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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

Summary


In this chapter, we learned about some of the new CSS3 features that can be used to make your applications pop and provide a lot of visual feedback to the user. We updated our tasklist application by adding rounded corners and shadows to the task elements, and adding images to the task tool buttons. We added a gradient to the background and a theme selector to allow the user to change the color scheme. We also added some transitions to make changes look more natural.

We covered the following concepts in this chapter.

  • How to define colors with transparencies in CSS3

  • How to give elements rounded corners

  • How to add shadows to elements and text

  • How to create linear and radial gradients

  • How to use CSS3 transitions and transforms to create visual effects

  • How to use CSS sprites to reduce the network footprint of your applications

  • How to dynamically load stylesheets

  • How to make your application fill the entire window

One last thing before we go on. Let me leave you with a word of warning. Just because...