EP14 – WTH Is HTML5 and CSS3 Anyway?
This week we talk about HTML5 and CSS3. We’ve all heard about it, but do we really understand the differences it brings to the industry? We try to find out for ourselves.
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What do I need to know?
- Fully understand things introduced in HTML4.
- DOCTYPE, CSS guidelines
- Learn HTML4 deprecated tags
- center, frameset and more [W3Schools link below]
- Learn new stuff in HTML5
- tags: footer, header, progress, navigation, canvas, section. SEO BOOST! [W3Schools link below]
- audio, video and canvas
- geolocation, localstorage, full web apps
- Wassup wit CSS3? What’s New?
- Native: Media queries, rounded corners, opacity, gradients, animations, shadows
- Know your audience and your intended platform
- How soon applicable to average user???
- Limitations:
- browsers. Users must be up to date with their platform, because HTML5 is constantly evolving.
- Tackle limitations:
- graceful degradation vs progress enhancement
- Choosing CSS2 vs CSS3 base
- Mobile and HTML5 is like fish in water
What do I do?
- Working on a static page [brochure site]
- full CSS3 animations, scrolling navigation, responsive (media queries)
- Use the appropriate tags
- header, nav, section, article, footer, etc.
- Tutorials/examples [html5 link below]
Moving Forward
- Fancy effects != HTML5
- scroll down navigation, fluid/responsive design
- HTML5 / CSS3 Frameworks
- Responsive web design has become extremely important lately, since our content is published across many different platforms. It is important to consider how your content will reflow, so that you can plan accordingly. Frameworks like these are great starting points for creating responsive layouts, while not having to reinvent the wheel each time.
- 52Framework
- foundation by zurb
- boilerplate.com
- Grid Frameworks
- Sencha
- Emulating desktop experience
- games: localstorage, canvas tag for animation, processing, css3 animation
- phone gap
- Mind Blowing Sites

