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HTML5 Web Application Development By Example : Beginner's guide

By : Jody Gustafson
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HTML5 Web Application Development By Example : Beginner's guide

By: Jody Gustafson

Overview of this book

HTML5's new features have made it a real application development platform with widespread adoption throughout the industry for this purpose. Being able to create one application that can run on virtually any device from phone to desktop has made it the first choice among developers. Although JavaScript has been around for a while now, it wasn't until the introduction of HTML5 that we have been able to create dynamic, feature-rich applications rivaling those written for the desktop. HTML5 Web Application Development By Example will give you the knowledge you need to build rich, interactive web applications from the ground up, incorporating the most popular HTML5 and CSS3 features available right now. This book is full of tips, tools, and example applications that will get you started writing your own applications today. HTML5 Web Application Development By Example shows you how to write web applications using the most popular HTML5 and CSS3 features. This book is a practical, hands-on guide with numerous real-world and relevant examples. You will learn how to use local storage to save an application's state and incorporate CSS3 to make it look great. You will also learn how to use custom data attributes to implement data binding. We'll use the new Canvas API to create a drawing application, then use the Audio API to create a virtual piano, before turning it all into a game. The time to start using HTML5 is now. And HTML5 Web Application Development by Example will give you the tips and know-how to get started.
Table of Contents (18 chapters)
HTML5 Web Application Development By Example Beginner's guide
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewer
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Chapter 10. Releasing an App into the Wild

"The Internet is a wild land with its own games, languages, and gestures through which we are starting to share common feelings."

– Ai Weiwei

In this chapter we will learn how to prepare a web application for release. First we will discuss how to compress and combine JavaScript files for faster download times. Then we will look at how to use the HTML5 Application Cache interface to make your applications available offline.

In this chapter we will learn:

  • How to combine and compress JavaScript files

  • How to create a command-line script to prepare an application for release

  • How to use the HTML5 Application Cache API to make a page and its resources available offline

  • How to create a cache manifest file to determine what resources get cached

  • How to determine when an application's cache has been updated