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Get Started Fast with HTML5 Online Game Programming!

HTML5 will transform web and mobile gaming. As new browsers rapidly adopt it, HTML5 will do everything “legacy” technologies such as Flash and Silverlight have done—and much more. In Learning HTML5 Game Programming, pioneering developer James L. Williams gives you all the knowledge, code, and insights you’ll need to get started fast!

Williams combines detailed explanations of HTML5’s key innovations with examples, including two case study applications that address the entire development process. He guides you through setting up a state-of-the-art HTML5 development environment; making the most of HTML5’s canvas tag, SVG vector graphics, and WebGL 3D; and targeting diverse mobile and social platforms. It’s all here: from the essentials of online game design to the nitty-gritty details of performance optimization.

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All code samples and answers to chapter exercises are available for download at www.informit.com/title/9780321767363 and on Github at https://github.com/jwill/html5-game-book.

Coverage includes

· Understanding the HTML5 innovations that make it possible to create amazingly rich games

· Setting up a state-of-the-art open source HTML5 game development environment

· Using JavaScript to drive sophisticated interactions between users and games

· Building basic games fast, with the prototype-based Simple Game Framework (SGF)

· Generating movement and gameplay with the canvas tag and surface

· Creating games with SVG vector graphics using the RaphaëlJS Javascript library

· Using Three.js to build powerful WebGL 3D games with far less complexity

· Developing games without JavaScript, using Google Web Toolkit (GWT) or CoffeeScript

· Building a complete multiplayer game server using Node.js and WebSockets

· Planning and choosing tools for mobile game development with HTML5

· Optimizing game performance with offline cache, minification, and other techniques

Learning HTML5 Game Programming is the fastest route to success with HTML5 game development—whether you’re a long-time game developer or a web/mobile programmer building games for the first time.

Part of the highly successful Shelly Cashman series, this text provides a comprehensive introduction to HTML and leads the user through a clear, step-by-step, screen-by-screen approach to learning. Readers learn how to create a Web page using HTML, format the page, add graphics, and more.

The biggest revolution since Ajax, Pro HTML 5 Programming: Powerful APIs for Richer Internet Application Development introduces the most revolutionary new feature of HTML 5, the ability to build Real-Time Web applications using Web Sockets.
For the first time, developers can build Rich Internet Applications with Web standards and without Ajax, Comet, Flash, Silverlight, or any of the difficult-to-use non-standard and proprietary standards currently in use. Every professional Web developer will want to learn about Web Sockets and will soon be creating more dynamic, responsive, and reliable Rich Internet Applications, and this is the only book that will show them how

NEW PERSPECTIVES ON HTML AND CSS provides thorough instruction on building interactive Web sites from scratch. In addition to providing comprehensive coverage of HTML and CSS, this book does not require any prior knowledge on the subject and starts with the basics. Detailed explanations of key concepts and skills make even complex topics accessible to all level of learners. New Perspectives' signature case scenarios and case problems contextualize complex concepts. You can develop your problem solving skills by working through realistic exercises, which will help you retain the material and apply what you've learned in a professional environment.

"...lucid, in-depth descriptions of the behavior of every HTML tag on every major browser and platform, plus enough dry humor to make the book a pleasure to read."
--Edward Mendelson, PC Magazine

"When they say 'definitive' they're not kidding."
--Linda Roeder, About.com

Put everthing you need to know about HTML & XHTML at your fingertips. For nearly a decade, hundreds of thousands of web developers have turned to HTML & XHTML: The Definitive Guide to master standards-based web development. Truly a definitive guide, the book combines a unique balance of tutorial material with a comprehensive reference that even the most experienced web professionals keep close at hand. From basic syntax and semantics to guidelines aimed at helping you develop your own distinctive style, this classic is all you need to become fluent in the language of web design.

The new sixth edition guides you through every element of HTML and XHTML in detail, explaining how each element works and how it interacts with other elements. You'll also find detailed discussions of CSS (Cascading Style Sheets), which is intricately related to web page development. The most all-inclusive, up-to-date book on these languages available, this edition covers HTML 4.01, XHTML 1.0, and CSS2, with a preview of the upcoming XHTML2 and CSS3. Other topics include the newer initiatives in XHTML (XForms, XFrames, and modularization) and the essentials of XML for advanced readers. You'll learn how to:

• Use style sheets to control your document's appearance
• Work with programmatically generated HTML
• Create tables, both simple and complex
• Use frames to coordinate sets of documents
• Design and build interactive forms and dynamic documents
• Insert images, sound files, video, Java applets, and JavaScript programs
• Create documents that look good on a variety of browsers

The authors apply a natural learning approach that uses straightforward language and plenty of examples. Throughout the book, they offer suggestions for style and composition to help you decide how to best use HTML and XHTML to accomplish a variety of tasks. You'll learn what works and what doesn't, and what makes sense to those who view your web pages and what might be confusing. Written for anyone who wants to learn the language of the Web--from casual users to the full-time design professionals--this is the single most important book on HTML and XHTML you can own.

Bill Kennedy is chief technical officer of MobileRobots, Inc. When not hacking new HTML pages or writing about them, "Dr. Bill" (Ph.D. in biophysics from Loyola University of Chicago) is out promoting the company's line of mobile, autonomous robots that can be used for artificial intelligence, fuzzy logic research, and education.

Chuck Musciano began his career as a compiler writer and crafter of tools at Harris Corporations' Advanced Technology Group and is now a manager of Unix Systems in Harris' Corporate Data Center.

Comprehensive written and interactive instruction for learning HTML5

HTML is the core technology for building websites. Today, with HTML5 opening the Internet to new levels of rich content and dynamic interactivity, developers are looking for information to learn and utilize HTML5. HTML5 24-Hour Trainer provides that information, giving new and aspiring web developers the knowledge they need to achieve early success when building websites.

• Covers the most basic aspects of a web page, including a brief introduction to Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)
• Provides lessons that are backed up by professionally created training videos and interactive content to fully illustrate the dynamic nature of HTML5 and the Internet, while also providing a full learning experience
• Combines easy-to-follow lessons with expertly crafted training videos to provide you with both written and interactive instruction for learning HTML5

Written by bestselling author Joseph Lowery and with video content created by well-known multimedia and eLearning producer Mark Fletcher, HTML5 24-Hour Trainer brings the new features of HTML5 and the Internet to life unlike any other resource.

Note: As part of the print version of this title, video lessons are included on DVD. For e-book versions, video lessons can be accessed at wrox.com using a link provided in the interior of the e-book.

HTML5 is here, and with it, web applications have acquired power, ease, scalability, and responsiveness like never before. With this book, developers will learn how to use the latest cutting-edge HTML5 web technology—available in the most recent versions of modern browsers—to build web applications with unparalleled functionality, speed, and responsiveness.
This new edition includes major revisions for WebSockets functionality, reflecting the new W3C specification. It also features new chapters covering the drag-and-drop API as well as SVG.

• Explains how to create real-time HTML5 applications that tap the full potential of modern browsers
• Provides practical, real-world examples of HTML5 features in action
• Covers all the new HTML5 APIs to get you up-to-speed quickly with HTML5
• Fully updated to include the latest revisions of the WebSocket API, and much more.

• How the HTML5 specification has evolved
• How to develop cutting-edge web applications using new HTML5 features like WebSockets, geolocation, web storage, Canvas, and audio/video
• Which features are available in modern browsers

• Web designers and developers who want to use the latest cutting-edge technology available in current browsers
• Developers who want to create dynamic, HTML5 web applications
• Developers who want to know which HTML5 features are supported by modern browsers

1. Overview of HTML5
2. Using the Canvas API
3. Working With Scalable Vector Graphics
4. Working with Audio and Video
5. Using the Geolocation API
6. Using the Communication APIs
7. Using the WebSocket API
8. Using the Forms API
9. Working with Drag-and-Drop
10. Using the Web Workers API
11. Using the Storage APIs
12. Creating Offline Web Applications
13. The Future of HTML5

HTML and CSS are the most essential and fundamental web languages, which provide the foundation for the vast majority of web sites and web applications. HTML5 is on track to become the future of the web, offering simple plug-in free Rich Internet Application capabilities, easier development, and enhanced user experience.
This book is an essential technical dictionary for professional web designers and developers, conveniently summarizing over 3000 pages of (X)HTML5 and CSS3 specifications and covering the most common and fundamental concepts and specs, including tags, attributes, values, objects, properties, methods, events, and APIs. TOC at glance:
Intro to HTML5

• Overview 9
• About this book 9
• What is HTML? 10
• Major HTML versions 10
• HTML5 10
• XHTML5 11
• CSS3 11
• Why use HTML5 11
• HTML5 advantages 11
• Who this book is for 12
• HTML5 Branding 12
• The logo 13
• The technology class icons 13

• HTML document 15
• Basics 15
• Elements and Tags. Tag nesting 15
• Void Elements. Attributes. Boolean attribute 16
• XHTML5. Polyglot HTML document 17
• Document Type and Structure. MIME Type 18
• Common MIME Types 19
• Document Object Model (DOM) 20
• Semantic Elements 20
• Syntax Summary. General Syntax Rules 21
• (X)HTML5 void tag syntax 22
• HTML5 elements with optional tags 23
• Elements by Type 25
• Browser Compatibility Scripting. Modernizr 26
• HTML5 enabling scripts - Polyfills 27

• General Definitions 29
• Chapter Legend & Conventions 29
• Summary of HTML5 Elements 29
• HTML5 Elements 29
• HTML5 Browser Compatibility 65

• HTML5 Forms aka Web Forms 2.0 67
• Input and Output elements 67
• HTML5 types and attributes 67
• HTML5 element 70
• Input Type/Attribute Matrix 71
• Global Attributes 72
• Summary 72
• Global Events 74
• HTML Event Handler Attributes 74
• Window 74
• Form 75
• Keyboard 76
• Mouse 76
• Media 77

• CSS Basics. Anatomy of a CSS Rule 79
• Typical CSS property locations 80
• About CSS Properties 80
• CSS Cascading Priority 81
• CSS Properties 82
• CSS Box Model 83
• Background & Borders 83
• Box Model 92
• Font 96
• Marquee 97
• Text Formatting 98
• Color 108
• Multi-column layout 108
• Grid Positioning 110
• Flexible Box Layout 112
• Speech 113
• Table. Auto Numbering and Lists 117
• Animation and Transitions * 118
• Outline 120
• 2D and 3D Transforms 121
• CSS3 'Transform' property functions 122
• Generated Content for Paged Media 123
• Paged Media 126
• Image Values & Replaced Content 128
• Line 129
• Rubi 134
• Hyperlink Presentation 136
• Basic User Interface 137
• CSS Selector Types 140
• CSS3 Selectors 141
• HTML5 Selectors API Level 1 and 2 146
• CSS3 Browser Compatibility Summary 147

• What is API 149
• HTML5 and Related Technologies 149
• Semantic Web 150
• Microdata 150
• HTML5 + RDFa 152
• MathML 154
• WAI-ARIA 155
• Offline & Storage 156
• Web Storage 156
• HTTP Caching and Serving 158
• Indexed Database API 159
• Web SQL database 162
• Device Access 163
• Contacts API 163
• Drag and Drop 165
• Geolocation 168
• Media Capture 172
• File API 174
• Touch Events 176
• Real-Time Connectivity 177
• Web Sockets 177
• Web Messaging 179
• Web Workers 181
• Multimedia and Graphics 183
• Audio and Video 183
• Canvas 185
• Scalable Vector Graphic 190
• Performance & Integration 193
• XMLHttpRequest 193
• Navigation Timing 194
• Browser Compatibility 195

HTML5 and CSS3 are the future of web development, but you don't have to wait to start using them. Even though the specification is still in development, many modern browsers and mobile devices already support HTML5 and CSS3. This book gets you up to speed on the new HTML5 elements and CSS3 features you can use right now, and backwards compatible solutions ensure that you don't leave users of older browsers behind.
This book gets you started working with many useful new features of HTML5 and CSS3 right away. Gone are the days of adding additional markup just to style a button differently or stripe tables. You'll learn to use HTML5's new markup to create better structure for your content and better interfaces for your forms, resulting in cleaner, easier-to-read code that can be understood by both humans and programs.
You'll find out how to embed audio, video, and vector graphics into your pages without using Flash. You'll see how web sockets, client-side storage, offline caching, and cross-document messaging can ease the pain of modern web development. And you'll discover how simple CSS3 makes it to style sections of your page. Throughout the book, you'll learn how to compensate for situations where your users can't take advantage of HTML5 and CSS3 yet, developing solutions that are backwards compatible and accessible.
You'll find what you need quickly with this book's modular structure, and get hands-on with a tutorial project for each new HTML5 and CSS3 feature covered. "Falling Back" sections show you how to create solutions for older browsers, and "The Future" sections at the end of each chapter get you excited about the possibilities when HTML5 and CSS3 reach widespread adoption. Get ready for the future---in fact, it's here already.

The all-in-one HTML, CSS and JavaScript beginner's guide: covering the three most important languages for web development!

Mastering HTML, CSS, and JavaScript is vital for any beginning web developer - and the importance of these technologies is growing as web development moves away from proprietary alternatives such as Flash. Sams Teach Yourself HTML, CSS, and JavaScript All in One brings together everything beginners need to build powerful web applications with the HTML and CSS standards and the latest JavaScript and Ajax libraries. With this book, beginners can get all the modern web development knowledge you need from one expert source. Bestselling author Julie Meloni (Sams Teach Yourself PHP, MySQL and Apache All in One) teaches simply and clearly, through brief, hands-on lessons focused on knowledge you can apply immediately. Meloni covers all the building blocks of practical web design and development, integrating new techniques and features into every chapter. Each lesson builds on what's come before, showing you exactly how to use HTML, CSS, and JavaScript together to create great web sites. Coverage includes all this, and much more: " Working with HTML text, fonts, tables, links, graphics, and multimedia " Advanced web page design with CSS, including lists, fixed and liquid layouts, and designing for devices " Web Scripting with JavaScript, including DOM, syntax, functions, and libraries " Extending JavaScript with Ajax " Advanced site functionality and management, from site organization through search engine optimization