Objectives

After this course, you’ll be able to use HTML5, CSS3 and JavaScript to:

• Implement programming logic
• Define and use variables
• Perform looping and branching
• Develop user interfaces
• Capture and validate user input
• Store data
• Create well-structured applications

Outline

Module 1: Overview of HTML and CSS

On this module, you’ll get an overview of HTML and CSS, and you’ll learn how to use Visual Studio 2012 to build a Web application.

Lessons

• HTML Overview
• CSS Overview
• How to create Web Applications using Visual Studio 2012
• How to explore the Contoso Conference Application
• Contoso Conference Application walk-through
• How to examine and modify the Contoso Conference Application

After completing this module, you’ll be able to:

• Describe basic HTML elements and attributes.
• Explain the structure of CSS.
• Describe the tools available in Visual Studio 2012 for building Web applications.

Module 2: Creating and Styling HTML5 Pages 

This module describes the new features of HTML5, and you’ll learn how to create and style HTML5 pages.

Lessons

• How to create HTML5 Pages
• How to style HTML5 Pages
• Create and Style HTML5 Pages
• Create HTML5 Pages
• Style HTML5 Pages

After completing this module, you’ll be able to:

• Create static pages using the new features available in HTML5.
• Use CSS3 to apply basic styling to the elements in an HTML5 page.

Module 3: Introduction to JavaScript 

This module provides an introduction to the JavaScript language and shows how to use JavaScript to add interactivity to HTML5 pages.

Lessons

• JavaScript Syntax Overview
• Program HTML DOM with JavaScript
• jQuery Introduction
• Display Data and Handling Events using JavaScript
• Display Data Programmatically
• Handling Events

After completing this module, you’ll be able to:

• Explain the syntax of JavaScript and describe how to use JavaScript with HTML5.
• Write JavaScript code that manipulates the HTML DOM and handles events.
• Describe how to use jQuery to simplify code that uses many common JavaScript APIs.

Module 4: Creating Forms to Collect Data and Validate User Input 

This module describes the new input types available with HTML5 and shows you how to create forms to collect and validate user input by using the new HTML5 attributes and JavaScript code.

Lessons

• Forms and Input Types Overview
• Validate User Input by Using HTML5 Attributes
• Validate User Input by Using JavaScript
• Create a Form and Validate User Input
• How to create Forms and Validate User Inputs using HTML5 Attributes
• Validating user input using JavaScript

After completing this module, you’ll be able to:

• Create forms that use the new HTML5 input types.
• Validate user input and provide feedback by using the new HTML5 attributes.
• Write JavaScript code to validate user input and provide feedback in cases where it is not suitable to use HTML5 attributes

Module 5: Communicating with a Remote Data Source 

On this module, you’ll learn how to send and receive data to and from a remote data source using an XMLHTTPRequest object and by performing jQuery AJAX operations.

Lessons

• Send and Receive Data using XMLHTTPRequest
• Send and Receive Data Using jQuery AJAX operations
• Communicate with a Remote Data Source
• Retrieve Data
• Serialize and Transmit Data
• Refactor Code using jQuery ajax method

After completing this module, you’ll be able to:

• Serialize, deserialize, send, and receive data by using XMLHTTPRequest objects.
• Simplify code that serializes, deserializes, sends, and receives data by using the jQuery ajax method

Module 6: Styling HTML5 by Using CSS3 

On this module, you’ll learn how to style HTML5 pages and elements by using the new features available in CSS3.

Lessons

• Style Text
• Style Block Elements
• CSS3 Selectors
• Enhance Graphical Effects by Using CSS3
• Style Text and Block Elements using CSS3
• Style the Navigation Bar
• Style the Page Header
• Style the About Page

After completing this module, you’ll be able to:

• Style text elements on an HTML5 page by using CSS3.
• Apply styling to block elements by using CSS3.
• Use CSS3 selectors to specify the elements to be styled in a Web application.
• Implement graphical effects and transformations by using the new CSS3 properties.

Module 7: Creating Objects and Methods by Using JavaScript 

On this module, you’ll learn how to write well-structured and easily-maintainable JavaScript code, and how to apply object-oriented principles to JavaScript code in a Web application.

Lessons

• Write Well-Structured JavaScript
• Create Custom Objects
• Extend Objects
• Refine Code for Maintainability and Extensibility
• Inherit From Objects
• Refactor Code to Use Objects

After completing this module, you’ll be able to:

• Describe the benefits of structuring JavaScript code carefully to aid maintainability and extensibility.
• Explain best practices for creating custom objects in JavaScript.
• Describe how to extend custom and native objects to add functionality.

Module 8: Creating Interactive Pages using HTML5 APIs 

This module describes how to use some common HTML5 APIs to add interactive features to a Web application. This module also explains how to debug and profile a Web application.

Lessons

• Interact with Files
• Incorporate Multimedia
• React to Browser Location and Context
• Debug and Profile a Web Application
• Create Interactive Pages by Using HTML5 APIs
• Incorporate Video
• Incorporate Images
• Use the Geolocation API

After completing this module, you’ll be able to:

• Use the Drag and Drop, and the File APIs to interact with files in a Web application.
• Incorporate audio and video into a Web application.
• Detect the location of the user running a Web application by using the Geolocation API.
• Explain how to debug and profile a Web application by using the Web Timing API and the Internet Explorer Developer Tools.

Module 9: Adding Offline Support to Web Applications 

On this module you’ll learn how to add offline support to a Web application, to enable the application to continue functioning in a user’s browser even if the browser is disconnected from the network.

Lessons

• Read and Writing Data Locally
• Add Offline Support Using the Application Cache
• Add Offline Support to a Web Application
• Implement the Application Cache
• Implement Local Storage

After completing this module, you’ll be able to:

• Save and retrieve data locally on the user’s computer by using the Local Storage API.
• Provide offline support for a Web application by using the Application Cache API.

Module 10: Implementing an Adaptive User Interface 

On this module, you’ll learn how to create HTML5 pages that can dynamically detect and adapt to different devices and form factors.

Lessons

• Support Multiple Form Factors
• Create an Adaptive User Interface
• Implement an Adaptive User Interface
• Create a Print-Friendly Stylesheet
• Adapt Page Layout To Fit a Different Form Factor

After complete this module, you’ll be able to:

• Describe the need to detect device capabilities and react to different form factors in a Web application.
• Create a Web page that can dynamically adapt its layout to match different form factors.

Module 11: Creating Advanced Graphics 

This module describes how to create advanced graphics for an HTML5 Web application by using a Canvas element, and by using Scalable Vector Graphics.

Lessons

• Create Interactive Graphics using Scalable Vector Graphics
• Programmatically Drawing Graphics using a Canvas
• Create Advanced Graphics
• Create an Interactive Venue Map using Scalable Vector Graphics
• Create a Speaker Badge using a Canvas Element

After completing this module, you’ll be able to:

• Use Scalable Vector Graphics to add interactive graphics to an application.
• Draw complex graphics on an HTML5 Canvas element by using JavaScript code.

Module 12: Animating the User Interface 

This module describes how to enhance the user experience in an HTML5 Web application by adding animations.

Lessons

• Apply CSS Transitions
• Transform Elements
• Apply CSS Keyframe Animations
• Animate User Interface Elements
• Apply Transitions to User Interface Elements
• Apply Key-Frame Animations

After completing this module, you’ll be able to:

• Apply CSS transitions to elements on an HTML5 page, and write JavaScript code to detect when a transition has occurred.
• Describe the different types of 2D and 3D transitions available with CSS3
• Implement complex animations by using CSS key-frames and JavaScript code.

Module 13: Implementing Real-Time Communications by Using Web Sockets 

On this module, you’ll learn how to use Web Sockets to transmit and receive data between an HTML5 Web application and a server.

Lessons

• Introduction to Web Sockets
• Send and Receive Data using Web Sockets
• Implement Real-Time Communications by Using Web Sockets
• Receive Data from Web Socket
• Send Data to a Web Socket
• Send Multiple Types of Messages To or From a Web Socket

After completing this module, you’ll be able to:

• Explain how Web Sockets work and describe how to send and receive data through a Web Socket.
• Use the Web Socket API with JavaScript to connect to a Web Socket server, send and receive data, and handle the different events that can occur when a message is sent or received.

Module 14: Creating a Web Worker Process 

On this module, you’ll learn how to use Web Worker Processes to perform long-running operations asynchronously and improve the responsiveness of an HTML5 Web application.

Lessons

• Introduction to Web Workers
• Perform Asynchronous Processing using a Web Worker
• Create a Web Worker Process
• Improve Responsiveness using a Web Worker

After completing this module, you’ll be able to:

• Describe the purpose of a Web Worker process, and how it can be used to perform asynchronous processing as well as provide isolation for sensitive operations.
• Use the Web Worker APIs from JavaScript code to create, run, and monitor a Web Worker process.

Prerequisites

Before attending this course, you must have at least three months of professional development experience with practical and conceptual knowledge of HTML5 programming. Including the following:

• Knowledge of basic HTML document structure:
  • HTML tags to display text content
  • HTML tags to display graphics
  • HTML APIs
• Understand how to style common HTML elements using CSS, including:
  • Separating presentation from content
  • Managing content flow
  • Managing positioning of individual elements
  • Managing content overflow
  • Basic CSS styling
• Understand how to write JavaScript code to add functionality to a web page:
  • How to create and use variables
• How to use:
  • Arithmetic operators to perform arithmetic calculations involving one or more variables
  • Relational operators to test the relationship between two variables or expressions
  • Logical operators to combine expressions that contain relational operators
  • How to control the program flow by using if … else statements.
  • How to implement iterations by using loops.
  • How to write simple functions.