HTML5 web applications are now capable of matching or exceeding the
scale and sophistication of desktop applications, but with the
unique advantage of running natively inside the web browsers on
billions of desktop computers, phones, TVs and tablets.
This revolution (or more correctly - evolution) has happened for
a number of reasons:
Browsers have introduced new standards-based APIs allowing web
applications to (amongst other things) store data offline, retrieve
data from the server dynamically, spawn background processes and
interact with the filesystem. Software engineers and programmers
have begun to think of the much maligned JavaScript language in a
new light, and unlock its potential as a rich and expressive
language capable of producing large scale, well-structured
applications. The jQuery library has eased the pain of interacting
with Document Object Model, and therefore writing applications that
dynamically respond to user interaction. The HTML markup language
has been overhauled and extended to provide more semantic meaning,
and many additional elements and attributes. A Software Engineer
Learns HTML5, JavaScript and jQuery guides you through the process
I went through as an experienced software engineer, writing a
large-scale, standards based web-application for the first time. It
is intended to teach you the fundamentals of HTML5, JavaScript and
jQuery - without presenting you with long lists of APIs, or
intricate details of every feature (these can be found in reference
manuals).
This book is not a simple introduction to the subject matter:
it guides you through the process of building a feature-rich web
application. The application begins simple, and becomes gradually
more complex as additional APIs and features are introduced. This
book includes the following content: An introduction to the HTML5
markup language, and how it differs from HTML4 and XHTML. An
introduction to JavaScript, including an in-depth look at its use
of objects and functions, along with the design patterns that
support the development of robust web applications. An introduction
to jQuery selection, traversal, manipulation and events. An
in-depth look at the Web storage and IndexedDB APIs for client side
data storage. A guide to implementing offline web applications with
the Application Cache API. An introduction to the ways JavaScript
can interact with the users file-system using the FileReader API. A
guide to the use of Web Workers in web applications. An
introduction to AJAX, and the jQuery API supporting AJAX. An
introduction to Server Sent Events and Web Sockets. This book is
intended for anyone with at least a superficial knowledge of HTML
and programming (in any language).
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