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HTML5
An Introduction
George Kanellopoulos
Architect Evangelist
@gkanel, http://blogs.msdn.com/gkanel
gekanell@microsoft.com

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What is HTML5?

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What is HTML5?
A draft specification from the W3C
over 1100 pages
Adds new elements
(canvas, video, audio, inline SVG…)
Changes and removes some older
elements and attributes (center, font…)
Is NOT done yet!
Keeps evolving.
Is NOT (only) a Marketing Message

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The Map of HTML5

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Specification Status
2014
HTML5
Today
First Public Candidate Proposed
Working Recommen-
Working Recommen- Recommen-
Draft dation
Draft dation dation
Last call Call to
(feature implement
complete)
http://www.w3.org/2011/02/htmlwg-pr.html

6.
The Map of HTML5
Candidate
First Public Recommen-
Working Draft Last Call Recommen-
Working Draft dation
dation

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Dive into HTML5

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HTML5 Markup <div id=mainContent>
New Markup Elements
Article, Section, Nav
Aside, Hgroup, Header,
Footer
Figure, Figcaption
Address
<article>
<Canvas>
<Audio> …article text…
<Video>

9.
demo
HTML5 Markup Elements

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HTML5 <video>
Video can be composited with anything else on the page
HTML content, images, SVG graphics
IE9: Hardware accelerated, GPU-based decoding
Attributes
src – specifies the location to pull the source file
autoplay – if present starts playing as soon as it’s ready
controls – if present displays controls
preload – if present loads source at page load
loop – if present loops back to the beginning of the video
height & width – specifies the height & width of the player
<video src="video.mp4" id="videoTag" width="640px" height="360px">
<!-- Only shown when browser doesn’t support video -->
<!-- You Could Embed Flash or Silverlight Video Here -->
</video>

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HTML5 <video> Format Support
Ogg Theora H.264 VP8 (WebM)
Using VP8 Codec
No 9.0
installed by Chrome
3.5 No 4.0
Windows Media Player
3.0 HTML5 Extension for 6.0
Chrome on Win7]
Google announced a
No 3.1
WebM plugin for Safari
10.50 No 10.60
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTML5_video

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Converting Videos
Expression Media VLC Media Player
Encoder 4 Pro (free download)
Transcoding Project Media  Convert/Save
Output Format: MP4 Video: H.264 + AAC (MP4)”
“Video: VP8 + Vorbis (Webm)”

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demo
<video>
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RfMSxf6P_AM

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HTML5 <audio>
Industry-standard MP3 and AAC audio
Fully scriptable via the DOM
Attributes
src – specifies the location to pull the source file
autoplay – if present starts playing as soon as it’s ready
controls – if present displays controls
preload – if present loads source at page load
<audio src="audio.mp3" id="audioTag" autoplay controls>
<!-- Only shown when browser doesn’t support audio -->
<!-- You could embed Flash or Silverlight audio here -->
</audio>

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HTML5 <canvas>
A block element that allows
developers to draw 2d graphics
using JavaScript.
Methods for drawing include: paths, boxes, circles, text and
rasterized images
<canvas id="myCanvas" width="200" height="200">
Your browser doesn’t support the HTML5 canvas, sorry.
</canvas>
<script type="text/javascript">
var example = document.getElementById("myCanvas");
var context = example.getContext("2d");
context.fillStyle = "rgb(255,0,0)";
context.fillRect(30, 30, 50, 50);
</script>

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demo
<canvas>
http://www.thekillersmusic.com/HTML5

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HTML5 Tools & Frameworks
Modernizr Feature Detection JavaScript library
HTML5 or CSS3 features.
Feature missing: Modernizr creates Fallback.
jQuery JavaScript library for DOM Manipulation
Event Handling, Animation, Document Traversing.
Supported in Visual Studio.
Easel.js JavaScript Library for building Canvas-Based Apps.
Example: Pirates Love Daisies.
includes concepts such as sprites, graphics, sparkles and game
semantics.
Ai2Canvas Export Adobe Illustrator Vector and Bitmap
Artwork directly to HTML5 Canvas.
Provides Drawing, Animation and Coding Options such as Events

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SVG
Basic Shapes
Paths
Text
Transforms
Painting, Filling, Color
Scripting
Styling
Gradients, Patterns

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Scalable Vector Graphics
Create and draw 2D vector graphics using XML
Vector images are composed of shapes instead of pixels
Based on the SVG 1.1 2nd Edition Full specification
Support for
Full DOM access to SVG elements
Document structure, scripting, styling, paths,
shapes, colors, transforms, gradients, patterns,
masking, clipping, markers, linking and views
<svg width="400" height="200" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg">
<rect fill="red" x="20" y="20" width="100" height="75" />
<rect fill="blue" x="50" y="50" width="100" height="75" />
</svg>
2

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demo
<SVG>
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_states_of_america

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CSS
Complete CSS 2.1 support
Selectors
Border Radius
Backgrounds
Color & Opacity
WOFF Fonts
Box Shadow
2D Transforms

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CSS3 Colors & Opacity
CSS3 Color
Alpha color with rgba() and hsla() color functions
Transparency control with the opacity property
CSS3 Backgrounds and Borders
Round corners with the border-radius property
Multiple background images per element
box-shadow property on block elements
div.top {
background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5);
}
div.bottom {
background-color: hlsa(0, 0%, 0%, 0.5);
}

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CSS3 Media Queries
Selectively style page based on properties of the
media
<link href="DoNotDisplay.css" rel="stylesheet"
media="screen and (max-width:1199px)" type="text/css" />
<link href="DoNotDisplay.css" rel="stylesheet"
media="screen and (min-width:1301px)" type="text/css" />
<link href="Presentation.css" rel="stylesheet"
media="screen and (min-width:1200px) and (max-width:
1300px)" type="text/css" />

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New: @font-face & WOFF Fonts
No longer limited to the “web safe” font list!
Web Open Font Format allows you to package and
deliver fonts as needed, per site
Designed for web use with the @font-face declaration
A simple repackaging of OpenType or TrueType font data
From the W3C Fonts Working Group
<style type="text/css">
@font-face {
font-family:MyFontName;
src: url('FontFile.woff');
}
</style>
<div style="font: 24pt MyFontName, sans-serif;">
This will render using the font in FontFile.woff
</div>

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demo
<CSS>
http://www.nevermindthebullets.com/

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DOM/ECMA Script 262
addEventListener
GetElementByClassName
New Array Methods
indexOf, lastIndexOf, forEach,
every
Enhanced Object Model
defineProperty,create,
getPrototypeOf
Computational Methods
string.Trim, toISOString,
data.parse, date.now, bind

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demo
<ECMA Script 262>
http://www.visitnmc.com/

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one more thing...

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geolocation

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Geolocation
Helping you answer the
question, “Where am I?”
Allows websites to
discover your
geographical location
“Find nearest coffee
shops and display on
Bing Maps.”
User consent is required
Geolocation supported
in IE9!

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Geolocation
Example
function getLocation() {
if (navigator.getlocation != undefined) {
navigator.getlocation.getCurrentPosition(callBack);
}
}
function callBack(position) {
var accuracy = position.coords[accuracy];
var latitude = position.coords.latitude;
var longitude = position.coords.longitude;
}

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demo
Geolocation
http://ie.microsoft.com/testdrive/HTML5/Geolocation/Default.html
http://merged.ca/iphone/html5-geolocation

33.
demo
More Demos

34.
Conclusion

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Mobile: HTML5 or App?
HTML5 a Solution to Homogenize Mobile Space?
Users mostly still decide Pro App
Added Interactivity
Faster Start-Up
More Network Independent
Interation
Data
Intense
Intense

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HTML5 or Plug-In based RIA?
Plug-In based
Today, Browsers should not Today, Line-of-Business
require a Plug-In to play Applications with lots of
Multimedia Content. Logic are very hard to write
in JavaScript.

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Resources
W3C Microsoft
HTML5 Working Group IE Blog
HTML5 T Suite
est IE T Drive
est
Conformance Results IE T Center
est
HTML5 Gallery

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What about the other Specs?
http://html5labs.interoperabilitybridges.com
IndexedDB:
W3C draft Web specification for the
storage of large amounts of
structured data in the browser, using
indexes that allow for high
performance searches on this data.
WebSockets:
Technology designed to simplify
much of the complexity around bi-
directional, full-duplex
communications channels, over a
single Transmission ControlProtocol
(TCP) socket.
Implemented in web browsers, web
servers as well as used by any client
or server application.

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