HTML5: The Missing Manual

HTML5 is more than a markup language—it's a dozen independent web standards all rolled into one. Until now, all it's been missing is a manual.

With this thorough, jargon-free guide, you'll learn how to build web apps that include video tools, dynamic drawings, geolocation, offline web apps, drag-and-drop, and many other features. HTML5 is the future of the Web, and with this book you'll reach it quickly.The important stuff you need to know:Structure web pages in a new way.

• Learn how HTML5 helps make web design tools and search engines work smarter.Add audio and video without plugins.
• Build playback pages that work in every browser.Draw with Canvas.

• Use CSS3 and HTML5 to jazz up your pages and adapt them for mobile devices.Build web apps with rich desktop features.
• Let users work with your app offline, and process user-selected files in the browser.Create location-aware apps.
• Write geolocation applications directly in the browser.

Create shapes, pictures, text, and animation—and make them interactive.Go a long way with style.