Podcast: Introduction to HTML5

The web is a-swirl with talk of HTML5. (Seemingly even Windows 8 programming is soon to include HTML5). With all this talk come some questions:

• What exactly is HTML5 anyway?
• Is HTML5 just the next iteration of XHTML?
• When are you able to use these new features and which parts of the spec are still in their infancy?
• What is the significance of the year 2022? (Hint: it’s not the end of the world!)

In Introduction to HTML5 I answer these questions and more. During the show I review the new sematic markup and HTML attributes along with the JavaScript API’s slated to ship with HTML5.

Enjoy!

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Resources

• HTML5 Fundamentals
• Mastering ASP.NET 4