Head First HTML5 Programming: Building Web Apps with JavaScript

Book Description

HTML has been on a wild ride. Sure, HTML started as a mere markup language, but more recently HTML’s put on some major muscle. Now we’ve got a language tuned for building web applications with Web storage, 2D drawing, offline support, sockets and threads, and more. And to speak this language you’ve got to go beyond HTML5 markup and into the world of the DOM, events, and JavaScript APIs.

Now you probably already know all about HTML markup (otherwise known as structure) and you know all aboutCSS style (presentation), but what you’ve been missing is JavaScript (behavior). If all you know about are structure and presentation, you can create some great looking pages, but they’re still just pages. When you add behavior with JavaScript, you can create an interactive experience; even better, you can create full blown web applications.

Head First HTML5 Programming is your ultimate tour guide to creating web applications with HTML5 and JavaScript, and we give you everything you need to know to build them, including: how to add interactivity to your pages, how to communicate with the world of Web services, and how to use the great new APIs being developed for HTML5.

Here are just some of the things you’ll learn in Head First HTML5 Programing:

• Learn how to make your pages truly interactive by using the power of the DOM.
• Finally understand how JavaScript works and take yourself from novice to well-informed in just a few chapters.
• Learn how JavaScript APIs fit into the HTML5 ecosystem, and how to use any API in your web pages.
• Use the Geolocation API to know where your users are.
• Bring out your inner artist with Canvas, HTML5’s new 2D drawing surface.
• Go beyond just plugging a video into your pages, and create custom video experiences.
• Learn the secret to grabbing five megabytes of storage in every user’s browser.
• Improve your page’s responsiveness and performance with Web workers.
• And much more.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Getting to know HTML5: Welcome to Webville
Chapter 2 Introducing JavaScript and the DOM: A Little Code
Chapter 3 Events, handlers and all that jazz: A Little Interaction
Chapter 4 JavaScript functions and objects: Serious JavaScript
Chapter 5 Making your HTML location aware: Geolocation
Chapter 6 Talking to the web: Extroverted Apps
Chapter 7 Bringing out your inner artist: The Canvas
Chapter 8 Not your father’s TV: Video…with special guest star “Canvas”
Chapter 9 Storing things locally: Web Storage
Chapter 10 Putting JavaScript to work: Web Workers

中文：

书名：Head First HTML5 Programming: Building Web Apps with JavaScript

超文本标记语言一直在进行着疯狂的旅程。当然，一开始，HTML仅仅是一种标记语言，但最近，它变得强大起来。现在我们已经有了一种语言，可以用来构建具有Web存储、2D绘图、离线支持、套接字和线程等功能的Web应用程序。要使用这种语言，您必须超越HTML5标记，进入DOM、事件和JAVASCRIPIs的世界。

现在，您可能已经了解了所有关于HTML标记(也称为结构)和所有关于CSS样式(表示)的知识，但是您一直缺少的是JavaScript(行为)。如果你所知道的只是结构和展示，你可以创建一些漂亮的页面，但它们仍然只是页面。当您使用JavaScript添加行为时，您可以创建交互体验；更好的是，您可以创建成熟的Web应用程序。

Head First HTML5 Programming 是使用HTML5和JavaScript创建Web应用程序的终极指南，我们为您提供了构建它们所需知道的一切，包括：如何为页面添加交互性，如何与Web服务世界通信，以及如何使用正在为HTML5开发的伟大的新API。

以下是你将从中学到的一些东西 Head First HTML5 Programing:

• 了解如何使用DOM的功能使您的页面真正具有互动性。
• 最后，了解JavaScript是如何工作的，并在短短几章中让自己从新手变成见多识广的人。
• 了解JavaSphereAPI如何适应HTML5生态系统，以及如何在您的网页中使用任何API。
• Use the Geolocation API to know where your users are.
• 用HTML5的新2D绘图界面Canvas激发你内心的艺术家气质。
• 不仅仅是在页面中插入视频，还可以创建自定义视频体验。
• 了解在每个用户的浏览器中获取5MB存储空间的秘诀。
• 与Web工作者一起提高页面的响应性和性能。
• And much more.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Getting to know HTML5: Welcome to Webville
第2章介绍Java脚本和DOM：一小段代码
第3章事件、处理程序和所有爵士乐：小小的互动
第4章：JavaScript函数和对象：认真的
第5章让你的超文本标记语言位置感知：地理位置
第6章与网络对话：外向的应用程序
第七章激发你内心的艺术家：画布
第八章不是你父亲的电视：视频和特邀客串明星画布
第9章本地存储：网络存储
第十章让JavaScript发挥作用：Web Worker