Post on 08-May-2015
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A Crash Course in HTML5
Sasha Vodnik
Agenda
1. Where did HTML5 come from?
2. What’s different in HTML5?
3. How compatible is HTML5?
4. What’s around the corner for HTML?
1. Where did HTML5 come from?
• Web Hypertext Application Technology Working Group (WHATWG)
Language HTML 2 HTML 3 HTML 4XHTML 1
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2. What’s different in HTML5?
Semantics Multimedia CSS3 3D, Graphics, Effects
Offline & Storage Device Access Connectivity Performance & Integration
Simplified Syntax
• DOCTYPE
<!DOCTYPE html>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.1//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml11/DTD/xhtml11.dtd">
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd">
HTML 4.01 transitional
XHTML 1.1
HTML5
Simplified Syntax
• script element
<script>…</script>
<script type="text/javascript">…</script>
HTML 4.01/ XHTML 1.1
HTML5<script src="file.js”></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="file.js”></script>
Semantic Elements
• Instead of the generic div element, we have article, figcaption, figure, footer, header, hgroup, nav.
• In general, no different in a browser, but opens doors for predictive indexing by search engines, making content easier to find.
Semantic example
<body> <div class=“navigation”> … </div> <div class=“headings”> <h1>…</h1> <p class=“tagline”>…</p> </div> <div class=“maincontent”> … </div> <div class=“footer”> … </div></body>
<body> <nav> … </nav> <hgroup> <h1>…</h1> <p class=“tagline”>…</p> </hgroup> <article> … </article> <footer> … </footer></body>
Semantics: Microdata
• A system for adding semantic information to specific elements.
• Similar to microformats and RDFa• Main use case: marking information that
can show up in Google Rich Snippets
Microdata example<footer itemtype="http://www.data-vocabulary.org/Organization" itemscope="itemscope"> <p id="contact"> <span itemprop="name">Lakeland Reeds Bed & Breakfast</span> <img src="images/flourish.gif" width="16" height="16" alt="" /> <span itemprop="address" itemscope="itemscope" itemtype="http://data-vocabulary.org/Address"> <span itemprop="street-address">45 Marsh Grass Ln.</span> <img src="images/flourish.gif" width="16" height="16" alt="" /> <span itemprop="locality">Marble</span>, <span itemprop="region">MN</span> <span itemprop="postal-code">55764</span> <img src="images/flourish.gif" width="16" height="16" alt="" /> <span itemprop="tel">(218) 555-5253</span> </span> </p></footer> Room selection at Lakeland Reeds Bed & Breakfast
Marble, MN - (218) 555-5253 Lakeland Reeds Bed & Breakfast offers 4 comfortable rooms that accommodate from 2 to 5 people. All have private baths and views of Twin Lakes.www.example.com
title element content
content marked as microdata
meta element content
URL
Google rich snippet incorporating microdata
Forms: New input types
• Instead of type="text", you can set the type attribute to email, color, range, time, date, url, search, number, or tel
• No issues with backward compatibility, because older browsers assume a value of text when they don’t understand the type value.
Forms: New input types
• Indispensable for mobile interfaces
type="email" type="tel" type="number"
type="date" type="url"
Forms: Native validation
• Add the required attribute to trigger a browser-defined error message when the field is left blank.
• Use the pattern attribute to specify a regular expression that the field value must match.
• These only work in browsers that support them; continue to back up with a script.
Native validation example
Field with required attribute
:invalid pseudo-class: red background
:valid pseudo-class:green background
CSS3: New color systems
<div style="background-color: hsl(0,100%, 50%);"></div> <div style="background-color: hsl(120,100%, 50%);"></div> <div style="background-color: hsl(240,100%, 50%);"></div>
<div style="background-color: rgb(255,0,0);"></div> <div style="background-color: rgb(0,255,0);"></div> <div style="background-color: rgb(0,0,255);"></div>
<div style="background-color: rgb(243,191,189);"></div> <div style="background-color: rgb(246,143,142);"></div> <div style="background-color: rgb(249,95,94);"></div> <div style="background-color: rgb(252,47,47);"></div> <div style="background-color: rgb(255,0,0);"></div>
<div style="background-color: hsla(0,100%,50%,0.2);"></div> <div style="background-color: hsla(0,100%,50%,0.4);"></div> <div style="background-color: hsla(0,100%,50%,0.6);"></div> <div style="background-color: hsla(0,100%,50%,0.8);"></div> <div style="background-color: hsla(0,100%,50%,1);"></div>
CSS 2: red green blue (rgb) CSS3: red green blue alpha (rgba)
CSS3: hue saturation light (hsl) CSS3: hue saturation light alpha (hsla)
CSS3: Shadows
box-shadow: 2px -2px 5px 0px rgba(63, 127, 255, 0.5);
text-shadow: 2px -2px 5px #9393fa;
CSS3: Rounded corners
border-radius: 25px;
CSS3: 2D Transforms
• rotate: in degrees or turns• translate: moves an element up, down,
left, or right• skew: changes alignment of one pair of
edges; creates a non-rectangular parallelogram
• scale: >0 and <1 for smaller; >1 for larger
rotate transform
-webkit-transform: rotateX(45deg) rotateY(45deg);-moz-transform: rotateX(45deg) rotateY(45deg);-o-transform: rotateX(45deg) rotateY(45deg);-ms-transform: rotateX(45deg) rotateY(45deg);transform: rotateX(45deg) rotateY(45deg);
translate transform
-webkit-transform: translateX(100px) translateY(-100px);-moz-transform: translateX(100px) translateY(-100px);-o-transform: translateX(100px) translateY(-100px);-ms-transform: translateX(100px) translateY(-100px);transform: translateX(100px) translateY(-100px);
skew transform-webkit-transform: skewX(-30deg);-moz-transform: skewX(-30deg);-o-transform: skewX(-30deg);-ms-transform: skewX(-30deg);transform: skewX(-30deg);
scale transform-webkit-transform: scale(0.5);-moz-transform: scale(0.5);-o-transform: scale(0.5);-ms-transform: scale(0.5);transform: scale(0.5);
CSS3: Animations
• transition property• applies to long list of properties, including position, color, font-family
audio &video elements
• Current versions of all major browsers support native audio and video playback
• HTML5 includes the audio and video elements for browsers that support them, but they do nothing in older browsers (we’re looking at you, IE6, 7, and 8!)
• track element enables embedding of captions
video example
<object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="media/bfly.swf" width="320" height="240"> <param name="movie" value="media/bfly.swf" /> <param name="wmode" value="opaque" /> <param name="loop" value="false" /> <param name="play" value="false" /> <img src="images/bfly.png" alt="a bush with purple flowers covered in dark butterflies" width="320" height="240" title="Unfortunately, your browser isn't able to play this video." /></object>
<video controls="controls" poster="images/bfly.png" width="320" height="240"> <source src="media/bfly.m4v" type='video/mp4; codecs="avc1.42E01E, mp4a.40.2"' /> <source src="media/bfly.webm" type='video/webm; codecs="vp8, vorbis"' /> <source src="media/bfly.ogv" type='video/ogg; codecs="theora, vorbis"' /> <track kind="subtitles" src="subtitles.vtt" /></video>
HTML 4.01/XHTML 1.1
HTML5
Robust video example
<video controls="controls" poster="images/bfly.png" width="320" height="240"> <source src="media/bfly.m4v" type='video/mp4; codecs="avc1.42E01E, mp4a.40.2"' /> <source src="media/bfly.webm" type='video/webm; codecs="vp8, vorbis"' /> <source src="media/bfly.ogv" type='video/ogg; codecs="theora, vorbis"' /> <track kind="subtitles" src="subtitles.vtt" /> <object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="media/bfly.swf" width="320" height="240"> <param name="movie" value="media/bfly.swf" /> <param name="wmode" value="opaque" /> <param name="loop" value="false" /> <param name="play" value="false" /> <img src="images/bfly.png" alt="a bush with purple flowers covered in dark butterflies" width="320" height="240" title="Unfortunately, your browser isn't able to play this video." /> </object></video>
HTML5 with nested fallback code
audio &video in browsers
native video controls
native audio controls
The canvas Element
• creates a space to draw graphics using JavaScript
example from https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/HTML/Canvas/Tutorial/Basic_usage?redirectlocale=en-US&redirectslug=Canvas_tutorial%2FBasic_usage
App Cache
• Lets developers cache web apps on the client side for offline use
Geolocation
• Provides access to user’s location data
• Canonical example: Google Maps
• With a Google Maps API key, a business could include a “Directions” link on its website that provides directions from the user’s location
Web sockets
• Baked-in replacement for AJAX• creates a persistent connection• low latency• near-realtime
Web Workers
• enables running scripts in the background• do computation-intensive work without
affecting interface scripts• uses the Worker() constructor
3. How compatible is HTML5?
• You can use it now!• New features in HTML5 were designed not
to fail in older browsers.• New elements like video and new input
types like email won’t break older browsers
• BUT you have to ensure any critical functionality doesn’t rely on HTML5/CSS3
Browser usage
• statcounter.com• clicky.com• w3counter.com
Research browser statistics for target audience to determine which browsers you need to support
Browser statistics
• Jan 2013: est. 11-14% of page views worldwide on IE7 or IE8
Graceful Degradation
• Test on older browsers you need to support
• Notice which parts of your code aren’t rendered the same (or at all) in an older browser
• Ensure everything you need convey is still conveyed in older browsers
Helpful Script Libraries
• Script libraries like modernizr can detect whether a browser supports a given feature, and let you specify different styling in older browsers.
4. What’s the future of HTML?
image all over the Internet; attribution not readily apparent
The W3C and WHATWG
• Both groups worked together to shape HTML5.
• WHATWG has moved to a continuous, rather than iterative, process. Their product is now known simply as HTML.
• W3C seems to be sticking with major version numbers, planning “HTML.next”.
• Upshot? Unclear, but not a showshopper.
HTML5 vs XHTML
• Some organizations still use XHTML, and it remains an active specification.
• HTML5 can be written to conform to XHTML specifications, or written more simply.
The future is mobile
• Desktop browsers will be with us for a while, but mobile web consumption is exploding.
• Both HTML5 and CSS3 will likely continue to evolve to let developers and users take advantage of new possibilities presented by mobile, handheld, and touch-enabled devices.
HTML5 & CSS3 resources
• caniuse.com browser support guide
• quirksmode.org browser support guide
• diveintohtml5.info free entry-level HTML5 book
• developers.whatwg.org HTML5 specs in an accessible format
• css3.info approachable guides to CSS3 properties and usage
HTML5 and CSS3 Illustrated Introductory
HTML5 and CSS3 Illustrated Complete