Having written up a little post, with online resources for learning HTML5, JS and CSS3, given that no books are currently forthcoming, it was inevitable, with the thundering juggernaut rolling onwards that more fun and cool thinks would appear in the online marketplace of information that is the internet.
Today I see via Twitter that Google has hijacked one of the previously listed resources, the API Rocks tutorial and hijacked it (with permission I presume) to roll out their HTML5 Rocks website. The site provides a nice response to Apple’s own Safari-tastic HTML5 and web standards showcase.
Google new showcase, rather than link to press releases with Apple repetitive anti-flash message, or self-serving content, the HTML5 Rocks showcase insk through to other interesting resources such as:
- Modernizr – a JS application that lets you target form and function at specific browsers. Useful for providing the latest and greatest but also with decent fallback to older browsers.
- HTML5 Readiness – A great visual timeline for HTML5 readiness of your favourite web browsers.
In fact they have a lot more HTML5-related links, with those revolving around HTML5 tools, resources and community, all of which are definitely worth checking out.
HTML5 is fast becoming a buzzword and mot-du-jour that encompasses WAYYY more than it actually is or does, but I suppose for those of us in the know, we can laugh it off like we did with the term “Web 2.0″ and get down to the nitty gritty and start learning the good stuff!
Web-head & art collector, living in East London and huffing on the fumes of the planet since '78. Here are my thoughts.
Ian Jun 25, 2010
Good presentation of the new goodies available. Intrigued to see what people will create with them over the coming months.
Vincent Roman Jun 25, 2010
True. The other post I wrote includes a lot of links that are showcased here too. Am doing an HTML5 presentation here at work in a few weeks, so will probably be building something fun myself :) Will keep you posted.