Comprehensive HTML5 Training

Delivery Options

• Customized Onsite Training (4 days): Request a Proposal

Class Description

Class Overview

Class Goals

• Learn how to start building HTML5 pages today.
• Learn the major benefits of HTML5.
• Understand the difference between HTML5 and HTML 4.
• Become familiar with HTML5's new elements and attributes.
• Learn to work with audio and video in HTML5.
• Learn to work with HTML5's new Canvas element to create code-based drawings.
• Learn to use Web Storage for offline applications.
• Learn to use all the cool new HTML5 form elements.
• Learn the current state of browser support for HTML5 and how to make your HTML5 sites degrade gracefully.
• Learn to acquire the users location with the geolocation API.
• Learn to send messages between web pages and cross-domain with the Web Messaging API.
• Learn to speed up slow web pages with Web Workers.
• Learn to implement Drag and Drop.
• Learn to use Web Applications while offline.
• Learn to use the XMLHttpRequest Level 2 to access cross-domain resources.
• Understand Web Sockets.
• Learn to work with user Server-Sent events to update a web page.

Class Outline

1. Laying out a Page with HTML5
   1. Page Structure
      1. Laying out a Page with HTML 4 - the "old" way
      2. Laying out a Page with HTML5
   2. New HTML5 Structural Tags
   3. Page Simplification
2. HTML5 - How We Got Here
   1. The Problems HTML 4 Addresses
   2. The Problems XHTML Addresses
   3. The New More Flexible Approach of HTML5 - Paving the Cowpaths
   4. New Features of HTML5
      1. HTML5 and JavaScript
      2. Additional Changes
      3. Modernizr
   5. The HTML5 Spec(s)
   6. Current State of Browser Support
3. Sections and Articles
   1. The section Tag
      1. The HTML 4 Way
      2. The HTML5 Way
      3. Display of HTML5 Structural Elements
   2. The article Tag
   3. Outlining
      1. Sectioning
   4. Accessibility
4. HTML5 Audio and Video
   1. Supported Media Types
   2. The audio Element
      1. Audio Formats
      2. Multiple Sources
      3. Audio Tag Attributes
      4. Getting and Creating Audio Files
   3. The video Element
      1. Video Tag Attributes
      2. Creating and Converting Video Files
   4. Accessibility
   5. Scripting Media Elements
   6. Dealing with Non-Supporting Browsers
      1. Graceful Degradation
5. HTML5 Forms
   1. Modernizr
   2. New Input Types
      1. search
      2. tel
      3. url and email
      4. date/time input types
      5. number
      6. range
      7. min, max, and step attributes
      8. color
   3. HTML5 New Form Attributes
      1. autocomplete
      2. novalidate
   4. Some Other New Form Field Attributes
      1. required
      2. placeholder
      3. autofocus
      4. autocomplete
      5. form
      6. pattern
   5. New Form Elements
      1. datalist
      2. progress and meter
6. HTML5 Web Storage
   1. Overview of HTML5 Web Storage
   2. Web Storage
      1. Browser Support
      2. Local Storage
      3. Session Storage
      4. Prefixing your Keys
   3. Other Storage Methods
      1. Web Database Storage
      2. Indexed Database API
7. HTML5 Canvas
   1. Getting Started with Canvas
      1. Context
   2. Drawing Lines
      1. Multiple Sub-Paths
      2. The Path Drawing Process
      3. The fill() Method
   3. Color and Transparency
   4. Rectangles
   5. Circles and Arcs
      1. Radians
   6. Quadratic and Bezier Curves
      1. Practice
   7. Images
      1. drawImage() - Basic
      2. drawImage() - Sprites
   8. Text
      1. Text Properties
8. Integrated APIs
   1. Offline Application API
      1. Cache Manifest File
      2. The HTML File
      3. Managing ApplicationCache with JavaScript
      4. A Sample Application
   2. Drag and Drop API
9. Geolocation
   1. What is Geolocation Used for?
   2. Browser Support for geolocation
   3. The Geolocation Object
   4. Geolocation API Methods
   5. PositionOptions Object Properties
   6. Position Interface Attributes
10. Web Messaging
    1. Web Messaging Methods
    2. Establishing Trust between Domains
    3. Establishing Trust with ORIGIN
    4. Cross Origin Resource Sharing (CORS)
    5. Ports and Channel Messaging
    6. MessagePort Methods
    7. The Message Event Object
    8. Additional Security Checks
11. Web Workers
    1. Why use Web Workers
    2. What are Web Workers
    3. Features Available to Workers
    4. How do Web Workers work?
    5. The Worker Object
    6. WorkerGlobalScope
    7. WorkerGlobalScope Properties
    8. WorkerGlobalScope Methods
    9. WorkerGlobalScope Events
    10. Browser Support for Web Workers
    11. Types of Web Workers
    12. Terminating the worker from the Worker Script
12. Drag and Drop
    1. What is Drag and Drop
    2. What is Drag and Drop Used for?
    3. Browser Support for Drag and Drop
    4. Understanding Drag and Drop
    5. Drag and Drop with a Data "payload"
    6. Drag Events
    7. Drop Event
    8. A jQuery UI Drag and Drop Example
13. Offline Applications
    1. Why do we need offline Applications?
    2. Browser Support for Offline Applications
    3. Emptying the Browser Cache
    4. Understanding applicationCache
    5. The navigator.online property
    6. Associating the Cache Manifest with a Web Page
14. XMLHttpRequest Level 2
    1. What is XmtlHttpRequest (XHR)?
    2. Benefits of XHR Level 2
    3. The XHR object: States
    4. The XHR object: Event Handlers
    5. The XHR Object: Methods
    6. The XHR object: Properties
15. Web Sockets
    1. HTTP
    2. The Web Socket
    3. WebSocket Properties
    4. Web Socket Event Handlers
    5. WebSocket Methods
    6. Using a WebSocket Server with the WebSocket API
16. Server-Sent Events
    1. What are Server Sent Events?
    2. The Server Messages
    3. Creating an EventSource
    4. The EventSource Properties
    5. The EventSource Events
    6. The Advantages of Server-Sent Events
    7. The Disadvantages of Server-Sent Events
    8. Server-Sent Events Summary

Class Materials

Each student in our Live Online and our Onsite classes receives a comprehensive set of materials, including course notes and all the class examples.

Class Prerequisites

Experience in the following areas is required:

• HTML 4
• Basic CSS
• Basic JavaScript

Experience in the following areas would be beneficial:

• JSON
• DOM
• Ajax

Courses that can help you meet these prerequisites:

• Introduction to HTML Training
• Introduction to CSS Training
• Introduction to JavaScript Training
• Ajax Training

Technical Requirements

Our computer technical requirements and setup process is easy, with support just a click away.

• Onsite course technical requirements and setup instructions.