Web applications: using the fundamental HTML5 APIs

Objectives

To provide the knowledge and skills required to make effective use of the fundamental HTML5 APIs in order to create Web applications.

Targeted audience

Developers and integrators.

Content

• Placing in context: HTML5, its APIs and CSS3
• HTML5 syntax: elements, attributes, DOCTYPE
• HTML5 support in the main browsers, polyfills and validation
• Custom attributes with data-* and HTML5 DOM
• Forms: new input controls; the placeholder, required, min, max and autofocus attributes; the datalist, meter, progress and output elements; editable content
• Video and audio: formats and codecs supported, including them in a page without programming, or using APIs to control them programmatically
• Local storage API to save locally unstructured information
• Introduction to the IndexedDB API and using it through the LocalForage abstraction layer
• Overview of the Service Workers API and using it to statically save the ressources of an application in order to provide offline access
• Prerequisite to build a progressive Web app or PWA and setting up its manifest
• User interaction using drag and drop and the File API
• Introduction to the WebSocket protocol and API