HTML5 is the newest version of HTML, and it is taking the programming world by storm. It combines new markup elements with a host of new JavaScript APIs to bring HTML into the 21st century and to enable developers to build rich, feature-filled Web applications without relying on browser plug-ins such as Silverlight and Flash.
In addition, HTML5 can be used to build applications for mobile platforms such iPhone, iPad, Android, and (soon) Windows Phone 7. The mobile market is highly fractured, meaning that if you wish to write an application for iPhone and Android using native APIs, you have to write the app twice. Write the app with HTML5 instead and it can deployed to multiple platforms, often without having to resort to native APIs.
Mastering HTML5 provides developers with the knowledge and skills they need to leverage HTML5 to its fullest, whether to goal is to write richer browser-based applications or write-once, run-anywhere mobile applications. It includes in-depth coverage of the new markup elements and JavaScript APIs, and goes deep into features of HTML5 that are already supported in a wide range of browsers, including the new canvas API, audio and video APIs, geolocation, and Web storage.
The time to learn about HTML5 is now. Mastering HTML5 will get you up to speed quickly and efficiently and prepare you to blaze new trails in the fast-evolving worlds of Web and mobile development.