Watch more at www.lynda.com In HTML5: File API in Depth, Joe Marini introduces the concepts behind the HTML5 File API technology, which allows web developers to perform file-related operations from directly within a web page. The course covers how to use the File API to manipulate files, read and access the data contained within files, and retrieve information about. Useful examples show how to accomplish tasks that were previously only possible with native code, such as picture processing, file conversion, content checking, and much more.