Programming HTML5 Applications

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. 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. * 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 provides the knowledge to guide you through all the new technologies needed to make modern web applications." --Ralph Whitbeck, cohost of The Official jQuery Podcast

Move beyond simple site creation and build web applications with HTML5 that can compete with desktop apps and run on mobile devices. This practical guide shows you how HTML5's JavaScript APIs give you the power to take web development into many fields that used to require platform-specific development particularly mobile deployment.
You'll not only discover how to take advantage of local storage, geolocation, multithreaded processing, and flexible network connectivity with HTML5, you'll also learn many ways to make application development with JavaScript more powerful.
Learn how HTML5 will bring about a radical change in web browser applications
Get details about powerful toolkits that will help you program in JavaScript more efficiently
Discover powerful aspects of JavaScript that you may not be aware of, such as closures, lambda, and functional programming
Learn how HTML5 lets your applications store data in the browser so that you're not bound to the server
Take your app offline, and explore how an offline application cache can speed up page loading when the app is online
Use HTML5 Web Workers to create multithreaded applications with JavaScript
Make your application mobile through geolocation and other HTML5 elements
Learn a new way to communicate between the browser and a server with web sockets