The Essential Guide to HTML5

CONTENTS

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Contents

Contents at a Glance................................................................................................ iv

Contents..................................................................................................................... v

About the Author ...................................................................................................... x

About the Technical Reviewer ............................................................................... xi

Acknowledgments ................................................................................................... xii

Introduction ............................................................................................................ xiii

Chapter 1: The Basics ............................................................................................... 1

Introduction .....................................................................................................................................................

Critical requirements.......................................................................................................................................

HTML5, CSS, and JavaScript features ..........................................................................................................

Basic HTML structure and tags ..................................................................................................................

JavaScript programming ...........................................................................................................................

Building the application and making it your own ..........................................................................................

Testing and uploading the application..........................................................................................................

Summary ........................................................................................................................................................

Chapter 2: Dice Game ............................................................................................. 21

Introduction ...................................................................................................................................................

Critical requirements.....................................................................................................................................

HTML5, CSS, and JavaScript features ........................................................................................................

Pseudo-random processing and mathematical expressions..................................................................

Variables and assignment statements .....................................................................................................

Programmer-defined functions.................................................................................................................

Conditional statements: if and switch......................................................................................................

Drawing on the canvas ..............................................................................................................................

Building the application and making it your own ..........................................................................................

Throwing a single die .................................................................................................................................

Throwing two dice ......................................................................................................................................

The complete game of craps .....................................................................................................................