Application Development in HTML5

Defining HTML5
HTML+CSS+JavaScript APIs = HTML5
A term that represents what new and next for the web
5 terms that describe HTML5
Hyperbole - Don't believe all the Hype
Compatibility - Web is largest legacy software system in history of the universe
Semantics - naming tags
JavaScript - use of JavaScript is becoming more and more used - becoming 1st class language
Polyfills - target new features and not break users using old browsers (modernizr - JavaScript libary)
there are 28 new elements are avaialble in HTML5
using modernizr will add most of tags to DOM so sites will work in older browser
Much scripting is now being moved to css in CSS3
Local storage is like cookies on steroids.  These are stored in the browser (get 5 megs) (dont expire) (not secure)
can use the storage to only store string but can use new json conversion to convert json to stings and save to increase speed.

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