Introducing HTML5 (2nd Edition) [Kindle Edition]

Bruce Lawson (Author), Remy Sharp (Author)

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Product Description

This is the eBook version of the printed book.

HTML5 continues to evolve, browsers are implementating at break-neck speed and HTML5 web sites spring up like flowers after rain. More than ever, you need to get acquainted with the powerful new possibilities in web and application design. That’s why we’ve crafted a second edition of this book to help you stay on top of current developments.

 

This book shows you how to start adapting the language now to realize its benefits on today’s browsers. 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 about:

- new semantics and structures to help your site become richer and more accessible

- applying the most important JavaScript APIs that are already implemented

- using and controlling native multimedia

- how to build more intelligent web forms

- implementing new storage options and web databases, including both WebSQL and IndexedDB

- how geolocation works with HTML5 in both web and mobile applications

 

And this new edition adds:

- even more detail on canvas, geolocation and offline storage options

- a peek around the corner for audio and video’s new element, subtitling formats, in-browser web conference

- browser history controls to make applications more usable and bookmarkable

- ways to use HTML5 now in older browsers

Product Details

• Format: Kindle Edition
• File Size: 2640 KB
• Publisher: New Riders Press; 2 edition (October 18, 2011)
• Sold by: Amazon Digital Services
• Language: English
• ASIN: B005OR9MJY
• Text-to-Speech: Enabled
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #88,286 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)

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18 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Good HTML5 starter book if you already know HTML4, CSS, & JavaScript, November 17, 2011

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A. Wiersch (Lantana, TX USA (near Dallas)) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Introducing HTML5 (2nd Edition) (Paperback)

I found this book to be a good update on the new stuff (and there's a lot more than just 30 new elements) in HTML5, including good information on WAI-ARIA and accessibility issues... and I find the price to be good for what you get.

This book mainly discusses only the new elements in HTML5, and the new form input types and attributes (which allow a level of form validation without requiring JavaScript). It also has chapters on the new "video" and "audio" elements, canvas, data storage, going offline, drag and drop, geolocation (though not part of HTML5), messaging (the Messaging API) and worker threads (multi-threading in JavaScript), and a chapter on patching older browsers to support HTML5 today (called "polyfilling"). Some useful information is given about browser support for new HTML5 elements and attributes, but not a lot (too much browser support info would just make the book get out of date even faster).

It's important to note that this book is not for the HTML beginner. The reader should already be familiar with HTML (like HTML 4), CSS, and JavaScript. Also, this is not a reference book, so don't count on that. If it were a reference book, it would be A LOT bigger and probably less beneficial.

Some have mentioned the humor in this book. Let's just say it is "childish" and "sophomoric"; the authors must have an underlying desire to be "megahunks". But many may find this type of humor funny (depending on the type of humor they like), and some could find it offensive and/or annoying and/or unprofessional.

NOTE: I had originally read the 1st edition of this book, which I also enjoyed but which was becoming outdated due to how fast things are moving now. The 2nd edition is more up-to-date, corrects some issues in the 1st edition, and has 295 pages instead of 223 pages, so the 2nd edition also has more content.

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not well written, February 19, 2012

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John Harvey "John of Lebanon" (Lebanon, PA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Introducing HTML5 (2nd Edition) (Paperback)

I found the book hard to read. At first I thought it was me, but I have decided the book is not well written. Unless you read it cover to cover there are many places where terms are used without explanation. Maybe it is because there are 2 authors but I find the chapters are disconnected. The book seems to have much good information but needs a good editor.

1 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Much better books out there!, February 8, 2012

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sWoods - See all my reviews

This review is from: Introducing HTML5 (2nd Edition) (Paperback)

This book is not easy to follow, and reading it was a lot like watching paint dry! A better book would be "HTML5 - Designing Rich Internet Applications". Much easier to read and follow examples!