HTML5, JavaScript, and jQuery 24-Hour Trainer

by Dane Cameron

Master web app development with hands-on practice and videodemonstration

HTML5, JavaScript, and jQuery 24-Hour Trainer shows youhow to build real-world HTML5 apps — both web-based andmobile — in combination with JavaScript, jQuery, andCSS/CSS3. You'll learn progressively more advanced skills as youwork through the series of hands-on video lessons. Exercises andscreencasts walk you step-by-step through the process of buildingweb applications, and give you the opportunity to experiment andextend the examples to create your own working web app. You'll gaina solid understanding of the fundamental technologies, and developa skillset that fully exploits the functionality of web developmenttools.

Although HTML5 is at the forefront of web development, it existswithin an ecosystem that also includes CSS/CSS3, JavaScript, andJavaScript libraries like jQuery. Building robust, functional webapplications requires a clear understanding of these technologies,and more importantly, the manner in which they fit together. Thisis your step-by-step guide to building web apps, with a hands-onapproach that helps you learn by doing.

Master the fundamentals of HTML and HTML5 Explore multimedia capabilities and CSS3 Integrate offline data storage, background processes, and otherAPIs Adapt web applications for mobile phones and tablets

Whether you're looking for a quick refresher or a first-timelesson, HTML5, JavaScript, and jQuery 24-Hour Trainer willquickly get you up to speed.

Genres: Programming, Nonfiction, Technology, Software, Reference, Website Design, Engineering

352 pages, Kindle Edition

First published October 30, 2013

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

[Anthony Schneider · Rating 5 out of 5]

If you're like me, you learned javascript in the late 90's/early 00's, realized quickly that browser wars and DOM compatibility made it an overall nauseating experience, then abandoned javascript for more rewarding endeavors.

With a new era of standardization along with the availability of jQuery and HTML5, I can now actually focus on building functionality and learning about some of the more esoteric aspects of the javascript language (closures and prototyping...who knew?). Dane Cameron gives a thorough, informative guide through the current state of these core frontend technologies, walking the whole way through building a "tasks" application. The book is clearly geared towards folks with a development background.

[Dan · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book does a good job of explaining the technology from the point of view of a developer used to more traditional languages. Unfortunately, the example programs were a bit tedious. I had the Kindle version, so I had to scroll through code instead of just skimming through the pages.

[Joe Gee · Rating 4 out of 5]

It is perfect for what it says it is. Are you an experienced developer who does not want to get bogged down in a lot of syntax, but wants to understand the fundamentals of HTML5? This is your book.

It is dense and high level. If comments like "Javascript is fundamentally not an object oriented language, it is a functional language" and "javascript is single threaded and but can handle asynchronous server requests" do not tell you what you need to know, this isn't your book. If you want questions like "How do you lay that out for scale and sustainability?", Dane has you covered.

It gave me a great framework for working in the languages listed, and I can look at a reference or google for details as I care about as I get going. Just what I wanted.

[Michal · Rating 2 out of 5]

A book about Javascript written by a (former backend) developer claiming to target software engineers, but not a word about testing, code quality, continuous delivery or other established best practises in software engineering. This approach to software development and therefore also the book must be considered useless in the best case when not harmful for readers less experienced. 2 star rating since all the other stuff is well explained and seams to be correct

[SI Becker · Rating 4 out of 5]

A good overview of the technology

Not for the beginner. But a very useful overview of the sort of tools available for building modern web applications

[Carl Rizzo · Rating 4 out of 5]

Nicely written

Sometimes hard to follow. Overall it is well written and I learned a lot. I think it covers the important and current topics

[Shantanu Sharma · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book provides a good introduction to HTML5, JavaScript and jQuery. For a deeper understanding of JavaScript features and other libraries such as D3.js, a more advanced book is recommended.