HTML books

This handy low-priced book is packed with HTML/XHTML definitions and tips, including those for HTML5 elements in depth. Snappy writing and illustrative code samples walk readers through HTML uses and element definitions. Handy pocket size provides a convenient reference for HTML coders. A true companion to standards-compliant design. The HTML Pocket Guide is for both beginning users, who want an introduction to HTML, and more advanced users, who are looking for a convenient reference. While HTML5 is still under development, browser manufacturers are already supporting many of its features in Google Chrome, Firefox, Opera, Safari, and the upcoming Internet Explorer 9. So, now is the time to start learning about it.
The HTML Pocket Guide is a valuable companion to creating standards-compliant markup that will help Web designers and developers quickly define content and meaning. Accessible, convenient, and inexpensive, this pocket guide is exactly what web designers and developers need.

Experience learning made easy—and quickly teach yourself how to create Web pages with the HTML5 specification. With Step by Step, you set the pace—building and practicing the skills you need, just when you need them!

• Use a division-based layout to structure your Web pages
• Include menu bars and hyperlinks for clear navigation
• Apply colors, font sizes, and other formatting with CSS
• Add graphics, sound, and video to your pages
• Use the Canvas tag to render visual images on the fly
• Build user-input forms with buttons, boxes, and menus

Your Step by Step digital content includes:

• All the book's practice files—ready to download and put to work. See "Using the Practice Files," inside.
• Fully searchable online edition of this book—with unlimited access on the Web. Free online account required; see inside book.

A full-color introduction to the basics of HTML and CSS from the publishers of Wrox!

Every day, more and more people want to learn some HTML and CSS. Joining the professional web designers and programmers are new audiences who need to know a little bit of code at work (update a content management system or e-commerce store) and those who want to make their personal blogs more attractive. Many books teaching HTML and CSS are dry and only written for those who want to become programmers, which is why this book takes an entirely new approach.

• Introduces HTML and CSS in a way that makes them accessible to everyone—hobbyists, students, and professionals—and it’s full-color throughout
• Utilizes information graphics and lifestyle photography to explain the topics in a simple way that is engaging
• Boasts a unique structure that allows you to progress through the chapters from beginning to end or just dip into topics of particular interest at your leisure

This educational book is one that you will enjoy picking up, reading, then referring back to. It will make you wish other technical topics were presented in such a simple, attractive and engaging way!

The biggest revolution since Ajax, Pro HTML 5 Programming: Powerful APIs for Richer Internet Application Development introduces the most revolutionary new feature of HTML 5, the ability to build Real-Time Web applications using Web Sockets.
For the first time, developers can build Rich Internet Applications with Web standards and without Ajax, Comet, Flash, Silverlight, or any of the difficult-to-use non-standard and proprietary standards currently in use. Every professional Web developer will want to learn about Web Sockets and will soon be creating more dynamic, responsive, and reliable Rich Internet Applications, and this is the only book that will show them how

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. TOC at glance:
Intro to HTML5

• Overview 9
• About this book 9
• What is HTML? 10
• Major HTML versions 10
• HTML5 10
• XHTML5 11
• CSS3 11
• Why use HTML5 11
• HTML5 advantages 11
• Who this book is for 12
• HTML5 Branding 12
• The logo 13
• The technology class icons 13

2. HTML Syntax

• HTML document 15
• Basics 15
• Elements and Tags. Tag nesting 15
• Void Elements. Attributes. Boolean attribute 16
• XHTML5. Polyglot HTML document 17
• Document Type and Structure. MIME Type 18
• Common MIME Types 19
• Document Object Model (DOM) 20
• Semantic Elements 20
• Syntax Summary. General Syntax Rules 21
• (X)HTML5 void tag syntax 22
• HTML5 elements with optional tags 23
• Elements by Type 25
• Browser Compatibility Scripting. Modernizr 26
• HTML5 enabling scripts - Polyfills 27

3. HTML5 Elements

• General Definitions 29
• Chapter Legend & Conventions 29
• Summary of HTML5 Elements 29
• HTML5 Elements 29
• HTML5 Browser Compatibility 65

4. Form Elements & Globals

• HTML5 Forms aka Web Forms 2.0 67
• Input and Output elements 67
• HTML5 types and attributes 67
• HTML5 element 70
• Input Type/Attribute Matrix 71
• Global Attributes 72
• Summary 72
• Global Events 74
• HTML Event Handler Attributes 74
• Window 74
• Form 75
• Keyboard 76
• Mouse 76
• Media 77

5. CSS3

• CSS Basics. Anatomy of a CSS Rule 79
• Typical CSS property locations 80
• About CSS Properties 80
• CSS Cascading Priority 81
• CSS Properties 82
• CSS Box Model 83
• Background & Borders 83
• Box Model 92
• Font 96
• Marquee 97
• Text Formatting 98
• Color 108
• Multi-column layout 108
• Grid Positioning 110
• Flexible Box Layout 112
• Speech 113
• Table. Auto Numbering and Lists 117
• Animation and Transitions * 118
• Outline 120
• 2D and 3D Transforms 121
• CSS3 'Transform' property functions 122
• Generated Content for Paged Media 123
• Paged Media 126
• Image Values & Replaced Content 128
• Line 129
• Rubi 134
• Hyperlink Presentation 136
• Basic User Interface 137
• CSS Selector Types 140
• CSS3 Selectors 141
• HTML5 Selectors API Level 1 and 2 146
• CSS3 Browser Compatibility Summary 147

6. HTML5 APIs

• What is API 149
• HTML5 and Related Technologies 149
• Semantic Web 150
• Microdata 150
• HTML5 + RDFa 152
• MathML 154
• WAI-ARIA 155
• Offline & Storage 156
• Web Storage 156
• HTTP Caching and Serving 158
• Indexed Database API 159
• Web SQL database 162
• Device Access 163
• Contacts API 163
• Drag and Drop 165
• Geolocation 168
• Media Capture 172
• File API 174
• Touch Events 176
• Real-Time Connectivity 177
• Web Sockets 177
• Web Messaging 179
• Web Workers 181
• Multimedia and Graphics 183
• Audio and Video 183
• Canvas 185
• Scalable Vector Graphic 190
• Performance & Integration 193
• XMLHttpRequest 193
• Navigation Timing 194
• Browser Compatibility 195

7. Appendix
8. Index

There are a lot of books out there covering CSS and HTML, but this one stands out from the crowd by combining all the best aspects of reference and tutorial books — it teaches everything you need to know to design great web sites, and moves at a fast pace, eschewing unnecessary theory and obscure details. It is designed so that any level of web designer or developer will find this to be an essential guide.

It teaches the basics of CSS and HTML before quickly moving on to cover in depth all of the essential areas of web design, include forms, tables, typography, layout, browser quirks and more. It also includes complete case studies to inspire readers, and reference sections, so readers can quickly look up syntactical details.

It is also bang up to date, covering support of the newest standards in all the latest browsers.

This BASICS series text, updated to include the latest information on JavaScript and HTML, provides an easy-to-follow, step-by-step introduction to all aspects of HTML and JavaScript programming. Topics covered in the book include HTML organization techniques, HTML power techniques, using images with JavaScript, and using forms with JavaScript.

In just 24 sessions of one hour or less, learn how to build rich, robust mobile apps that run on smartphones, tablets, and other devices and interact with users in powerful new ways. Using this book’s straightforward, step-by-step approach, you’ll master leading-edge practical skills you can use whether you’re developing for the iPad/iPhone or Android. Discover how to quickly build new mobile apps and upgrade older apps, provide cutting-edge media content, leverage advanced features ranging from geolocation to the semantic web, and even simplify complex back-end development. Each lesson builds on what you’ve already learned, giving you a rock-solid foundation for real-world success!

Step-by-step instructions carefully walk you through the most common HTML5 mobile development tasks.

Quizzes and Exercises at the end of each chapter help you test your knowledge.

By the Way notes present interesting information related to the discussion.

Did you Know? tips offer advice or show you easier ways to perform tasks.

Watch Out! cautions alert you to possible problems and give you advice on how to avoid them.

Learn how to…

• Work with the new HTML5 tags most valuable for mobile development
• Get started fast with HTML5 features already supported by today’s browsers
• Detect mobile devices and HTML5 support and upgrade sites to support them
• Style and build more efficient, usable mobile pages
• Use jQuery Mobile to quickly create mobile apps
• Leverage HTML5’s breakthrough drawing and typography features
• Efficiently integrate media content into your apps
• Add meaning with HTML5 sectioning and semantic elements
• Implement drag-and-drop more easily than ever
• Build offline applications and other apps that use local storage
• Detect and work with location data via the GeoLocation API
• Use microformats and microdata to make web pages friendlier to computers
• Add powerful back-end functionality with WebSockets, Web Workers, and File APIs
• Improve user navigation with the History API

Foundation HTML5 Canvas: For Games and Entertainment teaches you how to make exciting interactive games and applications using HTML5 canvas.
Canvas lets you produce graphics, animations, and applications using the HTML5 and JavaScript web standards. It allows you to draw directly within the browser without the need for third-party plugins like Adobe Flash, and so canvas works perfectly across desktop and mobile devices, like the iPhone and Android.
Foundation HTML5 Canvas begins by introducing you to HTML5 and the cool new features that it opens up for you. You are then offered a quick guide to JavaScript programming to get you up to speed. Next up you'll receive a thorough introduction to the canvas element, which teaches you how to draw objects within the browser with great ease.
Once the basics are covered you'll move on to the more advanced features of canvas, including image and video manipulation. You'll also learn how to create realistic animations with the help of some basic physics.
Foundation HTML5 Canvas then teaches you how to create two thrilling space-based games using all the skills you've learned so far. You'll find plenty of code examples and illustrations designed to help you understand even the most complex of topics.
HTML5 is already here for you, and Foundation HTML5 Canvas will provide you with all the information you need to enjoy the show.
What you'll learn

• The exciting new features that HTML5 brings and how to use them
• The basics of programming in JavaScript and capturing user input
• What the canvas drawing element is all about and why you'd want to use it
• How to utilize both basic and advanced features of canvas
• How to create realistic animations using canvas and a splash of physics
• How to make interactive games using canvas, JavaScript, and other HTML5 goodies

Who this book is for
The book has been written in a friendly way that makes it approachable to beginners and experts alike. It is predominantly for Web designers who are new to HTML5 and JavaScript, and covers the absolute basics of creating interactive games and applications using the HTML5 canvas element. Experienced Web designers and programmers will also learn about all the features of canvas and how they can be used within their own projects. Flash and Silverlight developers wanting to broaden their reach across the Web and mobile devices will also benefit from the information in this book.
Table of Contents

1. Introducing HTML5
2. Foundation JavaScript
3. Learning the Basics of Canvas
4. Pushing Canvas Further
5. Manipulating Images and Video
6. Making Things Move
7. Implementing Advanced Animation
8. Creating the Space Bowling Game
9. Creating the Asteroid Avoidance Game
10. Taking Things Further and the Future of Canvas

Step-by-step example-driven tutorials to create several games from scratch. Each game comes with a specific learning topic in HTML5 or CSS3. This book is for web designers or game developers who want to build browser games with HTML5 and CSS3. You’ll need some background with web development or other programming but no game development experience is necessary.