaScript much more easily. It teaches how HTML5 can help you develop applications that: display video directly in the browser, without having to rely on plugins and offer a drawing canvas for dynamically generated 2-D graphics. Num Pages: 222 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: UMX. Category: (XV) Technical / Manuals. Dimension: 234 x 177 x 12. Weight in Grams: 386. . . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland. Seller Inventory # V9780596806026

Bibliographic Details

Title: HTML5: Up and Running

Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Inc, USA

Publication Date: 2010

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: New

About this title

Synopsis:

If you don't know about the new features available in HTML5, now's the time to find out. This book provides practical information about how and why the latest version of this markup language will significantly change the way you develop for the Web.

HTML5 is still evolving, yet browsers such as Safari, Mozilla, Opera, and Chrome already support many of its features -- and mobile browsers are even farther ahead. HTML5: Up & Running carefully guides you though the important changes in this version with lots of hands-on examples, including markup, graphics, and screenshots. You'll learn how to use HTML5 markup to add video, offline capabilities, and more -- and you'll be able to put that functionality to work right away.

• Learn new semantic elements, such as,, and
• Meet Canvas, a 2D drawing surface you can program with JavaScript
• Embed video in your web pages without third-party plugins
• Use Geolocation to let web application visitors share their physical location
• Take advantage of local storage capacity that goes way beyond cookies
• Build offline web applications that work after network access is disconnected
• Learn about several new input types for web forms
• Create your own custom vocabularies in HTML5 with microdata

About the Author:

Mark Pilgrim is an accessibility architect by day. By night, he is a husband and father who lives in North Carolina with his wife, his son, and his dog. Mark spends his copious free time sunbathing, skydiving, and reading Immanuel Kant's The Critique of Pure Reason in the original Klingon. He can be found stirring up trouble at diveintomark.org.