[Book Review] Javascript and HTML5 Now (My Goodreads #5)

in read2018 •  6 years ago  (edited)
HTML5, CSS & Javascript allowed the web to improve a lot since they were first introduced. This book by Kyle Simpson takes a look into these (in its release time: new) technologies with optimistic view.

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Javascript and HTML5 Now

By: Kyle Simpson

I thought I was going to read HTML5/Javascript tutorial book, but I found something surprising. "Javascript and HTML5 Now" shows us the improvements HTML5 brought to the internet browsing, making it more open and diverse.

The book starts with how the internet was before HTML5 came, and how it was too dependant on Ajax/Flash (both are made by for-profit companies,) to reach the level of power we knew at the time. Then it explains the additions the new technology offered.

HTML5 & Friends

The book refers to the set of additions to HTML to work together to create more powerful & more open web as HTML5 & Friends (H5&F).

They allow the ability to control the look and the feel of the page, to add sound and videos directly to a web-page, tags to ease search engine work, location setting which the user can turn on/off and JavaScript API to control all of that. This system is made to allow any improvement in the future.

HTML5 isn't just a pile of cool new functionality, but a whole new philosophy that empowers web applications.

I Recommend Reading It, But...

While it's a free and short ebook, the only reason I recommend reading it is if you prefer reading ebook formats over a Wikipedia page, the book offers the same information you can find anywhere. The book was released in 2012 so you could say the information is outdated too.

But the book isn't bad if you look at it from another point of view, I didn't know half of the information in the book because it didn't come across my mind to search for them. (I wanted HTML5 tutorial book when I downloaded this.) And being formatted ebook makes the information easier to read (and go back to) than a blog page that takes you to another page.

So, that's my 5th book I finished reading in 2018... What do you think?


My Review @ Goodreads
Amazon Link Of The Book


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I already have a book or two about JavaScript I'm reading now, but tell me if you have a recommendation.

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I am so much interested about Javascript and HTML5

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