Looking back: Using Kindle for the PC to read HTML5: Up and Running by Mark Pilgrim. Copyright 2010 O’Reilly Media, Inc., 978-0-596-80602-6
The only feature of the Kindle for the PC that I do not like is the cut and paste does not work, which is inconvenient, but understandable for copyright protection. I found the code snippets from Mark Pilgrim’s book online anyway, so I am able to cut and paste from the website to build pages (application). HTML5 (linked to W3.org) is for web applications and while I am still in Chapter 3 of the book, I am happy with the results and it is true I am ‘Up and Running’. Next on my agenda is to check out jquery, an open source javascript library plug in and see how it works. Could I finally be able to build the software I have been dreaming about?! Stay tuned. Note: most features of HTML5(linked to wikipedia definition) are not yet available in Microsoft’s Internet Explorer (IE), but in Google Chrome and Safari, etc. (IE9 is predicted to include some of them.) Therefore, the first step is to test for what is not available and provide substitute code for the missing. I have discovered that I need IE to find my HTML coding errors. Chrome and Safari error debugging was unfamiliar[^1] [^2]. Every project I work on takes a combination of books, libraries and software just to accomplish one task. At least the software is free, although I opted to buy the book (Kindle edition) for under $15. Note I use Amaya and Context for editing. I plan to update my versions of both today, especially since Context has a new thumb drive version. The graphic is my first HTML5 web page, which is just javascript and HTML5 so far, nothing fancy yet! [^3]
[^1]: Edited and foot noted for clarity 10/2018. The “caret” character is no longer on my keyboard. 😕
[^2]: I did use the option to use modernizr (MIT licensed free javascript) to shortcut coding. …
[^3]: The linked footnote appears at the end of the document.