HTML5: The Missing Manual

Description

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.

CONTENTS:

The Missing Credits; About the Author; About the Creative Team; Acknowledgments; The Missing Manual Series; Introduction; What You Need to Get Started; When Will HTML5 Be Ready?; About the Outline; About the Online Resources; Safari(R) Books Online; Part 1: Meet the New Language; Chapter 1: Introducing HTML5; 1.1 The Story of HTML5; 1.2 Three Key Principles of HTML5; 1.3 Your First Look at HTML5 Markup; 1.4 A Closer Look at HTML5 Syntax; 1.5 HTML5’s Element Family; 1.6 Using HTML5 Today; Chapter 2: A New Way to Structure Pages; 2.1 Introducing the Semantic Elements; 2.2 Retrofitting a Traditional HTML Page; 2.3 Browser Compatibility for the Semantic Elements; 2.4 Designing a Site with the Semantic Elements; 2.5 The HTML5 Outlining System; Chapter 3: Meaningful Markup; 3.1 The Semantic Elements Revisited; 3.2 Other Standards that Boost Semantics; 3.3 Google Rich Snippets; Part 2: Creating Modern Web Pages; Chapter 4: Web Forms, Refined; 4.1 Understanding Forms; 4.2 Revamping a Traditional HTML Form; 4.3 Validation: Stopping Errors; 4.4 New Types of Input; 4.5 New Elements; 4.6 An HTML Editor in a Web Page; Chapter 5: Audio and Video; 5.1 Understanding Video Today; 5.2 Introducing HTML5 Audio and Video; 5.3 Format Wars and Fallbacks; 5.4 Controlling Your Player with JavaScript; Chapter 6: Basic Drawing with the Canvas; 6.1 Getting Started with the Canvas; 6.2 Building a Basic Paint Program; 6.3 Browser Compatibility for the Canvas; Chapter 7: Deeper into the Canvas; 7.1 Other Things You Can Draw on the Canvas; 7.2 Shadows and Fancy Fills; 7.3 Making Your Shapes Interactive; 7.4 Animating the Canvas; 7.5 A Practical Example: the Maze Game; Chapter 8: Boosting Styles with CSS3; 8.1 Using CSS3 Today; 8.2 Web Typography; 8.3 Adapting to Different Devices; 8.4 Building Better Boxes; 8.5 Creating Effects with Transitions; Part 3: Building Web Apps with Desktop Smarts; Chapter 9: Data Storage; 9.1 Web Storage Basics; 9.2 Deeper into Web Storage; 9.3 Reading Files; Chapter 10: Offline Applications; 10.1 Caching Files with a Manifest; 10.2 Practical Caching Techniques; Chapter 11: Communicating with the Web Server; 11.1 Sending Messages to the Web Server; 11.2 Server-Sent Events; 11.3 Web Sockets; Chapter 12: More Cool JavaScript Tricks; 12.1 Geolocation; 12.2 Web Workers; 12.3 History Management; Part 4: Appendixes; A Very Short Introduction to CSS; Adding Styles to a Web Page; The Anatomy of a Style Sheet; Slightly More Advanced Style Sheets; A Style Sheet Tour; A Very Short Introduction to JavaScript; How a Web Page Uses JavaScript; A Few Language Essentials; Interacting with the Page; Colophon;