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This book will lead you, step by step and with illustrative screenshots, through a real example. Are you writing two websites one for mobile and one for larger displays? Or perhaps youve heard of Responsive Design but are unsure how to bring HTML5, CSS3, or responsive design all together. If so, this book provides everything you need to take your web pages to the next level before all your competitors do!

This book is a hands-on guide that follows a step-by-step tutorial approach which discusses Windows 8 application development with HTML5, CSS3, and JavaScript. This book is great for developers who want to start developing for Windows 8 and it also targets developers who want to get introduced to powerful advancements in standards-based web technology, while using it to build Windows Store apps, as well as leveraging their existing skills and code assets in web development.

Windows 8 presents an incredible opportunity for distributing and monetizing HTML5 games, and this guide shows how you can profit from it. You’ll learn everything you need to know about porting your original web-based JavaScript game to the new "touch-first" version of Windows, as well as several options for selling your game in Windows Store.Windows 8 is a big leap forward for developers because it treats HTML5 as a first-class citizen, alongside C# and C++. Interactive developmen...

Sometimes you just want to write some code. We share the basics of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.First, we start with some basics of HTML.HTML tables, spans, and divsHTML5 new featuresThe second section is devoted to CSS.CSS box modelCSS3 new featuresNext, we cover JavaScript's basic syntax.Variable and ValuesFunctionsConditionalsLoopsScopeClosur...

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 a...

It’s true: if you know HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, you already have the tools you need to develop Android applications. Now updated for HTML5, the second edition of this hands-on guide shows you how to use open source web standards to design and build apps that can be adapted for any Android device.You’ll learn how to create an Android-friendly web app on the platform of your choice, and then use Adobe’s free PhoneGap framework to convert it to a native Android app. Discover why dev...

Learn how to use the IndexedDB API to create and manage a database. After reading this guide, you will know how to create a database for your website on the user's computer, and how to store, retrieve, and search information.Table of ContentsINDEXEDDB APIData StructureDatabaseObjects and Object StoresIndexesTransactionsImplementationOpening the DatabaseDefining IndexesAdding ObjectsRetrieving Objects

Learn how to include video and audio on your website. After reading this guide, you will know how to load a media file, how to add subtitles, and how to access the camera and the microphone to include live video in your documents.Table of ContentsMEDIAVideoVideo FormatsAudioMEDIA APIVideo PlayerClosed CaptioningTEXTTRACK APIReading TracksReading CuesAdding TracksSTREAM APICapturing Media

Learn how to use the Drag and Drop API to let your users drag and drop elements on your website. After reading this guide, you will know how to prepare the elements to be dragged, how to control the information being transferred, and how to drag elements from other applications to the browser, including files.Table of ContentsDRAG AND DROP APIDrag and DropValidationThumbnailFilesQUICK REFERENCEEventsPropertiesMethods

Learn how to create an audio system for a web site or a web application. After reading this guide, you will know how to create audio nodes to play audio, how to connect them to filter the source and add effects, how to mix multiple sources, how to create 3D sounds for 3D video games or applications, and how to analyze the audio signal.Table of ContentsWEB AUDIO APIAudio StructureAudio ContextAudio SourcesConnecting NodesAudio Applications

Being proficient on the web requires basic knowledge of HTML. Therefore we cover tables, divs, and spans, along with HTML5 changes as well.Then we cover JavaScript in two parts. In part one, we cover some basic elements of the programming language.Mastering loops and conditionalsWorking with variable scopeHow to use ClosuresThat gets you off the ground, and then we move beyond to more advanced topics.In part two, we cover mor...

Learn how to create graphic applications for the Web with the Canvas API. After reading this guide, you will know how to create graphics for the web, how to manipulate images, and how to generate animations and small video games.Table of ContentsCANVAS APIGraphicsThe CanvasThe ContextDrawingRectanglesColorsGradientsPathsLinesTextShadowsTransformationsStatusThe GlobalCompositeOp...