Join Developer Evangelist Kevin Hoyt for this thorough series on web standards, starting with a clarification of the various HTML5 browser specifications and an overview of the emerging APIs covered in this series’ seven lessons.

Developer Evangelist Kevin Hoyt discusses the WebSocket API, which provides a persistent connection between browser and server enabling data push and other compelling real-time messaging uses.

Developer Evangelist Kevin Hoyt explains the functionality of the File API, which allows browser-based applications to access data from local (client-side) files without uploading them first.

Developer Evangelist Kevin Hoyt demonstrates the capabilities of device orientation and motion events, and how physical device interaction can be used to control content.

Developer Evangelist Kevin Hoyt highlights the benefits of the Canvas 2D Context for dynamic client-side content by demonstrating the basics of user-generated drawing.

Developer Evangelist Kevin Hoyt dives into advanced effects that you can change with CSS Transforms, adding more sophistication to your style toolkit.

Developer Evangelist Kevin Hoyt covers the visual magic of CSS Transitions by detailing how to create linear animation of content when style properties are changed.

Developer Evangelist Kevin Hoyt shows how a little style manipulation using CSS Animations goes a long way toward orchestrating complex movement of content.