Foundation HTML5 with CSS3

If you want to get into developing web sites, the most important thing you'll need is a solid understanding of Hypertext Markup Language, or HTML—the most common language used to write web site content. The most recent version of the language is HTML5, and it contains a whole host of new features to give you more power when creating websites.

Foundation HTML5 with CSS3: A Modern Guide and Reference incorporates practical examples to show how to structure data correctly using HTML5, along with styling and layout basics using the latest release of Cascading Style Sheets, CSS3.

This book is forward-thinking because all the featured code and techniques are standards-compliant, and it demonstrate best practices—you won't waste your time on outdated, bad techniques. Your web pages will work properly in most web browsers and be accessible to web users with disabilities, easily located using popular search engines, and compact in file size.

Even if you already know HTML5 and CSS3 basics, this book will still be useful to you. It features comprehensive reference tables, so you can look up troublesome attributes, codes, and properties quickly and easily.

What you’ll learn

• Standards-compliant HTML5, not outdated techniques
• Styling and layout basics using CSS3

Who this book is for

Web designers and developers who want to bring themselves up to speed in the correct usage of HTML5 and CSS3, or those starting out in modern web development.

About the Authors

Craig Cook has been designing and building websites since 1998, though he still silently harbors the aspiration to draw comic books. His background is in traditional graphic design, and although he spent years learning how to make ink stick to paper, he fell in love with the Web and the affair continues to this day.

Jason Garber is a web developer living and working near Washington, DC. He got his start building websites in 1996, long before turning a hobby into a career in 2003. Jason founded Refresh DC, a community of web designers, developers, and other new media professionals. He remains active in the community and continues to help organize monthly Refresh DC meetings.