Beginning HTML5 and CSS3: The Web Evolved

Beginning HTML5 and CSS3 is your introduction to the new features and elements of HTML5—all the leaner, cleaner, and more efficient code you’ve hoped for is available now with HTML5, along with some new tools that will allow you to create more meaningful and richer content. For everyone involved in web design, this book also introduces the new structural integrity and styling flexibility of CSS 3—which means better-looking pages and smarter content in your website projects. For all forward-looking web professionals who want to start enjoying and deploying the new HTML5 and CSS3 features right away, this book provides you with an in-depth look at the new capabilities—including audio and video—that are new to web standards. You’ll learn about the new HTML5 structural sections, plus HTML5 and CSS3 layouts. You’ll also discover why some people think HTML5 is going to be a Flash killer, when you see how to create transitions and animations with these new technologies. So get ahead in your web development through the practical, step-by-step approaches offered to you in Beginning HTML5 and CSS3. What you’ll learn Cutting-edge web development techniques with HTML5 and CSS3 The new features of HTML5 and how to work with HTML5 and CSS3 The new web standards being implemented by all the major web browsers How to work with the new HTML5 structural sections How to create HTML5 and CSS3 layouts How to create transitions and animations without using Flash New web typography solutions A new vision of web development with HTML5 and CSS3 Who this book is for This book is for web developers and anyone involved in web design who wants to embrace the new web standards and cutting-edge features of HTML5 and CSS3. With a practical, accessible approach, this book is for anyone who wants to push their websites forwards with the latest technologies. Table of Contents HTML5: Now, Not 2022 Your First Plunge Into HTML5 New Structural Elements A Richer Approach to Content Markup Rich Media Paving the Way for Web Applications CSS3—Here and Now Keeping Your Markup Slim Using CSS3 Selectors A Layout for Every Occasion Improving Web Typography  Putting CSS3 Properties to Work Transforms, Transitions, and Animation The Future of CSS