This three-day instructor-led course provides participants with the knowledge and skills to develop HTML5 web applications using Microsoft Visual Studio 2010.
Target Audience:
This course is intended for entry-level developers for HTML who have a basic but limited understanding of HTML and who are interested in learning core HTML5, CSS, and JavaScript programming skills that are required to successfully create applications for the upcoming Internet Explorer 10 browser and the next version of the Windows operating system.
Pre-requisites:
Before attending this course, students must have:
Have three to six months of development experience in a professional environment
Be familiar with the HTML document structure and associated terminology, but are not expected to be expert and do not need to have experience with HTML5
Have one to three months experience with HTML and XML
Have a general familiarity with the Microsoft Visual Studio IDE
This module introduces HTML development, presenting all the basics needed to build a web site or application. It also introduces CSS and JavaScript, which with HTML are the basis for web development. It also introduces the jQuery JavaScript library, the most popular JavaScript library at the time of writing.
Lessons
Overview of HTML
What's New in HTML5?
Introduction to CSS
Introduction to JavaScript
Introduction to jQuery
Lab : Building a Basic Web Page in the Visual Studio 2010 SP1 Environment
Writing the Home Page HTML
Styling the Homepage
Adding JavaScript and jQuery to Make a Dynamic Home Page
After completing this module, students will be able to:
Explain HTML basics
Explain what HTML5 is
Explain CSS basics
Explain JavaScript basics
Explain the jQuery Library
Identify the essential features of Visual Studio 2010 SP1 that are required to start developing HTML5 web application projects
Module 2: Creating Page Structure and Navigation
This module explains the new HTML5 elements and their meaning, and how and when to use them. The module also discusses navigation and menus, which are the backbone of creating a website or application.
Lessons
HTML5 Structural Elements
Navigation and Menus
Lab : Creating Page Structure and Navigation
Using Semantic Elements in the Home Page
Creating the Game Details and Cart Pages
Adding Navigation and Menus to the Home Page
After completing this module, students will be able to:
Describe the new HTML5 structural elements
Examine the creation of web application navigation and the use of menus
Migrate HTML4 webpages to HTML5 webpages
Module 3: Creating Form Input and Validation
This module introduces the new input types and attributes that were added in HTML5. It also discusses the Modernizr JavaScript library, which detects HTML5 features and supplies polyfills for the new HTML5 elements.
Lessons
Working with Input Types
Using Form Attributes
Validation
Using Browser Detection, Feature Detection, and Modernizr
Lab : Creating Form Input and Validation
Creating the Checkout and Game Review Forms
Adding Validation to the Checkout and Game Review Forms
Adding Modernizr Support
After completing this module, students will be able to:
Use the new input types
Apply the new attributes
Integrate validation into webpages
Use browser detection, feature detection and Modernizr
Module 4: Laying Out and Styling Webpages
This module explains important concepts about the layout and styling of webpages and applications. It also describes how to use the new features of Cascading Style Sheets 3 (CSS3), such as new selectors, text effects, and multi-column layouts, to improve the look and feel of your webpages.
Lessons
Creating Layouts
Advanced CSS by Using CSS3
Lab : Laying Out and Styling Webpages
Add a CSS3 style to the store’s webpages
After completing this module, students will be able to:
Create a webpage layout
Apply advanced CSS to webpages
Module 5: Getting Started with Graphics and Multimedia Elements
This module explains the canvas element, which displays graphics, and the audio and video elements, which are used to play multimedia. These elements represent HTML5’s solution to add-on availability and cross-browser compatibility for multimedia and graphics.
Lessons
Canvas Basics
Video/Audio Formats and Codecs
Controlling Multimedia with JavaScript
Lab : Getting Started with Graphics and Multimedia Elements
Adding Video to the Details Page
Create a Slideshow Using the Canvas
After completing this module, students will be able to:
Use the canvas element and manipulate it using JavaScript
Use the audio and video elements and control them using JavaScript
Add support for multiple audio and video codecs
Module 6: Creating Advanced Graphics
This module discusses some of the differences between SVG and Canvas. It also describes how to choose one over the other.
Lessons
Drawing with SVG
Animation
Choosing Between SVG and Canvas
Lab : Creating Advanced Graphics
Adding an SVG Chart with Animation
Adding Animation to the Game Details Canvas-Based Slideshow
After completing this module, students will be able to:
Create basic graphics with SVG
Add animation to SVG and Canvas graphics
Choose between SVG and Canvas
Module 7: Using Client-Side Storage
This module explains web storage and how to use its API to have a persistence mechanism on the client-side. It also introduces IndexedDB at a very high level because this specification is currently in development and might change in the future.
Lessons
Web Storage vs. Cookies
Web Storage API
Lab : Using Client-Side Storage
Creating the Cart Behavior by Using the localStorage Object
Integrating the Cart with the Web Application
After completing this module, students will be able to:
Use the web storage API
Differentiate between session storage and local storage
Module 8: Using Advanced HTML5 JavaScript APIs
This module explains how to use other HTML5 JavaScript APIs, such as the drag-and-drop API, the file API to work with files, and the geolocation API to find the user location.
Lessons
Using the Drag-and-Drop API
File API
Geolocation API
Lab : Using Advanced HTML5 JavaScript APIs
Integrating Drag-and-Drop Behaviour into the Home Page
Adding Geolocation Information to the Purchase Event
Adding Coupon-Reading Behaviour
After completing this module, students will be able to:
Integrate drag-and-drop features into webpages
Work with the files by using the File API
Integrate the geolocation API into webpages
Module 9: Using WebMatrix and Other Developer Tools
This module explains other developer tools that you can use with HTML5. These tools include Microsoft WebMatrix, ASP.NET MVC3, and the Razor view engine. It also explains how to use these tools to create websites and applications.
Lessons
WebMatrix
ASP.NET MVC3 and Razor
Lab : Using WebMatrix and Other Developer Tools
Using WebMatrix to Create a Website
Using ASP.NET MVC 3 to Create a Website
After completing this module, students will be able to: