Smashing HTML5

Welcome to HTML5 – the future of the Web

HTML5 is packed with great new features, including new content-specific elements, audio and video playback, canvas for drawing, and many others. But where to begin? With Smashing HTML5, you have everything you need to get up and running quickly.

Bill Sanders is a professional Web developer, information and interface designer, and instructor. His expertise and knowledge shared throughout Smashing HTML5 will help fast-track you toward building next-generation Web sites.

Smashing HTML5 provides comprehensive coverage – from how to get started with HTML5 to optimizing media on the Web. You will learn how to use text, graphics, audio, video, and navigation in HTML5 Web pages running in compatible browsers.

You will also learn how to:

• Work with HTML5 tags
• Design page structure
• Make site navigation easy for your audience
• Integrate media including video into HTML5 pages
• Harness the power of the HTML5 canvas
• Use HTML 5 forms
• Create interactivity, store information, and much more

Smashing HTML5 is an essential read for Web designers and developers looking to transition to HTML5. With this book, you’ll be able to create Web pages that not only look great, but also take advantage of the new features HTML5 has to offer.

Table of Contents
PART I: THE LANGUAGE OF THE WEB
Chapter 1. Introducing HTML5
Chapter 2. Understanding HTML5 Tags
Chapter 3. Text Tags and a Little CSS3
Chapter 4. Working with Color Values

PART II: PAGES, SITES, AND DESIGNS
Chapter 5. Organizing a Page
Chapter 6. Displaying Data with Tables
Chapter 7. All About Links
Chapter 8. Navigation Strategies

PART III: MEDIA IN HTML5
Chapter 9. Images
Chapter 10. Sound
Chapter 11. Video

PART IV: DYNAMIC HTML5 TAGS PLUS A LITTLE JAVASCRIPT AND PHP
Chapter 12. Adding Just Enough JavaScript
Chapter 13. Th undering Your Site with Canvas
Chapter 14. Adding Forms
Chapter 15. Embedding Objects and Storing Information
Chapter 16. Catching Interactive Data

Book Details

• Paperback: 368 pages
• Publisher: Wiley (February 2011)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0470977272
• ISBN-13: 978-0470977279