HTML and CSS are the most essential and fundamental web languages, which provide the foundation for the vast majority of web sites and web applications. HTML5 is on track to become the future of the web, offering simple plug-in free Rich Internet Application capabilities, easier development, and enhanced user experience. This book is an essential technical dictionary for professional web designers and developers, conveniently summarizing over 3000 pages of (X)HTML5 and CSS3 specifications and covering the most common and fundamental concepts and specs, including tags, attributes, values, objects, properties, methods, events, and APIs. Topics include: - Introduction to HTML5 - HTML5 and XTML5 syntax rules - Document semantic structure - Complete summary of HTML5 Elements and Attributes including Web Forms 2.0 - Global attributes and events - Complete summary of CSS3 properties - HTML5 APIs, including Canvas, SVG, Video, Audio, Web Workers, Web Sockets, Microdata, Geolocation, Web Storage and more. The author's goal was to create a one-stop resource reference source which is comprehensive but still concise, simple, easy-to-read, and structured.
This is the world's first HTML5 reference-style book. This is also the first book with XHTML5 coverage. 2nd Edition additions and facts * New: Specification status and W3C link * Content is updated to reflect evolving W3C HTML5 specification * New: 2 markup elements * New: 15 additional original illustrations * New: 12 additional JavaScript API specifications * New: 17 tips * New: 32 additional CSS properties and selectors * Browser compatibility matrix is updated to reflect new browser including Android 4.0 and iOS 5 * New: browser compatibility information is added to individual HTML5 elements and CSS3 properties. * New: Special edition for libraries and academic institutions * PDF (Google ebook), Kindle and iPad versions will be available soon