30+ Very Useful HTML5 Examples, Tutorials and Techniques

by Lars on July 7, 2010

HTML5 examples can be really good inspiration for anyone starting a new web project, after all it is the future of web page markup and we all need to prepare for it. HTML5 is being developed as the next major revision of HTML (HyperText Markup Language). The major market and internet leaders are already switching to the HTML 5 platform. With Apple and Google both pushing the standards in order to facilitate more advanced web development, we now see HTML 5 implementations popping up all over the place as more companies get on board with the advanced features.

With the constant drop of Flash usage in web and internet applications, HTML5 is opening new doors to web designers and developers. In this scenario, it is indeed imperative for every web developer to know about basic tutorials, tricks and terms of HTML5.

Here we present before you, a comprehensive list of more than 30 HTML5 examples, tutorials and techniques that you can’t afford to miss if you are a web developer.

Let check out some HTML5 Examples

Create Offline Web Application On Mobile Devices With HTML5

A comprehensive article from the technical library of IBM by IT Architect Dietmar Krueger. In this article, the author describes and explains how challenging it i s to write application for operating systems and mobile platforms. Instead of relying on learning the platform specific languages like Objective-C with Cocoa (on iPhone), the author takes the open way of developing things through HTML5. A very clearly explained and in-depth article.

HTML 5 Demos and Examples

This site have HTML5 examples all over the place and good ones too. HTML 5 experimentation and demos I’ve hacked together. Click on the browser support icon or the technology tag to filter the demos (the filter is an OR filter).

WTF is HTML5

One page overview of HTML5 – very useful and with good HTML5 examples!

Building a live news blogging system in PHP, Spiced with HTML5

This tutorial show you how to build a news website in HTML5 and CSS3. Every line of code is explained for both HTML and CSS

Designing A Blog With HTML5

Much of HTML 5’s feature set involves JavaScript APIs that make it easier to develop interactive web pages but there are a slew of new elements that allow you extra semantics in your conventional Web 1.0 pages. This tutorial investigate these by setting u a blog layout.

Semantics in HTML 5

HTML 5, the W3C’s recently redoubled effort to shape the next generation of HTML, has, over the last year or so, taken on considerable momentum. It is an enormous project, covering not simply the structure of HTML, but also parsing models, error-handling models, the DOM, algorithms for resource fetching, media content, 2D drawing, data templating, security models, page loading models, client-side data storage, and more.

There are also revisions to the structure, syntax, and semantics of HTML, some of which Lachlan Hunt covered in “A Preview of HTML 5.”

In this article, let’s turn solely to the semantics of HTML. It’s something the author has been interested in for many years, and something which he believe is fundamentally important to the future of HTML.

HTML5 Web Applications

HTML 5 browser compatibility overview.

Dive into HTML5

Dive Into HTML 5 seeks to elaborate on a hand-picked Selection of features from the HTML5 specification and other fine Standards. I shall publish Drafts periodically, as time permits. Please send feedback. The final manuscript will be published on paper by O’Reilly, under the Google Press imprint. Pre-order the printed Work and be the first in your Community to receive it.

When Can I Use

Here you will find very useful compatibility tables for features in HTML5, CSS3, SVG and other upcoming web technologies.

HTML5 & CSS3 Readiness

How to Draw with HTML 5 Canvas

Among the set of goodies in the HTML 5 specification is Canvas which is a way to programmatically draw using JavaScript. We’ll explore the ins and outs of Canvas in this article, demonstrating what is possible with examples and link

Have a Field Day with HTML5 Forms

Forms are usually seen as that obnoxious thing we have to markup and style. I respectfully disagree: forms (on a par with tables) are the most exciting thing we have to work with.

Here we’re going to take a look at how to style a beautiful HTML5 form using some advanced CSS and latest CSS3 techniques. I promise you will want to style your own forms after you’ve read this article.

Coding Up a Web Design Concept into HTML5

Code a Backwards Compatible, One Page Portfolio with HTML5 and CSS3

HTML5 is the future of web development but believe it or not you can start using it today. HTML5 is much more considerate to semantics and accessibility as we don’t have to throw meaningless div’s everywhere. It introduces meaningful tags for common elements such as navigations and footers which makes much more sense and are more natural.

This is a run through of the basics of HTML5 and CSS3 while still paying attention to older browsers. Before we start, make note of the answer to this question.

Coding A HTML 5 Layout From Scratch

While it is true HTML5 and CSS3 are both a work in progress and is going to stay that way for some time, there’s no reason not to start using it right now. After all, time’s proven that implementation of unfinished specifications does work and can be easily mistaken by a complete W3C recommendation. That’s were Progressive Enhancement and Graceful Degradation come into play. There are some good HTML5 examples here.

How to Make an HTML5 iPhone App

You’ve been depressed for like a year now, I know. All the hardcore Objective-C developers have been having a hay-day writing apps for the iPhone. You might have even tried reading a tutorial or two about developing for the iPhone, but its C—or a form of it—and it’s really hard to learn.

You can also do it with the skill set you probably already have: HTML(5), CSS, and JavaScript.

This tutorial show you how to create an offline HTML5 iPhone application. More specifically, I’ll walk you through the process of building a Tetris game.

Create An Elegant Website With HTML 5 And CSS3

Learn five macro-steps to build an effective website using brain, pencil, paper, Photoshop, HTML and CSS. But technology doesn’t stop, luckily, and we have other two great allies for the future to design better website: HTML 5 and CSS3.

Coding a CSS3 & HTML5 One-Page Website Template

See how to create a HTML5 web template, using some of the new features brought by CSS3 and jQuery, with the scrollTo plug-in. As HTML5 is still a work in progress, you can optionally download a XHTML version of the template here.

Design & Code a Cool iPhone App Website in HTML5

HTML5 is definitely the flavor of the month, with everyone in the design community getting excited about its release. In this tutorial we’ll get a taste of what’s to come by building a cool iPhone app website using a HTML5 structure, and visual styling with some CSS3 effects.

HTML 5 and CSS 3: The Techniques You’ll Soon Be Using

In this tutorial, we are going to build a blog page using next-generation techniques from HTML 5 and CSS 3. The tutorial aims to demonstrate how we will be building websites when the specifications are finalized and the browser vendors have implemented them. If you already know HTML and CSS, it should be easy to follow along.

HTML5 for Beginners. Use it now, its easy!

HTML5 for Beginners have good HTML5 examples. Use it now, its easy! This article cover some of the HTML5 basics in a funny way…

Rocking HTML5

This presentation is an HTML5 website and it is a very informative and easy to use overview of the HTML5 elements.

Building Web Pages With HTML 5

Depending on who you ask, HTML 5 is either the next important step toward creating a more semantic web or a disaster that’s going to trap the web in yet another set of incomplete tags and markup soup.

The problem with both sides of the argument is that very few sites are using HTML 5 in the wild, so the theoretical solutions to its perceived problems remain largely untested.

That said, it isn’t hard to see both the benefits and potential hang-ups with the next generation of web markup tools.

HTML5 Cheat Sheet

This is not HTML5 examples but HTML 5 Visual Cheat Sheet is an useful cheat sheet for web designers and developers designed by me. This cheat sheet is essentially a simple visual grid with a list of all HTML tags and of their related attributes supported by HTML versions 4.01 and/or 5. The simple visual style I used to design this sheet allows you to find at a glance everything you are looking for.

html5test.com

This is a browser test with a lot of detail. Very useful.

HTML5 Canvas Experiment

Time for us to play with this technology. We’ve created a little experiment which loads 100 tweets related to HTML5 and displays them using a javascript-based particle engine. Each particle represents a tweet – click on one of them and it’ll appear on the screen. (click on the image to see it in action)

12 Incredible HTML5 Experiments

Here you find a collection of Incredible HTML5 canvas-based experiments that will make you HTML5 lover.

HTML 5 Cheat Sheet (PDF)

html5 Pocketbooks

OK You have seen that HTML 5 is here, but should you use it?

Generally I think it depends on the site you are working on. If it is a high traffic commercial website you may want to hold it back a bit. However if it is a personal blog I believe it is time to get started and learn how to use the new features in HTML 5.

Actually HTML5 is used more than you may think already. You should check out the sites featured on HTML 5 Gallery and view source to see what they’re doing. Also there is already a HTML 5 WordPress theme available.