Training Guide: Programming in HTML5 with JavaScript and CSS3 Ebook

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Introduction


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his training guide is designed for information technology (IT) professionals who develop
or plan to develop HTML documents such as webpages or Windows Store applications. It
is assumed that, before you begin using this guide, you are familiar with web development
and common Internet technologies.
This book covers some of the topics and skills that are the subject of the Microsoft cer-
tification exam 70-480. If you are using this book to complement your study materials, you
might find this information useful. Note that this book is designed to help you in the job role;
it might not cover all exam topics. If you are preparing for the exam, you should use addi-
tional study materials to help bolster your real-world experience. For your reference, a map-
ping of the topics in this book to the exam objectives is included in the back of the book.
By using this training guide, you will learn how to do the following.
■■Create a project using Visual Studio Express 2012 for Web.
■■Create a project using Blend for Visual Studio 2012.
■■Create a project using Visual Studio Express 2012 for Windows 8.
■■Create an HTML document using semantic markup.
■■Implement JavaScript functionality with your HTML documents.
■■Use test-driven development techniques for writing JavaScript code.
■■Create Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) that visually format your HTML document.
■■Create HTML tables.
■■Create JavaScript objects.
■■Use jQuery to simplify JavaScript programming.
■■Create HTML forms with validation.
■■Create a Node.js website and web service.
■■Call web services from JavaScript.
■■Perform asynchronous JavaScript operations.
■■Perform WebSocket communications.
■■Play audio and video on a webpage.
■■Draw with an HTML5 canvas.
■■Use SVG image files.
■■Perform drag and drop operations.
■■Make your HTML location aware.
■■Persist data on the browser client.
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