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Decoding HTML5

Posted: 23 Jun 2012 09:27 AM PDT

Decoding HTML5

Book Description

Jeffrey Way delivers a simple guide to understanding for the every day designer or developer.

This book focuses less on the politics of (though it does touch on this), and more on the ways to immediately integrate – and its friends – into your projects.

If you're in need of a book that will get you up and running with many of the new tags, form elements, and JavaScript APIs as quickly as possible, then this is the book for you.

Jeffrey Way is one of the most popular teachers on the net. He is the editor of Nettuts+, author of two top-selling books, and is the Head of Courses at Tuts+ Premium.

Join Jeffrey as he jumps in and starts Decoding 5.

What the book covers:
The History of 5
Learn how HTML5 came to be…HTML5! You'll learn about the politics and history, as well as the difference between all of those confusing acronyms, like W3C, WHAT WG, and HTML WG.

The State of HTML5
You've likely heard various reports that HTML5 won't be "ready" until 2022. This couldn't be further from the truth. In fact, HTML5 is ready to use…right now!

Semantic Markup
Before we can learn about the semantic new tags that are available, we must first learn what to remove, and ensure that Explorer 8 and below still get to play with the cool kids. Once we've stripped all unnecessary content and attributes, we can shift our focus to the new elements.

Easy Queries with the Selectors API
The Selectors API introduces two new ways to query the . Now we can use the CSS selectors that we're already familiar with to dive into the . JavaScript library users will feel right at home!

Custom Data Attributes
In the past, we often resorted to random element attributes for the purposes of containing, or storing data. It wouldn't be uncommon to "communicate" with a script, via a class attribute. A smarter solution is to take advantage of HTML5 custom attributes.

Fun Fun Forms
Perhaps a bit ironically titled, this chapter will focus on all of the new HTML5 elements and attributes that are available to us. I know, I know; forms are boring. Luckily, HTML5 makes them — not fun — but less boring! If you've ever found yourself setting default placeholder text, performing client-side validation, or using date picker plugins, you've no doubt had first-hand experience with the limitations of the . Though it's taking a bit longer than we might hope, browsers are beginning to come around, with Opera and leading the pack.

The Essentials of Feature Detection
While ultimately I will recommend that you use a tool called Modernizr to perform feature tests, it's certainly important to understand how it's done manually. Abstractions are fantastic — just as long as you have a modest idea what's going on behind the scenes. This chapter details the essentials of manually performing feature detection.

Automated Detection With Modernizr
Performing feature detection manually isn't always a walk in the park. Once you factor in all browsers, both desktop and mobile based, you end up with a host of false positives and bugs. Modernizr's entire reason for existing is to take care of this tedious work for you! This chapter outlines the essentials of working with the library.

Finally… Native Media
Native media is easily one of the most flashy and press-worthy new additions to HTML. We now have the ability to provide native and video playback in the . No longer must we rely on buggy, -crashing third party tools, like Flash. Right? Well, sort of, but I'm getting ahead of myself.

Track That Sucka with Geolocation
Sometimes, when we read the acronym, "API," we immediately assume a certain level of complexity. But luckily, HTML5 geolocation is incredibly simple. Don't believe me? It only takes a few lines of code to get started. Ironically, the bulk of your time will be spent focusing less on geolocation and more on third party tools such as the Maps API.

The Basics of Working with
is an incredibly powerful new drawing tool in HTML5 that will very likely revolutionize the landscape of web applications in the future. While a true review of the API requires an entire book, this chapter will detail the essentials.

Don't Irritate Visitors – Use Web Storage
You'll be happy to hear that local storage is incredibly easy to understand. It allows us to store key-value pairs for future use. Unlikes sessions or cookies, local storage is considered by the browser to be long term. It's as plain and simple as that. By implementing this natively in the browser, we now have access to an easy-to-use, standardized API. I'll show you exactly work with it in this chapter.

The History API
One of the earliest criticisms of was that it made it difficult to save state. For example, if we asynchronously pull in some set of data when a link is clicked, the user will not have the ability to link specifically to that state of the page. This has long since been fixed by clever developers, however, now, with the updated HTML5 History API, we can rely on a native solution to remedy this issue — at least within the browsers which support it.

The File & Drag and Drop APIs
Before HTML5, we had no standardized way to work with a user's local file system. Thankfully, that's no longer the case. We now have the ability to read, validate, and modify a file's contents—just as long as the user takes an active role in the process. This chapter will outline the process of working with both the File and the Drag and Drop APIs.

Web Workers are Ants
What I mean by this is that you can think of web workers in the same way that you think of ants. Still confused? That's okay; it'll all make sense by the end of this chapter.

Tools, Folks, and Blogs
More important than every HTML5 book ever written is the people and tools that push it forward. Consider this to be the obligatory round-up chapter.

Book Details

  • Paperback: 343 pages
  • Publisher: Rockable Press (2012)
  • Language: English
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Getting to Know SEO

Posted: 23 Jun 2012 09:24 AM PDT

Getting to Know SEO

Book Description

Content analyst and expert Andre Kibbe explains how Engine can drive steady traffic to your site.

As you progress through the book, you’ll learn about structuring a website for , the importance of keywords, and strategy, link building, and understanding backlinks.By the time you reach the final page, you’ll be equipped to use personally and professionally to give your websites an edge against the competition.

What the book covers:
Content + Links = SEO
The particulars of SEO might change from moment to moment, but the two pillars of SEO—content and links—remain unchanged. We’ll discuss how the content on your pages need to closely match what is being typed into a engine, meaning that it needs to have “relevancy”. More importantly, it needs to have links from other websites to be recognized as an authority source, which give the content “authority”. Authority depends on the number of links received and the text used in those links.

The Importance of Keywords
The biggest flaw in the “just write good content” argument from an SEO perspective is writers’ frequent misunderstanding of how search engines recognize content, which often requires more literal wording to be indexed under a particular search term. You’ll learn how a few simple changes in the wording of your page copy to focus on keywords (the phrases people type into search engines) can have dramatic effects on rankings.

Keyword Explained
Once the effects of keywords choices are understood, you need a strategy for picking out better keywords. We’ll take a look at the Keyword Tool, used to generate and compare hundreds of keyword ideas by showing you their search frequency and cost-per-click (CPC).

On-Page
By learning a handful of simple concepts, you’ll understand optimize your pages for search engines. On-page SEO involves placement of keywords in certain elements: the title tag, the meta description tag, the anchor text used in links, the alt-text used in photos, and so on.

Understanding Backlinks
Due to ’s revolutionary PageRank algorithm, links unquestionably play the most important role in a web page’s position in search engines. You’ll learn the main factors that determine the quantity and quality of the links you can attract naturally, and the ones that can be built… less naturally.

Getting Links
Link building is the hardest part of SEO. We’ll take a look at some of the safest and most reliable techniques for getting links.

Understanding Competition
Some market niches are more competitive than others, and within a particular niche, some keywords are more competitive than others. Evaluating the competitiveness of the keywords you’re planning to target is critical. Competitive will show you find keywords that you can rank for in a couple of weeks, rather than several months. You’ll find other keywords that, however seductive, are simply too competitive to spend time targeting.

Sharpening the Saw
As mentioned, SEO is a rapidly changing field due to ’s frequent algorithm updates. We’ll take a look at a handful of highly respected websites that provide great information on current best practices.

Book Details

  • Paperback: 99 pages
  • Publisher: Rockable Press (2012)
  • Language: English
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Web Design Confidential

Posted: 23 Jun 2012 09:21 AM PDT

Web Design Confidential

Book Description

Get insight into the industry through survey results from a study of over 5,400 participants and interviews with seasoned designers.

If you’re looking for the latest design practices, words of wisdom from design veterans, or just a better understanding of your profession, then this is the book for you.

What’s Inside
In Confidential, we take a look at what over 5,000 global web designers had to say in the 2011 Survey hosted by WebDesignTuts+. We look at who we are, how we work, what we know, and our opinions on what exactly makes a top-notch web designer. Some of the results might surprise you.

For instance, did you know…

  • Finding ways to relate to your work is the number one influence to being successful?
  • Only 9% of designers charge a flat hourly rate?
  • Over three quarters of clients request a content system?
  • More than a third of designers have no opinion on spec work?

We also get the experts to weigh in. You’ll hear from Vitaly Friedman of Magazine, Sarah Parmenter of You Know Who Design, Veerle of Duoh!, top-selling ThemeForest template designers like Kreisi and Cudazi, and others. They’ve kindly shared advice that comes from years of experience and cuts to the chase about improve your design career.

During the process of digging through thousands of survey responses and chatting with the top names in our field, I’ve learned a lot about our industry. I think you will too.

Join me and get the confidential scoop from the web design industry.

Book Details

  • Paperback: 105 pages
  • Publisher: Rockable Press (April 2012)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0987102664
  • ISBN-13: 978-0987102669
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