Now that you understand what technologies make up HTML5, we can start getting our hands dirty. But before we jump right into coding HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, we need to cover the fundamentals of the first step of developing a project, asset preparation. Without a design, assets, and content, your web pages won't be very appealing or, for that matter, functional. During the preparation we will also dig into the syntax specification for JavaScript and how it's related to ActionScript 3, to prepare us for full-fledged development in Chapter 3, Scalability, Limitations, and Effects.

In this chapter we will cover: