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Getting started with HTML5′s Web Sockets

Getting started with HTML5′s Web Sockets

Posted by on Feb 16, 2012 in Blog | 0 comments

Web Sockets is a new addition to HTML5 that allows you to create a persistent connection with a server for communication. With Ajax,...

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Reader Question: How to look at the computed style of an element?

Reader Question: How to look at the computed style of an element?

Posted by on Feb 14, 2012 in Beginner's Mind, Blog, Reader Question | 0 comments

We recently got a question from Michael, who asks: When troubleshooting CSS issues, how can I determine the source of a style that is...

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Reader Question: How to learn to program

Reader Question: How to learn to program

Posted by on Jan 28, 2012 in Beginner's Mind, Blog | 8 comments

A reader from Kenya asks how best to get into programing. Eric Freeman answers the question, and the answer may not be what you...

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Reader Question: Incrementing variables

Reader Question: Incrementing variables

Posted by on Jan 19, 2012 in Beginner's Mind, Reader Question | 0 comments

I got a good reader question today about incrementing variables. This reader is completely new to programming and was getting confused...

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Reader Question: What are -webkit- and -moz-?

Reader Question: What are -webkit- and -moz-?

Posted by on Dec 12, 2011 in Blog, Reader Question | 1 comment

We recently got a question from Jack, a reader of Head First HTML5 Programming, about the CSS used in the example in Chapter 3. In this...

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Ten things every developer (and manager) should know about HTML5

Ten things every developer (and manager) should know about HTML5

Posted by on Dec 8, 2011 in Blog, Events, Featured | 2 comments

Learn ten things every web developer (not to mention every web developer manager) should know about HTML5. You never know this information just might be the make/break tip for your next startup, or it might even get you that new raise. In the worst case you've got some good geek tips for your next geek mixer.

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