Prezi HTML 5 & html5 book recommendation

Question

I was wondering what were you thought on being able to build an app similar to prezi (presentation app) using HTML 5.

Also while you're at it, I'm looking for a good HTML 5 book recommendation. Thanks!!

Answer 1

Some work already being done on alternatives, all SVG-based:

• Sozi
• Dizzy
• JessyInk

I'll leave it to you to decide whether SVG counts as "HTML5"...

There's now the recently-released impress.js, which is obviously Javascript-based.

Answer 2

Prezi is written in Flash/ActionScript, but there's no reason you couldn't attempt something similar with HTML/JavaScript. (Note that you won't be able to create an application like Prezi with HTML5 alone. You will need JavaScript too.)

Here are my favourite books on both subjects:

HTML5 books

• Introducing HTML5 by Bruce Lawson and Remy Sharp.
• HTML 5 for Web Designers by Jeremy Keith.

JavaScript books

• Eloquent JavaScript by Marijn Haverbeke.
• JavaScript: The Good Parts by Douglas Crockford.
• jQuery: Novice to Ninja by Earle Castledine & Craig Sharkie.
• jQuery in Action (2nd edition) by Bear Bibeault and Yehuda Katz.