Eric Freeman and Elisabeth Robson - Head first HTML5 programming: building web apps with Javascript

Head First HTML5 Programming building web apps with javascript

Eric Freeman

Elisabeth Robson

Beijing Boston Farnham Sebastopol Tokyo

To Steve Jobs, who hyped HTML5 to the point where this book should sell a zillion copies...

And to Steve Jobs, because hes our hero.

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Advance Praise for Head First HTML5 Programming

HTML5 is the future of the web. How many times have you heard that? If you really want to understand the family of technologies that make up HTML5, read this book! Head First HTML5 Programming is the definitive book on HTML5 for everyone from beginners to experienced developers.

Aaron LaBerge, CEO, Fanzter Inc.

This book is a rollicking ride through the wild new territory of HTML5, where we are all bound to be battling scorpions for years. It takes you through basic concepts so you understand the purposes of the HTML5 design, and then into each area so you know your way around. Like all Head First books, it replaces dry recitation with lively, memorable, fact-laden bursts of information. I will always have the formal HTML5 spec web site for reference purposes, but Id rather *learn* it lively.

Ken Arnold, Design/Build Hub, Peak Impact, Inc.

A must have book on HTML5 which continues on the Head First tradition of being witty, fun, chocked-full of examples and wickedly smart!

Danny Mavromatis, Sr Software Architect, ABC Television Group

Head First HTML5 Programming does a great job of making sense of many of the key aspects of HTML5 in a fun, easy-to-digest manner. With its highly-visual style and numerous code samples, complex concepts like canvas and asynchronous programming are simplified and illustrated making them straightforward and engaging.

Michael S. Scherotter, Principal Architect Evangelist, Microsoft Corporation

HTML5 is a cake with many layers of technologies. Head First HTML5 Programming bakes that cake, and then throws it at your face. You will consume deliciousness and rejoice.

Josh Rhoades, co-founder of BrightHalf

With Head First HTML5 Programming , the multiplicity of HTML5 is approached with a multiplicity in the medium that makes the hard work of learning fun.

Ward Cunningham, wiki inventor

HTML5 is the hottest new technology for website development. Developers far and wide cant wait to put it to use to build flexible, rich media websites that also work great on tablets and smart phones. Head First HTML5 Programming is the best and funnest way to feed this exciting new technology to your brain. I highly recommend it!

Marianne Marck, SVP Technology, Blue Nile Inc.

Straightforward, informative and entertaining, Head First HTML5 Programming is a must for anyone wanting to get started with HTML5 or just to refresh their skills. The Head First series helps me to keep my technical skills up to date allowing me to better support my developers and projects.

Todd Guill, Project Manager, AllRecipes.com

This aint your grandpas DHTML! Head First HTML5 Programming paints a hopeful and confident picture of the future of the Web through HTML5, while empowering you to code your own ticket there. If youre seeking a definitive, accessible, and at times pretty funny guidebook to this standard, look no further.

Manny Otto, Web Producer and Creative

The authors have hit the nail on the headJavaScript skills are the key to HTML5. Even if youve never written a JavaScript program before, theyll quickly get you up and running through a series of fun and practical projects.

David Powers, author of PHP Solutions: Dynamic Web Design Made Easy

I feel like a thousand pounds of books have just been lifted off of my head.

Ward Cunningham, inventor of the Wiki and founder of the Hillside Group

This book is close to perfect, because of the way it combines expertise and readability. It speaks with authority and it reads beautifully. Its one of the very few software books Ive ever read that strikes me as indispensable. (Id put maybe 10 books in this category, at the outside.)

David Gelernter, Professor of Computer Science, Yale University and author of Mirror Worlds and Machine Beauty

I literally love this book. In fact, I kissed this book in front of my wife.

Satish Kumar

Beware. If youre someone who reads at night before falling asleep, youll have to restrict Head First HTML with CSS & XHTML to daytime reading. This book wakes up your brain.

Pauline McNamara, Center for New Technologies and Education, Fribourg University, Switzerland

Head First HTML with CSS & XHTML is a thoroughly modern introduction to forward-looking practices in Web page markup and presentation. It correctly anticipates readers puzzlements and handles them just in time. The highly graphic and incremental approach precisely mimics the best way to learn this stuff: make a small change and see it in the browser to understand what each new item means.

Danny Goodman, author of Dynamic HTML: The Definitive Guide

The Web would be a much better place if every HTML author started off by reading this book.

L. David Baron, Technical Lead, Layout & CSS, Mozilla Corporation http://dbaron.org/

Head First HTML with CSS & XHTML teaches you how to do things right from the beginning without making the whole process seem overwhelming. HTML, when properly explained, is no more complicated than plain English, and they do an excellent job of keeping every concept at eye-level.

Mike Davidson, President & CEO, Newsvine, Inc.

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