HTML5 is here, and with it, rich Internet applications (RIAs) take on a power, ease, scalability, and responsiveness that neither Ajax nor Comet could ever achieve. With this book, developers will learn how to use the latest cutting-edge web technology--available in the most recent versions of modern browsers--to build real-time web applications with unparalleled functionality, speed, and responsiveness. The HTML5 specification represents the next evolution--or rather, a revolution--of web communications required to build real-time applications. WebSockets and server-sent events provide not only a standard against which real-time web applications can be built, but also a socket, native to the browser, that facilitates network programming from the browser with efficient bidirectional (full-duplex) communication over a single connection.
*Explains how you can create real-time HTML5 applications that tap the full potential of modern browsers*Provides practical, real-world examples of HTML5 features in action *Shows which HTML5 features are supported in current browsers and platformsWhat you'll learn*How the HTML5 specification has evolved*How to design, develop, and run cutting-edge real-time web applications using new HTML5 features like WebSockets, server-sent events, cross-document messaging, geo location, storage, canvas, and video*Which features are available in browsers today and how you can run your applications in older browsers that do not support HTML5 features*How to use client-side APIs to communicate directly with back-end systems such as messaging systems, JMS brokers, XMPP servers, and online services such as Google WaveWho is this book for? This book is for developers who want to use the latest cutting-edge technology available in current browsers; developers who want to create dynamic, data-driven web applications; and developers who want to know which HTML5 features are supported in current browsers.

HTML5 is here, and with it, web applications take on a power, ease, scalability, and responsiveness like never before. In this book, developers will learn how to use the latest cutting-edge HTML5 web technology?available in the most recent versions of modern browsers?to build web applications with unparalleled functionality, speed, and responsiveness.
Explains how to create real-time HTML5 applications that tap the full potential of modern browsers Provides practical, real-world examples of HTML5 features in action Shows which HTML5 features are supported in current browsers Covers all the new HTML5 APIs to get you up to speed quickly with HTML5

Peter 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!).

Peter Lubbers: Peter Lubbers is Director of Documentation and Training at Kaazing Corporation, where he oversees all aspects of documentation and training. Peter also develops documentation automation solutions, two of which are now patented and two of which are patent pending.§Prior to joining Kaazing, Peter worked as an information architect at Oracle, where he wrote many books, such as the award-winning Oracle Application Server Portal Configuration Guide and The Oracle Application Server Developer's Guide for Microsoft Office. Before joining Oracle, Peter architected and developed the internationalized Microsoft Office User Specialist (MOUS) testing framework. Peter was also a technical reviewer for the book Pro JSF and Ajax: Building Rich Internet Components (Apress, 2006).