HTML5
- New Elements
- New Attributes
- Full CSS3 Support
- Video and Audio
- 2D/3D Graphics
- Local Storage
- Local SQL Database
- Web Applications
HTML5 Example:
<video controls="controls" height="240" width="320"><source src="movie.mp4" type="video/mp4"></source>
<source src="movie.ogg" type="video/ogg"></source>
<source src="movie.webm" type="video/webm"></source>
Your browser does not support the video tag.
</video>
HTML5 Introduction
What is HTML5?
HTML5 will be the new standard for HTML.The previous version of HTML, HTML 4.01, came in 1999. The web has changed a lot since then.
HTML5 is still a work in progress. However, the major browsers support many of the new HTML5 elements and APIs.
How Did HTML5 Get Started?
HTML5 is a cooperation between the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) and the Web Hypertext Application Technology Working Group (WHATWG).WHATWG was working with web forms and applications, and W3C was working with XHTML 2.0. In 2006, they decided to cooperate and create a new version of HTML.
Some rules for HTML5 were established:
New features should be based on HTML, CSS, DOM, and JavaScript
Reduce the need for external plugins (like Flash)
Better error handling
More markup to replace scripting
HTML5 should be device independent
The development process should be visible to the public
The HTML5 <!doctype>
In HTML5 there is only one declaration, and it is very simple:
<!DOCTYPE html>
Minimum HTML5 Document
Below is a simple HTML5 document, with the minimum of required tags:Minimum HTML5 Document
Below is a simple HTML5 document, with the minimum of required tags:
<!DOCTYPE html><html>
<head>
<title>Title of the document</title>
</head>
<body>
The content of the document......
</body>
</html>
HTML5 - New Features
Some of the most interesting new features in HTML5:
- The <canvas> element for 2D drawing
- The <video> and <audio> elements for media playback
- Support for local storage
- New content-specific elements, like <article>, <footer>, <header>, <nav>, <section>
- New form controls, like calendar, date, time, email, url, search
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