"HTML5 basics for app devs" at BarCamp London 8

I’m at my first BarCamp this weekend (BarCamp London 8). I decided to do my "HTML5 basics" presentation again. I think it went quite well – there are a few bits that I could have explained better I think and a projector issue meant that my slides were yellow where they should have been white, but otherwise good. It was a room for 30 and it was standing room only (which is down to interest in HTML5 rather than me of course). Here are the resources that I pointed to in the presentation. These are some of the best HTML5 resources that I've found so far. Hope you find them as helpful as I have.

• http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/ - the draft standard
• http://html5readiness.com/ - visualisation of browser support
• http://caniuse.com/ - detailed browser support information
• http://modernizr.com/ - Javascript library for HTML5 feature detection
• http://html5demos.com/ - HTML5 demos, unsurprisingly!
• http://diveintohtml5.org/ - excellent detailed read
• http://html5doctor.com/ - "helping you implement HTML5 today"
• http://html5boilerplate.com/ - base HTML5/CSS/JS template
• http://findmebyip.com/ - shows you the HTML5 support in your current browser, and a raft of other information
• http://www.miketaylr.com/code/input-type-attr.html - HTML5 inputs and attribute support in your current browser

We’re half way through Sunday and I can say that BarCamp has been great. The BCL team are quite practiced at conferences now and everything is running smoothly. It’s pretty remarkable for a free conference. Many thanks to everyone involved.

"HTML5 basics" presentation

Open Mike night is intended to introduce new speakers to the community. I've been going to community stuff in London for a couple of years and I thought this was a good opportunity to step up and give something back. There were four other presentations, which were all excellent:

• Sara Stephens - "Pair programming, the good, the bad and the ugly"
• James Knowles - "Three years of running a tiny software company.. All my mistakes.."
• Matt Lacey - "Cross platform mobile app development"
• Garry Shutler - "Introduction to Sass"

I gained something watching all of them. I hope others got something from my talk. Thanks to Toby for organising the night and to Michelle and EMC Consulting for organising the venue and drinks. So, I wanted to post the resources that I pointed to in the presentation. These are some of the best HTML5 resources that I've found so far:

• http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/ - the draft standard
• http://html5readiness.com/ - visualisation of browser support
• http://caniuse.com/ - detailed browser support information
• http://modernizr.com/ - Javascript library for HTML5 feature detection
• http://html5demos.com/ - HTML5 demos, unsurprisingly!
• http://diveintohtml5.org/ - excellent detailed read
• http://html5doctor.com/ - "helping you implement HTML5 today"
• http://html5boilerplate.com/ - base HTML5/CSS/JS template
• http://findmebyip.com/ - shows you the HTML5 support in your current browser, and a raft of other information
• http://www.miketaylr.com/code/input-type-attr.html - HTML5 inputs and attribute support in your current browser

Hope you find them as helpful as I have. EDIT: Toby's blogged about the event and upcoming events and one of the attendees has written a little summary. I'd agree that Sara and Rachel stole the show with their sketch to explain pair programming. I might have to use interpretive dance to describe HTML5 next time!