Beginning HTML5 and CSS3 for Dummies

by Ed Tittel, Chris Minnick

Your full-color, friendly guide to getting started with HTML5 and CSS3!

HTML and CSS are essential tools for creating dynamic websites and help make your websites even more effective and unique. This friendly-but-straightforward guide gets you started with the basics of the latest versions of HTML and CSS: HTML5 and CSS3. Introducing you to the syntax and structure of the languages, this helpful guide shows you how to create and view a web page, explains ideal usage of HTML5 and CSS3, walks you through the CSS3 rules and style sheets, addresses common mistakes and explains how to fix them, and explores interesting HTML5 tools.


Serves as an ideal introduction to HTML5 and CSS3 for beginners with little to no web development experience Details the capabilities of HTML5 and CSS3 and how to use both to create responsive, practical, and well-designed websites Helps you understand how HTML5 and CSS3 are the foundation upon which hundreds of millions of web pages are built Features full-color illustrations to enhance your learning process Beginning HTML5 and CSS3 For Dummies is the perfect first step for getting started with the fundamentals of web development and design.

Genres: Reference, Computer Science, Nonfiction, Website Design

384 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2013

About the author

Ed Tittel is a freelance writer and trainer who also works as an Internet consultant. He is a graduate of Princeton University and the University of Texas and worked for American software corporation, Novell from 1987–1994, where his final position was Director of Technical Marketing (1993–1994). Prior to that position, he worked for such companies as Information Research Associates (now known as Scientific and Engineering Software), Burroughs Computing, Michael Leesley Consulting, and Schlumberger Research. In 1997, Tittel worked briefly as a Technical Evangelist for Tivoli Systems, and in 2006, he worked for NetQoS, first as Director of Training, then as a Senior Researcher.
Tittel has contributed to over 100 IT, Internet, IT Security, and Certification books. He is well known for his contributions to the best-selling HTML for Dummies and HTML4 for Dummies, and has also authored For Dummies books on XHTML and XML. He's probably best known for his Exam Cram series Certification books, which he originated for the Coriolis Group in 1997, and for which he served as series editor until the end of 2005. His most recent works include short titles on optical networking, clustered computing, and carrier Ethernet, plus recent revisions to his CISSP Study Guide, HTML For Dummies (currently entitled HTML, XHTML, and CSS For Dummies, 6th edition, with co-author Jeff Noble), Windows Server 2008 For Dummies, and Guide to TCP/IP, 3rd edition (lead author: Laura Chappell). Tittel currently writes regularly for numerous TechTarget.com Web sites, for Tom's Hardware and Tom's Guide, for the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA), and InformIT.com. He also writes white papers and research documents for major US and international corporations, and develops and delivers online course materials on various Windows OS and networking topics.
In 1993 Tittel started his own Company, LANWrights Inc., primarily to pursue content development and book publishing projects. In 1997, his company produced 45 computer trade books, and from 1998 to 2004 (the year he left the company, following its sale to Sylvan Ventures in 2000) they produced no less than 55 computer trade books per year. In 2005, LANWrights ceased to exist as a business entity when the Austin division of what was by then known as Thomson NETg (now part of Skillsoft) was finally shut down completely.

Reviews

[Amber · Rating 4 out of 5]

Although I recommend this book for beginning coders, I think it's most beneficial as an additional (not a primary) resource. I studied with other sources and put what I learned into practice before i started reading this, which helped me pinpoint what I needed to study more intensely.
One detail that makes this book a valuable resource is that it defines which elements are 2 2qq taste, such as the tag. As a true beginner, there's no way for me to know if a design is tacky unless someone tells me, so I really appreciated that part. I also enjoyed learning so many effects I didn't know were available! My website is really starting to look not-completely amateurish. Worth the read.

[Leon Kwasi · Rating 5 out of 5]

One of the best coding books for beginners that I have ever read. Before a beginner reads anything other book on web development, they should read this one first.

[Francesca Tessari · Rating 3 out of 5]

Avendo solo un'infarinatura di HTML e CSS, speravo che questo manuale mi aiutasse a migliorare la mia comprensione dei due linguaggi. Per fortuna ho un marito web-developer che poteva aiutarmi, altrimenti non ne venivo pi�� fuori.

[Anton Antonov · Rating 4 out of 5]

A very good intro to HTML5 and CSS3. It starts off with the most basic things but by the end you have a solid grasp of HTML5 and CSS3.

[Harish Ptl]

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