W3Cx: HTML5 Coding Essentials and Best Practices

• Learn the simplified HTML5 elements
• Play with the audio and video elements
• Draw and animate fun Web graphics
• Discover the HTML5 forms features
• Test the basic APIs, such as Web storage and geolocation
• And most of all, practice coding techniques thanks to multiple interactive examples

Week 1: HTML5 basics

• From HTML1.0 to HTML5
• Structural elements

Week 2: HTML5 multimedia

• Streaming multimedia content: the video and audio elements
• Subtitles and closed captions
• Webcam, microphone: the getUserMedia API

Week 3: HTML5 graphics

• Basics of HTML5 canvas
• Immediate drawing mode: rectangles, text, images, etc.
• Path drawing mode: lines, circles, arcs, curves, etc.
• Colors, gradients, patterns, shadows, etc.

Week 4: HTML5 animations

• Basic animation techniques
• Canvas and user interaction

Week 5: HTML5 forms

• Introduction to HTML5 forms
• Accessible forms
• Input types, forms attributes
• Form validation API

Week 6: HTML5 basic APIs

• Introduction to HTML5 APIs
• The Web Storage API
• The File API
• The Geolocation API