Unless you have been off on a digital-free holiday, you’ve heard a lot of chatter about HTML5. As a web
professional, it is apparent that having an understanding of HTML5 is not only beneficial—it’s essential.
The future of the Web has radically changed course in the last few years from XHTML to HTML5, which
means there are new concepts to learn but also outdated coding practices to unlearn.
At times HTML5 can seem enigmatic and ambiguous in what it encompasses, and threshing out
a definition for HTML5 can lead you in many directions. This book will comprehensively cover the state
of HTML5 and give you a solid foundation in the technologies it covers. Fundamental concepts are
briefly covered before diving into specifics, with an emphasis on gaining a solid grounding in HTML.
There are many new elements and attributes to cover, in areas such as web forms, multimedia, and
improved website semantics. There are also a handful of elements and attributes that are now obsolete,
which as a professional web developer you will absolutely never use ever again (right?). The correct
usage of the current HTML elements, new and old, is shown in clear easy-to-follow summaries. CSS and
JavaScript are the next topics on the table, and both are discussed and explored through their
relationship with HTML.
Also, in order to give you the theories and practical knowledge that will take your web practice
higher, related foundational topics, such as digital color, media formats, responsive design, and even
trigonometry, will be covered as relevant to HTML5.
While HTML5 will be molded for years to come, you will find that it has laid the foundation for
many next-generation web applications to be built today—web applications that might just be built by
you!