"HTML5 Revealed Pilgrim"

HTML5 Revealed Comprehensive and in-depth introduction and analysis of HTML5-related technologies. "From the Beginning to Now" tells the bumpy development history of HTML5; "HTML5 Feature Detection" introduces a variety of detection methods for different features; "Local Storage" reveals the mystery of how to move the "database" to the client; " "Offline Application" shows the magical skills of keeping Web applications intact even when offline; "Crazy Form" shows off a very cool next-generation Web form...it covers almost everything described in the HTML5 standard New features. This book not only introduces the features of HTML5 with humorous words and vivid examples, but also provides an in-depth analysis of its internal principles. Let readers not only know what is happening, but also why it is happening. Whether you are a newcomer to Web front-end technology or an experienced veteran, anyone who is an HTML5 technology enthusiast will benefit from this book.
Table of contents
Foreword
Chapter 1 From the beginning to now
1.1 Introduction
1.2 mime type
1.3 A long digression: How is a standard born?
1.4 The uninterrupted route
1.5 HTML development history: from 1997 to 2004
1.6 Everything you know about xhtml is wrong
1.7 A competitive vision
1.8　What working group?
1.9 Return to w3c
1.10 Postscript
1.11 Extended reading
Chapter 2 HTML5 Feature Detection
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Detection technology
2.3 modernizr: an html5 feature detection library
2.4 Canvas
2.5 Canvas text
2.6 Video
2.7 Video format
2.8 Local storage
2.9 web workers
2.10 Offline web application
2.11 Geographical location
2.12 Input box type
2.13 Placeholder text
2.14 Form auto-focus
2.15 Microdata
2.16 Extended reading
Chapter 3 The meaning of it all
Chapter 4 Canvas Drawing
Chapter 5 Videos on the Internet
Chapter 6 Geographical location
Chapter 7 The past, present and future of local storage for web applications
Chapter 8 Offline web application
Chapter 9 Crazy Form
Chapter 10 “Distribution”, “Scalability” and other fancy words
Appendix a: Comprehensive Characteristics Testing Guide