HTML 5 Pocket Primer

HTML 5 Pocket Primer

by Oswald Campesato
HTML 5 Pocket Primer

HTML 5 Pocket Primer

by Oswald Campesato

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Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781938549106
Publisher: Mercury Learning and Information
Publication date: 07/28/2013
Series: Pocket Primer
Pages: 200
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Campesato Oswald :

Oswald Campesato (San Francisco, CA) is an adjunct instructor at UC-Santa Clara and specializes in Deep Learning, Java, Android, TensorFlow, and NLP. He is the author/co-author of over twenty-five books including TensorFlow 2 Pocket Primer, Python 3 for Machine Learning, and the NLP Using R Pocket Primer (all Mercury Learning and Information).

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 HTML5 Semantic Markup 1

What is HTML5? 1

Browser Support for HTML5 2

HTML5 and Various Working Groups 3

HTML5 Specifications: W3C or WHATWG? 4

What Technologies Are Included in HTML5? 5

Differences between HTML4 Tags and HTML5 Tags 6

Useful Online Tools for HTML5 Development 6

Modernizr 7

Caniuse 7

Designing HTML5 Web Pages 8

Graceful Degradation 8

Progressive Enhancement 8

Responsive Design 9

A Simple HTML5 Web Page 9

New HTML5 Elements 10

Semantic Markup HTML5 Elements 10

Article Versus Section: How Are They Used? 11

Why Use Semantic Markup? 11

A Simple Web Page with Semantic Markup 12

The HTML5 <hgroup> Element 13

Custom Data Attributes in HTML5 14

Summary 15

Chapter 2 Introduction to CSS3 17

CSS3 Support and Browser-Specific Prefixes for CSS3 Properties 18

Quick Overview of CSS3 Features 19

CSS3 Pseudo Classes and Attribute Selection 19

CSS3 Pseudo Classes 20

CSS3 Attribute Selection 20

CSS3 Shadow Effects and Rounded Corners 21

Specifying Colors with RGB and HSL 21

CSS3 and Text Shadow Effects 22

CSS3 and Box Shadow Effects 24

CSS3 and Rounded Corners 25

CSS3 Gradients 26

Linear Gradients 27

Radial Gradients 30

CSS3 2D Transforms 32

Rotate Transforms 35

CSS3 Media Queries 37

Additional Code Samples 39

Summary 39

Chapter 3 SVG Essentials 41

Overview of SVG 41

Basic 2D Shapes in SVG 42

SVG Gradients and the <path> Element 43

SVG <polygon> Element 46

Bezier Curves and Transforms 47

SVG Filters, Shadow Effects, and Text Paths 49

SVG Transforms 52

Other SVG Features 55

SVG Animation 55

Creating 3D Effects in SVG 56

Embedding JavaScript in SVG Documents 56

CSS3 and SVG 57

CSS3 and SVG Bar Charts 57

Similarities and Differences Between SVG and CSS3 57

Toolkits for SVG 58

Summary 59

Chapter 4 Introduction to HTML5 Canvas 61

What is HTML5 Canvas? 61

The HTML5 Canvas Coordinate System 62

Line Segments, Rectangles, Circles, and Shadow Effects 64

HTML5 Canvas Linear Gradients 66

Horizontal, Vertical, and Diagonal Linear Gradients 67

Radial Color Gradients 69

Bezier Curves 71

Rendering Images on Canvas with CSS3 Selectors 71

HTML5 Canvas Transforms 74

Additional Code Samples 76

Odier HTML5 Canvas Toolkits 77

Summary 77

Chapter 5 Media and Hardware Support HTML5 79

The HTML5 <Audio> Element 79

The HTML5 <Video> Element 81

Popcorn.js: HTML5 Media Framework 85

HTML5 <Video> and Web Camera Support 86

Battery API 87

Vibration API (DAP) 88

HTML5 APIs in W3C Working Draft Status (WD) 89

Audio Processing 89

Summary 93

Chapter 6 Storage, Databases, Geolocation, and Offline Apps 95

Using HTML5 Web Storage 95

HTML5 Web Storage versus Indexed DB 96

HTML5 Web Storage versus Cookies 96

HTML5 Web Storage and Security 97

An Example of HTML5 LocalStorage 97

HTML5 Web Databases 103

Using an HTML5 IndexedDB Database 104

Web Database and Mobile Devices 106

Geolocation 106

Obtain a User's Position with getCurrentPosition() 107

Track a User's Position with watchPosition() 108

HTML5 Offline Web Applications 109

The Manifest File 109

Detecting Online and Offline Status 110

Summary 111

Chapter 7 Browser-Server Communication 113

HTML5 Cross-Origin Resource Sharing (CORS) 113

XMLHttpRequest Level 2 (XHR2) 114

Making AJAX Calls Widiout jQuery 114

Making AJAX Calls Widi jQuery 115

AJAX Requests Using XMLHttpRequest Level 2 (XHR2) 117

HTML5 WebSockets 118

A Simple WebSocket Web Page 120

Migrating to HTML5 WebSockets 122

Available WebSockets Servers 123

Using HTML5 Server-Sent Events (SSE) 124

A Comparison of AJAX and SSE 126

What is SPDY? 127

HTML5 Web Intents 128

HTML5 Web Messaging 129

HTML5 Web Notifications 130

Summary 131

Chapter 8 Miscellaneous HTML5 APIs 133

Using HTML5 Microdata 133

HTML5 Drag and Drop (DnD) 134

jQuery and HTML5 Drag and Drop 135

jQuery and HTML5 File APIs 137

HTML5 History APIs 139

Introduction to WebGL 139

Three.js 140

Rendering a Sphere and a Cylinder using a WebGL Renderer 141

The tQuery jQuery Plugin for Three.js 143

Other Graphics Toolkits 144

Performance, Debugging, and Testing Tools 144

Blaze 145

Google PageSpeed 146

Chrome Speed Tracer 146

PageSpeed Insights 146

WEINRE 146

Firebug for Firefox 147

jsconsole 147

Socketbug 147

Adobe Edge Inspect 147

WebKit Remote Debugging 148

Summary 148

Chapter 9 HTML5 Mobile Apps on Android and IOS 149

HTML5/CSS3 and Android Applications 150

SVG and Android Applications 153

HTML5 Canvas and Android Applications 155

Android and HTML5 Canvas Multi-Line Graphs 156

Other Code Samples 160

What is PhoneGap? 160

How Does PhoneGap Work? 160

Creating Android Apps with the PhoneGap Plugin 161

Other Code Samples 164

Working with HTML5, PhoneGap, and iOS 164

Other Code Samples 166

Summary 166

Chapter 10 jQuery Concepts 167

Using jQuery to Find Elements in Web Pages 167

A "Hello World" Web Page with jQuery 168

Querying and Modifying the DOM with jQuery 170

Find and Modify Elements with :first and :last Qualifiers 170

Finding Elements with :eq, :lt, and :gt Qualifiers 171

Finding and Setting Element Attributes 172

Using jQuery to Remove Elements 173

Creating DOM Elements 174

Useful jQuery Code Blocks 176

Handling Click Events in jQuery 177

Chaining jQuery Functions 180

Accelerometer Values with jQuery 180

Summary 183

Appendix A jQuery Concepts (On the companion DVD) A1

What is jQuery? A1

Referencing jQuery Files in HTML5 Web Pages A2

Using jQuery to Find Elements in Web Pages A2

A "Hello World" Web Page with jQuery A3

jQuery Qualifiers versus jQuery Methods A4

Using Web Storage with jQuery A5

Querying and Modifying the DOM with jQuery A7

Find and Modify Elements with :first and :last Qualifiers A7

Finding Elements with :even and :odd Qualifiers A9

Finding Elements with :eq, :lt, and :gt Qualifiers A10

Finding HTML Elements by class or id A11

Finding and Setting Element Attributes A13

Finding Form Elements and Their Attributes A14

Using nth-child() for Finding Elements A14

Using jQuery to Remove Elements A16

Creating DOM Elements A18

Other jQuery Mediods for Inserting DOM Elements A20

Useful jQuery Code Blocks A22

jQuery Element Navigation Methods A22

The next()/prev()/closest()/parent() Methods A23

Other jQuery Navigational Selection Methods A26

Caching Results of jQuery Invocations A28

What about this, $this, and $(this)? A28

Handling Click Events in jQuery A29

jQuery APIs for Traversing Elements A31

Chaining jQuery Functions A34

HTML5 Geolocation with jQuery A37

Accelerometer Values with jQuery A41

Using jQuery Plugins A44

Summary A45

Appendix B Introduction to Android (On the companion DVD) B1

Working with Android Applications B1

Major Features of Android 4.X B1

Download/Installation of Android B3

Creating an Android Virtual Device B3

Key Concepts in Android B4

Android Activities B5

Android Intents B7

Types of Android Intents B7

Android Services B9

Android Broadcast Receivers B10

Android Life Cycle B10

Creating Android Applications B11

The Structure of an Android Application B11

The Main Files in an Android Application B12

On the DVD 185

Index 187

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