HTML & CSS: The Complete Reference, Fifth Edition

by Thomas A. Powell

This Complete Reference is a comprehensive resource on client side Web page building and provides full coverage of XHTML 1.0, 1.1 and the emerging 2.0 standard, along with full CSS 2 coverage. At almost 1,000 pages, the updated Fifth Edition examples address improvements in the newest browsers including Firefox 2 and Internet Explorer 7 (and upcoming v. 8), and has robust details on standards-based web design and includes hundreds of examples of correct markup and style. CSS & XHTML: The Complete Reference, Fifth Edition covers the newest browser versions including Firefox 3, Internet Explorer 8, and Safari; the latest development trends; and current W3C standards. Hundreds of examples of correct markup and style are included.

Genres: Programming, Nonfiction, Computers

868 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2008

Reviews

[Faisal · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book has a lot of useful information and It's good for the beginners and intermediate.
The best thing is that it has great information about HTML5 and CSS3 :)

I really recommend this book for everyone :)

[Donna Markiewicz · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a excellent reference book. It covers HTML5 and CSS3 as well as HTML and CSS which I found very helpful. I think it is geared towards people who have a basic understanding of both and not just beginning, but worth hanging onto for future reference.

[Ntombizakhona Mabaso · Rating 5 out of 5]

This reference guide is incredibly thorough, but it dates back to 2008, which makes it more of a nostalgic read than a practical one for today’s web development needs.

With modern resources like FreeCodeCamp, Codecademy, and Mozilla Docs readily available, you can easily find up-to-date information online.

Still, there’s something fascinating about looking into the past—reading a book from a time when Internet Explorer was dominant and Google Chrome wasn’t even mentioned.

While today we rely on Microsoft Edge and Chrome as the main browsers, this guide offers a glimpse into how web development was approached years ago.

It’s a solid reference, and who knows—if everything goes behind a paywall someday, having a physical copy might come in handy!

[Snowmeister · Rating 5 out of 5]

Definate must have for your web developers reference shelf, especially if you are interested in using emerging standards.

[Prabhakaran · Rating 5 out of 5]

I feel this book is like an another Documentation for HTML and CSS.

[Duip]

Just approximately finished the HTML part, because it's really outdated, though I conjecture that the book was useful at the time of publication.

[Jim Bertsch]

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