HTML5: File API

Join author Joe Marini as he demonstrates how to use the HTML5 File API to perform file-related operations from within a web page, including manipulating files, reading and accessing data within files, and retrieving information about files. The course also covers how to complete tasks that were previously only possible with native code, such as picture processing, file conversion, and content checking.

Topics include:

• Providing an overview of the File API interfaces
• Using the File Input form element
• Working with multiple files
• Using drag and drop
• Reading data as text
• Using File API event handlers
• Reading file slices

About the Author

Joe Marini is a senior developer advocate at Google and a developer of Dreamweaver and Windows Phone. Joe has worked in the web and software industries for more than 20 years. He was an original member of the Dreamweaver engineering team at Macromedia, and held prominent early roles in creating products such as QuarkXPress, Microsoft Expression Blend, mFactory’s mTropolis, and Extensis QX-Tools. He is regularly a featured speaker at industry conferences and has authored or co-authored several publications on web and software development. Prior to Google, Joe was responsible for the mobile web developer platform for Windows Phone 7 at Microsoft. His book, The Document Object Model, is widely regarded as the definitive resource for working with the DOM.

Product Details

• Full Video Tutorials
• Video File Format: MP4
• Skill Level: Advanced
• Video Duration: 59m 6s
• Instructor: Joe Marini