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Building Web Apps with HTML5: Beyond the Buzzword

Mike Subelsky (OtherInbox)
9:00am–12:30pm Monday, 05/16/2011
Tutorial
 Location: Ballroom III
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HTML5 is the new hotness, but this tutorial aims to get past the hype. I will lead the class in a series of exercises that build understanding of new browser capabilities. We’ll make a simple multiplayer game that uses sprite animation on the canvas and websockets for communication among clients via an EventMachine-powered Ruby server.

The example will make extensive use of:

  1. WebSockets (including a demo of EM-WebSocket)
  2. The Canvas tag (and how to easily use it for animation effects)
  3. Web Workers
  4. Extended data attributes
  5. Enhanced form semantics
  6. Embedded audio and video, including the JavaScript API and HTTP live streaming to iOS devices
  7. Local and Session Storage
  8. Feature detection and fallbacks for older browsers
  9. Geolocation
  10. Cache manifests (offline mode)

Note: The only pre-requisite is to have the latest version of Chrome, Safari, or Firefox installed on your machine.

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Mike Subelsky

OtherInbox

I’m the co-founder of OtherInbox.com, a Rails startup founded in 2007 and based in Austin, TX. I have used HTML5 techniques to build the OtherInbox mobile site, our SproutCore interface, and other mobile apps for iOS devices.

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Wesley Gamble
05/17/2011 10:39am EDT

Nice content. Good mix of issues.

Bashar Abdullah
04/30/2011 12:30am EDT

Great. Thanks

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Mike Subelsky
04/29/2011 7:22am EDT

Hi Bashar,

the only prerequisite is that you have the latest version of a modern browser installed (preferably Chrome but it will also work with Safari and Firefox)

All you need are basic HTML skills. I’ll be providing a detailed walkthrough, step-by-step.

Bashar Abdullah
04/29/2011 6:56am EDT

Is there specific perquisite or expected knowledge level for this tutorial?