Training Guide: Programming in HTML5 with JavaScript and CSS3

Designed to help experienced programmers develop real-world, job-role-specific skills—this Training Guide focuses on creating applications with HTML5, JavaScript, and CSS3. Build hands-on expertise through a series of lessons, exercises, and suggested practices—and help maximize your performance on the job.

• Provides in-depth, hands-on training you take at your own pace
• Focuses on job-role-specific expertise for using HTML5, JavaScript, and CSS3 to begin building modern web and Windows 8 apps
• Features pragmatic lessons, exercises, and practices
• Creates a foundation of skills which, along with on-the-job experience, can be measured by Microsoft Certification exams such as 70-480
• Coverage includes: creating HTML5 documents; implementing styles with CSS3; JavaScript in depth; using Microsoft developer tools; AJAX; multimedia support; drawing with Canvas and SVG; drag and drop functionality; location-aware apps; web storage; offline apps; writing your first simple Windows 8 apps; and other key topics

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Getting started with Visual Studio 2012 and Blend for Visual Studio 2012
Chapter 2: Getting started with HTML5
Chapter 3: Getting started with JavaScript
Chapter 4: Getting started with CSS3
Chapter 5: More HTML5
Chapter 6: Essential JavaScript and jQuery
Chapter 7: Working with forms
Chapter 8: Websites and services
Chapter 9: Asynchronous operations
Chapter 10: WebSocket communications
Chapter 11: HTML5 supports multimedia
Chapter 12: Drawing with HTML5
Chapter 13: Drag and drop
Chapter 14: Making your HTML location-aware
Chapter 15: Local data with web storage
Chapter 16: Offline web applications