Welcome to HTML5 - the future of the WebHTML5 is packed with great new features, including new content-specific elements, audio and video playback, canvas for drawing, and many others. But where to begin? With
Smashing HTML5, you have everything you need to get up and running quickly.
Bill Sanders is a professional Web developer, information and interface designer, and instructor. His expertise and knowledge shared throughout
Smashing HTML5 will help fast-track you toward building next-generation Web sites.
Smashing HTML5 provides comprehensive coverage - from how to get started with HTML5 to optimizing media on the Web. You will learn how to use text, graphics, audio, video, and navigation in HTML5 Web pages running in compatible browsers.
You will also learn how to:
- Work with HTML5 tags
- Design page structure
- Make site navigation easy for your audience
- Integrate media including video into HTML5 pages
- Harness the power of the HTML5 canvas
- Use HTML 5 forms
- Create interactivity, store information, and much more
Smashing HTML5 is an essential read for Web designers and developers looking to transition to HTML5. With this book, you'll be able to create Web pages that not only look great, but also take advantage of the new features HTML5 has to offer.
Customer Reviews & Comments
I don't know if this book was mis-marketed, mis-titled, or just a misguided effort, but in any case I found myself bored and irritated by the first 200 or so pages, and little-impressed by the remainder. I feel that a book which claims to 'smash' into HTML5 should not spend more than a chapter or two explaining the DOM, HTML (4 and prior) and CSS. If you don't know the fundamentals of how a web page is constructed, there are literally thousands of books and other resources to get you started, many of which free, and most of which costing much less than the $39.99 list price on this one. There are maybe 50 pages of useful HTML5-specific info here. The rest is web dev 101 and not at all welcome in a book titled Smashing HTML5.
