Book description
Progressive enhancement is an approach to web development that
aims to deliver the best possible experience to the widest possible
audience, and simplifies coding and testing as well. Whether users
are viewing your sites on an iPhone, the latest and greatest
high-end system, or even hearing them on a screen-reader, their
experience should be easy to understand and use, and as
fully-featured and functional as possible.
Designing with Progressive Enhancement will show you how.
It’s both a practical guide to understanding the principles
and benefits of progressive enhancement, and a detailed exploration
of examples that will teach you—whether you’re a
designer or a developer—how, where, and when to implement the
specific coding and scripting approaches that embody progressive
enhancement.
In this book, you’ll learn:
Why common coding approaches leave users behind, and how progressive enhancement is a more inclusive and accessible alternative
How to analyze complex interface designs, see the underlying semantic HTML experience that will work everywhere, and layer on advanced enhancements safely
A unique browser capabilities testing suite that helps deliver enhancements only to devices that can handle them
Real-world best practices for coding HTML, CSS, and JavaScript to work with progressive enhancement, and cases where forward-looking HTML5 and CSS3 techniques can be applied effectively today
How to factor in accessibility features like WAI-ARIA and keyboard support to ensure universal access
Detailed techniques to transform semantic HTML into interactive components like sliders, tabs, tree controls, and charts, along with downloadable jQuery-based widgets to apply directly in your projects
Table of contents
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: The Case for Designing with Progressive Enhancement
- Section One. The Test-Driven Progressive Enhancement Approach
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Section Two. Progressive Enhancement in Action
- Chapter Seven. Building Widgets with Progressive Enhancement
- Chapter Eight. Collapsible Content
- Chapter Nine. Tabs
- Chapter Ten. Tooltips
- Chapter Eleven. Tree Control
- Chapter Twelve. Charts with Html5 Canvas
- Chapter Thirteen. Dialogs and Overlays
- Chapter Fourteen. Buttons
- Chapter Fifteen. Checkboxes, Radio Buttons, and Star Rating
- Chapter Sixteen. Slider
- Chapter Seventeen. Select Menu
- Chapter Eighteen. List Builder
- Chapter Nineteen. File Input
- Summary. Looking Ahead
- Index
Product information
- Title: Designing with Progressive Enhancement: Building the Web that Works for Everyone
- Author(s):
- Release date: February 2010
- Publisher(s): New Riders
- ISBN: None
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