Wednesday, March 16, 2011

HTML and CSS

It is very helpful to become a web development expert, the fifth edition of this trusted resources has been thoroughly revised and reorganized to address HTML5 and the revolutionary new Web standard.  The book covers all the elements supported in today's Web browsers-form the standard (X)HTML tags to the archaic and proprietary tags that may be encountered.


HTML and CSS:  The complete Reference, 5th edition contains full details on CSS 2.1 as well as every proprietary and emerging CSS3 property currently supported. Annotated examples of correct markup and style show you how to use all of these technologies to build impressive Web pages. Helpful appendixes cover the syntax of character entities, fonts, colors, and URLs. This comprehensive reference is an essential tool for professional Web developers.

    * Master transitional HTML 4.01 and XHTML 1.0 markup
    * Write emerging standards-based markup with HTML5
    * Enhance presentation with Cascading Style Sheets (CSS1 and CSS 2.1)
    * Learn proprietary and emerging CSS3 features
    * Learn how to read (X)HTML document type definitions (DTDs)
    * Apply everything in an open standards-focused fashion

About the Author

Thomas A. Powell is president of PINT, Inc., a Web development and design firm. He developed the Web Publishing Certificate program for UCSD Extension and is an instructor for the Computer Science Department at UCSD. He is the author of the previous bestselling editions of this book and Ajax: The Complete Reference.

Book Details

    * Paperback: 856 pages
    * Publisher: McGraw-Hill; 5 edition (January, 2010)
    * Language: English
    * ISBN-10: 0071496297
    * ISBN-13: 978-0071496292