Programming HTML5 Applications: Building Powerful Cross-Platform Environments in Javascript
eBook Details:
- Paperback: 142 pages
- Publisher: WOW! eBook; 1st edition (November 30, 2011)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1449399088
- ISBN-13: 978-1449399085
eBook Description:
Programming HTML5 Applications: Building Powerful Cross-Platform Environments in Javascript
HTML5 is not just a replacement for plugins. It also makes the Web a first-class development environment by giving JavaScript programmers a solid foundation for building industrial-strength applications. This practical guide takes you beyond simple site creation and shows you how to build self-contained HTML5 applications that can run on mobile devices and compete with desktop apps.
HTML5 is all the rage these days, but it’s more than just a buzzword. Programming HTML5 Applications: Building Powerful Cross-Platform Environments in Javascript provides the knowledge to guide you through all the new technologies needed to make modern web applications.
You’ll learn powerful JavaScript tools for exploiting HTML5 elements, and discover new methods for working with data, such as offline storage and multithreaded processing. Complete with code samples, this book is ideal for experienced JavaScript and mobile developers alike. HTML5 is all the rage these days, but it’s more than just a buzzword. Programming HTML5 Applications: Building Powerful Cross-Platform Environments in Javascript provides the knowledge to guide you through all the new technologies needed to make modern web applications.
- Store session data in the browser with local storage objects
- Save trips to the server: store larger amounts of data with IndexedDB
- Give browsers limited access to a user’s system to read and upload files
- Take your app offline and speed up page loading when it’s online
- Use Web Workers to create multithreaded applications
- Transfer data between browser and server more efficiently with Web Sockets
- Learn about HTML5 tags for forms, multimedia, graphics, and geolocation
HTML5 is all the rage these days, but it’s more than just a buzzword. Programming HTML5 Applications: Building Powerful Cross-Platform Environments in Javascript provides the knowledge to guide you through all the new technologies needed to make modern web applications.
About the Author
Zachary Kessin
Zachary Kessin has been working on developing interactive web applications since 1994. In the last few years Zachary’s focus has been on building complex applications in the browser with Javascript, browser-based testing with Selenium, functional programming, and code generation.
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