Overview
This 5-day course provides an introduction to HTML5, CSS3, and JavaScript. This course helps participants gain basic HTML5/CSS3/JavaScript programming skills. This course is an entry point into both the Web application and Windows Store apps training paths. The course focuses on using HTML5/CSS3/JavaScript to implement programming logic, define and use variables, perform looping and branching, develop user interfaces, capture and validate user input, store data, and create well-structured application.
The lab scenarios in this course are selected to support and demonstrate the structure of various application scenarios. They are intended to focus on the principles and coding components/structures that are used to establish an HTML5 software application.
This course uses Visual Studio 2012, running on Windows 8.
Prerequisites
Participants who wish to take up this course should have at least three months of professional development experience and should meet the following prerequisites:
Understand the basic HTML document structure:
- How to use HTML tags to display text content
- How to use HTML tags to display graphics
- How to use HTML APIs
Understand how to style common HTML elements using CSS, including:
- How to separate presentation from content
- How to manage content flow
- How to control the position of individual elements
- How to implement 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
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Course Outline
- Overview of HTML
- Overview of CSS
- Creating a Web Application by using Visual Studio 2012
Lab: Exploring the Contoso Conference Application
- Creating an HTML5 Page
- Styling an HTML5 Page
Lab: Creating and Styling HTML5 Pages
- Overview of JavaScript Syntax
- Programming the HTML DOM with JavaScript
- Introduction to jQuery
Lab: Displaying Data and Handling Events by Using JavaScript
- Overview of Forms and Input Types
- Validating User Input by Using HTML5 Attributes
- Validating User Input by Using JavaScript
Lab: Creating a Form and Validating User Input
- Sending and Receiving Data by Using XMLHTTPRequest
- Sending and Receiving Data by Using jQuery AJAX operations
Lab: Communicating with a Remote Data Source
- Styling Text
- Styling Block Elements
- CSS3 Selectors
- Enhancing Graphical Effects by Using CSS3
Lab: Styling Text and Block Elements using CSS3
- Writing Well-Structured JavaScript
- Creating Custom Objects
- Extending Objects
Lab: Refining Code for Maintainability and Extensibility
- Interacting with Files
- Incorporating Multimedia
- Reacting to Browser Location and Context
- Debugging and Profiling a Web Application
Lab: Creating Interactive Pages by Using HTML5 APIs
- Reading and Writing Data Locally
- Adding Offline Support by Using the Application Cache
Lab: Adding Offline Support to a Web Application
- Supporting Multiple Form Factors
- Creating an Adaptive User Interface
Lab: Implementing an Adaptive User Interface
- Creating Interactive Graphics by
- Using Scalable Vector Graphics
- Programmatically Drawing
- Graphics by Using a Canvas
Lab: Creating Advanced Graphics
- Applying CSS Transitions
- Transforming Elements
- Applying CSS Key-frame Animations
Lab: Animating User Interface Elements
- Introduction to Web Sockets
- Sending and Receiving Data by Using Web Sockets
Lab: Implementing Real-Time Communications by Using Web Sockets
- Introduction to Web Workers
- Performing Asynchronous
- Processing by Using a Web Worker
Lab: Creating a Web Worker Process
