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Pro HTML5 Programming

Powerful APIs for Richer Internet Application Development

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  • An update of Pro HTML5 Programming, including major corrections for Web.

  • Sockets functionality, along with new chapters covering the drag and drop API, as well as SVG.

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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xx
  2. Overview of HTML5

    • Peter Lubbers, Brian Albers, Frank Salim
    Pages 1-22
  3. Using the Canvas API

    • Peter Lubbers, Brian Albers, Frank Salim
    Pages 23-61
  4. Working with Scalable Vector Graphics

    • Peter Lubbers, Brian Albers, Frank Salim
    Pages 63-81
  5. Working with Audio and Video

    • Peter Lubbers, Brian Albers, Frank Salim
    Pages 83-106
  6. Using the Geolocation API

    • Peter Lubbers, Brian Albers, Frank Salim
    Pages 107-133
  7. Using the Communication APIs

    • Peter Lubbers, Brian Albers, Frank Salim
    Pages 135-157
  8. Using the WebSocket API

    • Peter Lubbers, Brian Albers, Frank Salim
    Pages 159-191
  9. Using the Forms API

    • Peter Lubbers, Brian Albers, Frank Salim
    Pages 193-215
  10. Working with Drag-and-Drop

    • Peter Lubbers, Brian Albers, Frank Salim
    Pages 217-240
  11. Using the Web Workers API

    • Peter Lubbers, Brian Albers, Frank Salim
    Pages 241-262
  12. Using the Storage APIs

    • Peter Lubbers, Brian Albers, Frank Salim
    Pages 263-293
  13. Creating Offline Web Applications

    • Peter Lubbers, Brian Albers, Frank Salim
    Pages 295-311
  14. The Future of HTML5

    • Peter Lubbers, Brian Albers, Frank Salim
    Pages 313-321
  15. Back Matter

    Pages 323-332

About this book

HTML5 is here, and with it, web applications have acquired power, ease, scalability, and responsiveness like never before. With this book, developers will learn how to use the latest cutting-edge HTML5 web technology—available in the most recent versions of modern browsers—to build web applications with unparalleled functionality, speed, and responsiveness.

This new edition includes major revisions for WebSockets functionality, reflecting the new W3C specification. It also features new chapters covering the drag-and-drop API as well as SVG.

  • Explains how to create real-time HTML5 applications that tap the full potential of modern browsers
  • Provides practical, real-world examples of HTML5 features in action
  • Covers all the new HTML5 APIs to get you up-to-speed quickly with HTML5
  • Fully updated to include the latest revisions of the WebSocket API, and much more.

About the authors

Peter Lubbers is the director of documentation and training at Kaazing Corporation and the co-founder of the San Francisco HTML5 User Group. Peter also teaches HTML5 training courses all over the world. Prior to joining Kaazing, Peter worked as an information architect at Oracle, where he wrote many books, including the award-winning Oracle Application Server Portal Configuration Guide. At Oracle, Peter also developed documentation automation solutions, and two of his inventions are patented. A native of the Netherlands, Peter served as a Special Forces commando in the Royal Dutch Green Berets. Peter lives on the edge of the Tahoe National Forest and in his spare time, he loves to run ultra marathons in the Sierra Nevada foothills and around Lake Tahoe (preferably in one go!).

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eBook USD 54.99
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Softcover Book USD 69.99
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