HTML5, JavaScript, and jQuery 24-Hour Trainer

by Dane Cameron

Master web app development with hands-on practice and video demonstration"HTML5, JavaScript, and jQuery 24-Hour Trainer" shows you how to build real-world HTML5 apps -- both web-based and mobile -- in combination with JavaScript, jQuery, and CSS/CSS3. You'll learn progressively more advanced skills as you work through the series of hands-on video lessons. Exercises and screencasts walk you step-by-step through the process of building web applications, and give you the opportunity to experiment and extend the examples to create your own working web app. You'll gain a solid understanding of the fundamental technologies, and develop a skillset that fully exploits the functionality of web development tools.

Although HTML5 is at the forefront of web development, it exists within an ecosystem that also includes CSS/CSS3, JavaScript, and JavaScript libraries like jQuery. Building robust, functional web applications requires a clear understanding of these technologies, and more importantly, the manner in which they fit together. This is your step-by-step guide to building web apps, with a hands-on approach that helps you learn by doing.Master the fundamentals of HTML and HTML5Explore multimedia capabilities and CSS3Integrate offline data storage, background processes, and other APIsAdapt web applications for mobile phones and tablets

Whether you're looking for a quick refresher or a first-time lesson, "HTML5, JavaScript, and jQuery 24-Hour Trainer" will quickly get you up to speed.

Genres: Computers, Coding

408 pages, Paperback

First published March 2, 2015

About the author

DANE CAMERON is an author and software engineer living in Wellington, New Zealand. He has
worked professionally as a software engineer for many years, developing large-scale enterprise
systems, and for the last five years has specialized in the development of HTML5 web applications.

Dane has a double major in Computer Science and English Literature from the University of Otago.
A venn diagram of career prospects quickly identified technical writing as a likely option, and he
has built a career based around developing interesting software and passing on what he has learned
to others through his books.

Dane currently works in Wellington, New Zealand, and works as a solutions architect.

Reviews

[Ben · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a great book.

I have been using HTML, JavaScript, and CSS for many years. jQuery is a bit underused for me, even though I know it well, so this book was a great refresher for it.

Would recommend!

4.0/5