OD20480-Programming in HTML5 with JavaScript and CSS3
About This Course
This course provides an introduction to HTML5, CSS3, and JavaScript. This course helps students gain basic HTML5/CSS3/JavaScript programming skills. This course is an entry point into both the Web application and Windows Store apps training paths. The course focuses on using HTML5/CSS3/JavaScript to implement programming logic, define and use variables, perform looping and branching, develop user interfaces, capture and validate user input, store data, and create well-structured application.
The lab scenarios in this course are selected to support and demonstrate the structure of various application scenarios. They are intended to focus on the principles and coding components/structures that are used to establish an HTML5 software application.
This course uses Visual Studio 2012, running on Windows 8.
Audience Profile
This course is intended for professional developers who have 6-12 months of programming experience and who are interested in developing applications using HTML5 with JavaScript and CSS3 (either Windows Store apps for Windows 8 or web applications).
This course is intended for students who have the following experience:
- 1 – 3 months experience creating Web applications, including writing simple JavaScript code
- 1 month experience creating Windows client applications
- 1 month of experience using Visual Studio 2010 or 2012
This course is not intended for developers with three or more months ofHTML5 coding experience.
Students choosing to attend this course without a developer background should pay special attention to the training prerequisites. Developers who have more than 5 years programming experience may find that portions of this training are fundamental in nature when presenting the syntax associated with certain programming tasks.
Individuals who are interested in taking exam 70-480: Programming in HTML5 with JavaScript and CSS3, can also attend this course.
At Course Completion
After completing this course, students will be able to:
- Explain how to use Visual Studio 2012 to create and run a Web application.
- Describe the new features of HTML5, and create and style HTML5 pages.
- Add interactivity to an HTML5 page by using JavaScript.
- Create HTML5 forms by using different input types, and validate user input by using HTML5 attributes and JavaScript code.
- Send and receive data to and from a remote data source by using XMLHTTPRequest objects and jQuery AJAX operations.
- Style HTML5 pages by using CSS3.
- Create well-structured and easily-maintainable JavaScript code.
- Use common HTML5 APIs in interactive Web applications.
- Create Web applications that support offline operations.
- Create HTML5 Web pages that can adapt to different devices and form factors.
- Add advanced graphics to an HTML5 page by using Canvas elements, and by using and Scalable Vector Graphics.
- Enhance the user experience by adding animations to an HTML5 page.
- Use Web Sockets to send and receive data between a Web application and a server.
- Improve the responsiveness of a Web application that performs long-running operations by using Web Worker processes.
About Microsoft Official Course On-Demand
MOC On-Demand is an integrated blend of video, text, hands-on labs, and knowledge checks, designed to help IT professionals and developers build their skills on Microsoft technologies. The courses provide a self-paced, stand-alone training alternative for those who prefer to learn at their own convenience. They can also be used in conjunction with instructor-led training to provide a blended classroom experience or be used as a foundation for a training solution that includes mentoring and other learning services.
Any labs associated with courses are delivered on the Microsoft Labs Online (MLO) platform via web browser. Students launch the labs directly from within the course; no additional set-up is required.
System requirements for MOC On-Demand
Note: Currently you can also take MOC On-Demand training on your iPad® Retina 4th Generation, however the lab experience is not optimized for tablets.
Recommended System Requirements
Operating System:
- Windows 10
Browser:
- Current version of Internet Explorer, Microsoft Edge, Google Chrome™ or Firefox®
Internet Access:
- Broadband Internet connection (more than 256 kilobytes per second per user network bandwidth)
- External access to the Internet
- Either an Active X control must be installed (requires local administrator permissions), or IE 11 or later
- For some corporate firewalls, a proxy client (such as TMG Client) may be required
Screen resolution:
- 1280 x 1024 or higher
Minimum System Requirements
Operating System:
- Windows 7 or later
Browser:
- Internet Explorer 9 or later
- Google Chrome™ 25.0.1364.172 or later
- Firefox® 19.0.1 or later
Internet Access:
- Broadband Internet connection (256 kbps per user network bandwidth)
- External access to the Internet
- Either an Active X control must be installed (requires local administrator permissions), or IE 11 or later
- For some corporate firewalls, a proxy client (such as TMG Client) may be required.