Web designers and developers who want to use the latest cutting-edge technology available in current browsers Developers who want to create dynamic, HTML5 web applications Developers who want to know which HTML5 features are supported in current browsers
Table of Contents Overview of HTML5 Using the HTML5 Canvas API Working with HTML5 Audio and Video Using the HTML5 Geolocation API Using the Communication APIs Using the HTML5 Web Socket API Using the HTML5 Forms API Using the HTML5 Web Workers API Using the HTML5 Web Storage API Creating HTML5 Offline Web Applications The Future of HTML5Peter Lubbers is the director of documentation and training at Kaazing Corporation and the co-founder of the San Francisco HTML5 User Group. Peter also teaches HTML5 training courses all over the world. Prior to joining Kaazing, Peter worked as an information architect at Oracle, where he wrote many books, including the award-winning Oracle Application Server Portal Configuration Guide. At Oracle, Peter also developed documentation automation solutions, and two of his inventions are patented. A native of the Netherlands, Peter served as a Special Forces commando in the Royal Dutch Green Berets. Peter lives on the edge of the Tahoe National Forest and in his spare time, he loves to run ultra marathons in the Sierra Nevada foothills and around Lake Tahoe (preferably in one go!).
Brian Albers is the vice president of development at Kaazing Corporation. Brian has more than 13 years of experience in the field of user interface technologies. Prior to joining Kaazing, Brian worked as senior development manager at Oracle, where he led the planning and design of the next generation of Oracle's user interface technology—an effort publicly known as ADF Faces. During his 10-year tenure at Oracle, Brian worked primarily on mixing cutting-edge technology with large enterprise demands (internationalization, accessibility, scalability). He proposed the open source donation of ADF Faces, which ultimately became the Apache MyFaces Trinidad project. Brian also led a cross-team effort to develop a DHTML-rich client and a mobile client presentation layer for Oracle's Project Fusion. Brian holds two bachelor's degrees from the University of Texas at Austin: one in computer science and another in Plan II Honors.
Frank Salim is one of the original engineers at Kaazing who helped craft the WebSocket gateway and client strategy. Frank is a San Diego native currently residing in Mountain View, California. He holds a degree in computer science from Pomona College. When he is not programming, Frank enjoys reading, painting, and inline skating. In 2010, Frank co-authored "Pro HTML5 Programming" (Apress).