In this fast-paced, practical session, HTML5 expert @peterlubbers (author of Pro HTML5 Programming and founder of the San Francisco HTML5 User Group) will show you how to:

• Take advantage of HTML5 Web Workers to significantly improve the responsiveness of your pages
• Use HTML5 AppCache to preload resources
• Install and use free performance analysis tools like YSlow, Page Speed, and Speed tracer to instantly see where you can improve your web pages
• Optimize your web apps' JavaScript, CSS, Images and HTML
• Minify your JavaScript, CSS, and HTML using free tools like Uglify and Closure compiler
• Use the build tools that are part of the awesome (free) HTML5 Boilerplate templates
• Use Image Data URIs to dramatically cut down the number of image requests you make
• Configure your web server to speed up your web apps' performance
• "Minify" how much you spend on the Pro HTML5 Programming e-book (all attendees will receive a 50% discount coupon)

Also:

• Q&A
• Raffle prizes, sponsored by Apress and Kaazing!

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Peter Lubbers' HTML5 Performance, Communication, and WebSockets Training Course

In Peter Lubbers' highly practical and action-packed HTML5 Performance, Communication, and WebSockets training course you’ll see hands-on how the different communication and performance APIs work, how the HTML5 origin-based security model works. Most of these features are already supported in the more modern browsers, but the course will also explore ways to make them work in older browsers using polyfills and emulation. With these new standards, the browser can now enjoy the first-class citizenry of network communication that has long been enjoyed by desktop applications. To find out about learning objectives, dates and how to get join in, go here

Peter Lubbers' HTML5 “Fast Track”

In this HTML5 “Fast Track” training course, you will learn how to create HTML5 web pages and web applications using HTML5 markup and HTML5 JavaScript APIs.HTML5 is the next major milestone in HTML and it is not just another incremental enhancement; it represents an enormous advance for 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.” A large number of features are already supported in browsers, so it is time to start using it! To find out about learning objectives, dates and how to get some tickets, go here

Damjan Vujnovic's Advanced JavaScript Workshop

As Douglas Crockford once said, JavaScript is the world's most misunderstood programming language. It is also one of the world's most popular programming languages and one of the cornerstones of a modern web application development. With web clients becoming thicker and more complex, it is no longer easy to get away with sloppy, ad-hoc JavaScript programming style. In this advanced JavaScript hands-on course you will learn how to write good code (by employing its good features and avoiding quirks and common pitfalls). To find out about learning objectives, dates and how to get some tickets, go here



ABOUT PETER LUBBERS

Peter Lubbers (peterlubbers) lives and breathes HTML5. Yes, even his car has the ‘HTML5’ license plate! Peter is the co-author of Pro HTML5 Programming (Apress, 2011) and the founder of the More about Peter Lubbers



ABOUT THE LONDON HTML5 USER GROUP

London HTML5 User Group is focused on the next-generation Web technologies, specifically HTML5, WebSocket, CSS3, JavaScript and so on. Members are those who have a passion in seeing Web applications advance in a rich and dynamic fashion and a keen interest in new and emerging standards and technologies for Web infrastructure. More about the London HTML5 User Group