Böcker av Zachary Kessin

HTML5 is not just a replacement for plugins. It also makes the Web a first-class development environment by giving JavaScript programmers a solid foundation for building industrial-strength applications. This practical guide takes you beyond simple site creation and shows you how to build self-contained HTML5 applications that can run on mobile devices and compete with desktop apps.Youll learn powerful JavaScript tools for exploiting HTML5 elements, and discover new methods for working with data, such as offline storage and multithreaded processing. Complete with code samples, this book is ideal for experienced JavaScript and mobile developers alike.Store session data in the browser with local storage objectsSave trips to the server: store larger amounts of data with IndexedDBGive browsers limited access to a users system to read and upload filesTake your app offlineand speed up page loading when its onlineUse Web Workers to create multithreaded applicationsTransfer data between browser and server more efficiently with Web SocketsLearn about HTML5 tags for forms, multimedia, graphics, and geolocation"e;HTML5 is all the rage these days, but it's more than just a buzzword. Programming HTML5 Applications provides the knowledge to guide you through all the new technologies needed to make modern web applications."e;--Ralph Whitbeck, cohost of The Official jQuery Podcast

Why choose Erlang for web applications? Discover the answer hands-on by building a simple web service with this book. If youre an experienced web developer who knows basic Erlang, youll learn how to work with REST, dynamic content, web sockets, and concurrency through several examples. In the process, youll see first-hand that Erlang is ideal for building business-critical services.Erlang was designed for fault-tolerant, non-stop telecom systems, and building applications with it requires a large set of skills. By the end of the book, youll have the information you need to build a basic web service and get it running.Explore the power of Erlang and REST for building web servicesServe static and dynamic content with the Yaws web serverUse different methods for outputting data to user, such as encoding Erlang data structures into JSON or XMLBuild an application to listen for HTTP requests, process them, store data, and return useful dataGo beyond the request-response modelpush data to clients with web socketsUse Erlang and Yaws to stream data from the server to a client"e;A book which is truly needed and will help get Erlang to the next level."e;Francesco Cesarini, CEO of Erlang Solutions, author of Erlang Programming.