HTML5 Classes: 6 Reasons You Need HTML5 Training Now

HTML5 is the next major milestone in HTML, not just another incremental enhancement. HTML5 is a game-changer, an enormous advance for not just websites but modern web applications. HTML5  is such a big step forward that it prompted Vic Gundotra, VP of Engineering at Google, to say "The web has not seen this level of transformation, this level of acceleration, in the past ten years... we're betting big on HTML5." Here are six reasons why you should get trained in HTML5 and make the switch.

1. Save Money and Time with One Step Multi-Media Content

Save money and time with HTML5's new syntactical features, including the <video>, <audio>, and <canvas> elements. Before HTML5, developers needed to use tools like Flash, Silverlight, Flex or JavaScript to create interactive websites. Not only do these methods increase the complexity of the web application, they also require significant developer time and cost to create. These new elements make it very easy to integrate multimedia and graphical content to the web without using third party plugins.

2. Develop Once For All Platforms

HTML5 means rich content, whether it's on the web, on your smartphone, or a part of mobile learning. Of the major device platforms no operating system has more than a total of 8% share in the US. HTML5 enables developers to reach large numbers of users without creating and supporting apps for each individual device and operating system.

3. Locate Your Users

Use the new HTML5 geolocation APIs to provide specific, relevant content, such as a list of nearby restaurants or stores or navigation. Whether pulling the information from an IP address, wireless network connection or a GPS device, HTML5 allows developers to create applications that utilize the user’s position in new ways.

4. Improve SEO Without the Headache

New structure tags will make it easy for crawlers to distinguish between the meat of the content and what's just fluff. With these additions, the developer must clearly demarcate what section each HTML piece is, taking the guesswork out of the equation for search engines. These tags, including <section>, <article>, <header>, and <nav>, won't have much impact from the end users' standpoint - pages built on the old DIV based layout will look virtually identical to those built using the new structure tags.

5. Forget About Cookies

HTML5 has two new options to replace the use of cookies and speed up the end user's experience. Unlike cookies, which pass data to the server on every request, slowing down response time, Local Storage (which has no time limit) and Session Storage (which is deleted each time the tab is closed) only pass data when it is requested. This makes it suitable to store much larger amounts of data without slowing down the user experience.

6. Increase Your Reach: Make it Accessible for the Forgotten 20 Percent

The US Census Beaureau estimates that 20% of the population has a visual, auditory, motor, or intellectual impairment. HTML5 contains many accessibility enhancements, including adoption of ARIA (Accessibility Rich Internet Application) specification that allows assistive technologies like JAWS and NVDA to more easily navigate through your website.

Our Training Objectives

In our hands-on HTML5 course, you will learn how to create websites and applications using HTML5. First hand experience with the new features of HTML5 will ensure that you can begin using it in all your projects right away.

Upon completion of the training, you will:

• Know how to use HTML5 markup
• Have an in-depth understanding of HTML5 page structure and simplification
• Know how to use the HTML5 APIs
• Understand current browser support for the various HTML5 features
• Be able to create complex forms using HTML5
• Understand HTML5 web storage

Target Student

This HTML5 course is designed for web and software developers interested in designing, creating, and deploying HTML5 web sites and web applications. To get the most out of the course, familiarity with HTML 4, basic CSS, and basic JavaScript is necessary. Experience with JSON, DOM, and Ajax is also beneficial.

Meet Chris Christopher Harris drives MicroAssist’s Instructor Led Training efforts, working with subject matter experts to develop client-specific curriculum and building community relationships to grow MicroAssist’s reputation as the leading provider of Instructor Led Training in Central Texas. Before moving to Austin, Chris earned his bachelor’s degree from the University of Utah, then lived in Honolulu, Hawaii, where he was the Director of Sales for a leading media company.     Chris can take you through the training decision-making process; he'll help you identify what training is right for you, the best method of delivery, and will assist you in every step of the process.