Synopses & Reviews
Given the popularity of smartphones, tablets, and other portable devices, it's easy to see that mobile is where the action is. Developers hoping to get fast traction in today's market need to focus on mobile development. Whatever your level of experience, DEVELOPING MOBILE WEBSITES WITH HTML5 is the place to start if you're looking for an introduction and hands-on guide to creating mobile websites using HTML5. Prolific author and Web-design teacher David Karlins combines aesthetics and technique in a book that is uniquely accessible to designers at all levels, covering effective site design, mobile-friendly type and color schemes, navigation, fast-loading images, mobile-ready audio and video, meshing mobile and desktop sites, and much more. In today's booming tech market, mobile isn't an add-on--it's essential. Get in on the action with DEVELOPING MOBILE WEBSITES WITH HTML5.
Synopsis
Whatever your level of expertise with web development, DEVELOPING MOBILE WEBSITES WITH HTML5 will give you the hands-on help you need to learn how to create dynamic mobile websites that work equally well on laptops and desktops using HTML5. Popular author and web-design teacher David Karlins combines aesthetics and technique in a book that is uniquely accessible to designers at all levels, covering essential topics such as building animated and interactive mobile web apps, understanding and applying styling to mobile sites, creating mobile-friendly forms and collecting data from users, and working with JavaScript libraries, JavaScript widgets, and Cascading Style Sheets (CSS). In today's fast-moving technology market, mobile isn't an add-on--it's essential. Get in on the action with DEVELOPING MOBILE WEBSITES WITH HTML5.
About the Author
Scott R. Garrigus (garrigus.com) has been involved with music and computers since he was twelve years old. He earned a B.A. in music performance with an emphasis in sound recording technology at UMass, Lowell. In 1993, he released his first instrumental album on cassette, Pieces of Imagination. In 1995, he began his professional writing career when his first article appeared in Electronic Musician magazine. In 2000, he authored his first book, Cakewalk Power!, which was the first book to deal exclusively with the Cakewalk Pro Audio, Guitar Studio, and Home Studio software applications. Since then, Scott has written a number of other books, including Sound Forge Power!, SONAR Power!, SONAR 2 Power!, Sound Forge 6 Power!, SONAR 3 Power!, SONAR 4 Power!, SONAR 5 Power!, Sound Forge 8 Power!: The Official Guide, SONAR 8 Power!, SONAR X1 Power!, and SONAR X2 Power! Today, Garrigus continues to contribute articles to a number of print and online publications. He also publishes his own music technology e-zine, called DigiFreq (digifreq.com), which provides free news, reviews, tips, and techniques for music technology and home recording users.
Table of Contents
1. Understanding what makes an effective mobile site. 2. Building and testing a basic mobile-ready Web page with HTML5. 3. Creating mobile-friendly type with HTML5. 4. Designing mobile-accessible color schemes with CSS. 5. Applying Mobile-friendly Navigation. 6. Adding Mobile-specific navigation bars and icons. 7. Animating mobile pages with HTML5 and CSS3. 8. Preparing and sizing fast-loading images for mobile sites. 9. Providing mobile-ready audio and video. 10. Collecting user data in mobile-accessible forms. 11. Designing and providing mobile desktop icons. 12. Detecting mobile users and meshing mobile and desktop sites.