- Paperback: 240 pages
- Publisher: New Riders; 1 edition (11 July 2010)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0321687299
- ISBN-13: 978-0321687296
- Product Dimensions: 22.9 x 17.8 x 1.3 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (34 customer reviews)
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Suddenly, everyone’s talking about HTML5, and ready or not, you need to get acquainted with this powerful new development in web and application design. Some of its new features are already being implemented by existing browsers, and much more is around the corner.
Written by developers who have been using the new language for the past year in their work, this book shows you how to start adapting the language now to realize its benefits on today’s browsers. Rather than being just an academic investigation, it concentrates on the practical—the problems HTML5 can solve for you right away. By following the book’s hands-on HTML5 code examples you’ll learn:
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Written by developers who have been using the new language for the past year in their work, this book shows you how to start adapting the language now to realize its benefits on today’s browsers. Rather than being just an academic investigation, it concentrates on the practical—the problems HTML5 can solve for you right away. By following the book’s hands-on HTML5 code examples you’ll learn:
- new semantics and structures to help your site become richer and more accessible
- how to apply the most important JavaScript APIs that are already implemented
- the uses of native multimedia for video and audio
- techniques for drawing lines, fills, gradients, images and text with canvas
- how to build more intelligent web forms
- implementation of new storage options and web databases
- how geolocation works with HTML5 in both web and mobile applications
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15 of 17 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
If I was to describe this book in five words, the review title says it all.
As an early (but not as early as Bruce or Remy) adopter of HTML5, I know a fair bit about the subject matter but after reading this book I realised how much I didn't know. As well as talking about the well known new features of HTML5 such as video, audio, canvas and forms, Bruce and Remy also delve into such diverse topics as ARIA (for accessibility), data storage, offline applications, the (nasty) drag and drop API and even the geolocation API (even though it's not strictly part of HTML5).
The book is littered with clear explanations and well written, amusing, sometimes weird, coding examples. There is no glossing over the fact that HTML5 is far from perfect, and that the HTML5 specification itself isn't finalised and therefore subject to change but the authors do a great job of keeping the content interesting and fresh.
It's a refreshing and honest approach to a technical book and one I highly recommend to web developers either new to the world of HTML5 or wanting to find out more.
As an early (but not as early as Bruce or Remy) adopter of HTML5, I know a fair bit about the subject matter but after reading this book I realised how much I didn't know. As well as talking about the well known new features of HTML5 such as video, audio, canvas and forms, Bruce and Remy also delve into such diverse topics as ARIA (for accessibility), data storage, offline applications, the (nasty) drag and drop API and even the geolocation API (even though it's not strictly part of HTML5).
The book is littered with clear explanations and well written, amusing, sometimes weird, coding examples. There is no glossing over the fact that HTML5 is far from perfect, and that the HTML5 specification itself isn't finalised and therefore subject to change but the authors do a great job of keeping the content interesting and fresh.
It's a refreshing and honest approach to a technical book and one I highly recommend to web developers either new to the world of HTML5 or wanting to find out more.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This is not a book for someone to learn HTML from but its very useful for people who already have experience with the language as you can easily see some of the new major features of HTML5 and how you can implement them for use on your own site. This book shows you how to go ahead and implement these features and the differences from previous versions of HTML but thats it. It is a small introduction to what you can potentially achieve with HTML5.
So in overall a good but small introduction to HTML5.
So in overall a good but small introduction to HTML5.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
My intentions behind reading this book were, as it "says on the tin", to give me an introduction to HTML5. I've intentionally held off learning the new specification until I felt there was enough popular support for it. As such this book seemed like an ideal starting point. However, having read it from cover to cover I don't really feel much further forward.
Rather than teaching you how to code HTML5 this book covers some of the major features of the specification. It's a bit of a rollercoaster ride. Some topics are covered at a very high-level while others deep-dive into very specific examples. I am a fairly experienced front-end developer but felt out of my depth with some of the explanations and examples.
You definitely need a good grasp of JavaScript to get the most from this book. It says in the introduction "you don't need to be a JavaScript ninja" but I think it would certainly help. If this describes you then you may get more out this that I did.
Rather than teaching you how to code HTML5 this book covers some of the major features of the specification. It's a bit of a rollercoaster ride. Some topics are covered at a very high-level while others deep-dive into very specific examples. I am a fairly experienced front-end developer but felt out of my depth with some of the explanations and examples.
You definitely need a good grasp of JavaScript to get the most from this book. It says in the introduction "you don't need to be a JavaScript ninja" but I think it would certainly help. If this describes you then you may get more out this that I did.
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Judge a book by it's cover
If like me you ordered this book based on the aesthetics of the cover (reasonable I think for a book describing HTML), please be aware that the second edition of the book now (for... Read more
Published 4 months ago by Chris
Brilliant
Superb ground work for learning HTML5 the enthusiasm of the Authors of this book really shines through. Highly recommend this book.
Published 7 months ago by Dave
Brilliant for developers familiar with XHTML
Its really good! It starts with the basics and expands on them in the next chapters. The authors have a good sence of humor as well, especially towards IE which is always funny. Read more
Published 9 months ago by Meridyth
Good and easy to read introduction
Others have noted all the good points about this book which I share, it is very well written and it gives you a very gentle but confident introduction to the subject, and most... Read more
Published 11 months ago by A. justo Perez
Essential
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Published 11 months ago by Steve Fenton
Pretty Good
I like to stay ahead of the curve and aim for books published in the year I buy them.
This is a pretty good intro into HTML5. Read more
This is a pretty good intro into HTML5. Read more
Published 11 months ago by King George
Concise, comprehensive, opinionated, and very readable
Back in the day (circa 1995) HTML books were voluminous tomes full of such gems as how to make text blink, written for that strange breed of folk who didn't know whether they were... Read more
Published 12 months ago by B. Eaton
The perfect book
I am not an expert in html/css. As an amateur designing a few modest websites during the last 15 years I have always been struggling and cursing these languages, as being so... Read more
Published 12 months ago by B. Zidler
Fun book to bring you up-to-date on HTML 5
This is an excellent book if you want bring your HTML knowledge up-to-date and find out the important new features of HTML 5. Read more
Published 13 months ago by Martyn Davies
NOT for those new to HTML
Just a word of warning: this book assumes that you are familiar with earlier versions of HTML and you just want to learn what's new in HTML5. Read more
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