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Sams Teach Yourself HTML5 in 10 Minutes

Name: Sams Teach Yourself HTML5 in 10 Minutes
Author: Steven Holzner
ISBN: 9780672333330

by Steven Holzner

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Overview

A quick, clear guide to using the exciting new features of HTML5 today

Practical, hands-on approach helps web designers or developers begin using HTML5 right away
Step-by-step directions show how to implement HTML5 video, drawing, drag and drop, forms, and more
Makes sense of all the competing claims and misinformation about what HTML5 is or isn't

You don't need to wait to begin using HTML5, the successor to HTML 4 and XHTML. HTML5 is now being implemented in the latest versions of all the major browsers, and with it come some of the most exciting and powerful advances in web development technology in years.

Teach Yourself HTML5 in 10 Minutes offers straightforward, practical answers for fast results. By working through the book's clear, step-by-step examples, web designers or developers new to HTML5 can learn everything they need to know to quickly and easily get up to speed with HTML5.

Synopsis

A clear, super quick, easy-to-understand guide for new HTML 5 users

Fast access to instructions for every common task, plus reliable, concise answers to the most widely asked questions

Organized into lessons that distill the most crucial information on each HTML 5 topic

Tips and cautions point out shortcuts, solutions, and help readers avoid common pitfalls.

HTML 5, the successor to HTML 4.01 and XHTML 1.0, is now in stable Working Draft form. There are many exciting new elements in HTML, as well as new attributes, and new rules. And, of course, many deprecated HTML 4 elements have been dropped.Sams Teach Yourself HTML 5 in 10 Minutes offers straightforward, practical answers for fast results. By working through the 10-minute lessons, you learn everything you need to know to quickly and easily get up to speed with HTML 5. It will provide beginner and experienced HTML users alike with fast, at a glance tips pointing out helpful shortcuts and solutions and cautions to help avoid common HTML 5 pitfalls. It is written in a clear easy to understand format. Sams Teach Yourself HTML 5 in 10 Minutes focuses on those tags or elements that are new or that have changed in HTML 5, and it is organized in a logical step-by-step order that reflects the natural progression a web developer follows in developing web sites and applications. The book's modular design also allows you to jump in and learn only what they need to know anywhere throughout the book.

About the Author, Steven Holzner

Steven Holzner is the award-winning author of 108 computer books and a contributing editor at PC Magazine. His books have sold 2.5 million copies and have been translated into 22 languages. He specializes in Web topics such as Facebook, banner ads, Google, Yahoo, and MSN pay-perclick campaigns, viral marketing, usenet marketing, and more. He also owns four apartment buildings that he markets exclusively on the Web (direct emails, banner ads, pay-per-click, email autoresponders, Craig’s list, rent.com, and about ten other advertising sites) to find tenants.