Lowery Joseph W. - HTML5 24-Hour Trainer

HTML5 24-Hour Trainer

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For Nelee, whose life will resonate for generations to come

Joseph Lowery

To my wife, Vanessa. You are and always will be my soul mate.

Mark Fletcher

About the Authors

Joseph Lowerys books about the Web and web-building tools are international bestsellers, having sold more than 400,000 copies worldwide in 11 different languages. His most recent books are the Adobe Dreamweaver CS5 Bible and Adobe CS4 Web Workflows. Joe developed the Dreamweaver CS5 and WordPress 3.0 course for Lynda.com. He is the author of the popular CSS Hacks and Filters as well as numerous other books on creating websites. A well-known speaker, Joe has presented at Adobe conferences in the United States and Europe as well as user groups around the country. Joe bases his books on over 12 years of real-world experience building sites, applications, and tools for web designers and developers. He currently works with a number of designers and also designs sites himself.

Mark Fletcher is an eLearning Developer specializing in Rapid e-Learning Development. Mark has worked with many blue chip companies such as Adobe Systems Inc., eSyncTraining.com, and a leading eLearning company. Mark also has presented at a number of conferences on e-Learning. Mark lives on the northwest coast of the United Kingdom with his wife, Vanessa, and their two children, Joel and Lucy. Mark can be reached on his personal blog. http://macrofireball.blogspot.com .

About the Technical Editor

Carlos Gonzalez was born in Brighton on the south coast of England in 1979. He started doing graphic and web design 11 years ago. Carlos worked for Victoria Real on the first two Big Brother UK websites. He has been a freelance web designer for over 6 years, creating bespoke websites with a keen focus on aesthetics and the latest W3C standards.

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Kevin Kent

Technical Editor

Carlos Gonzalez

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Michael E. Trent

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Acknowledgments

Thanks to all the great folks at Wiley/Wrox for helping with this book. We really appreciate the work put in by Scott Meyers, Kevin Kent, Rosemarie Graham, and others for keeping us on track and moving forward.

Introduction

No doubt about it, HTML5 is hot. Although the fires were initially stoked by Apples expressed preference for the nascent web language over embedded plug-ins, the power of HTML5 is transcending that discussion. HTML5 brings much-needed capabilities to web designers capabilities that could significantly reshape the look-and-feel of the Web.

As a long-time web designer, Im very excited about the possibilities of HTML5. And, as a teacher of web technologies, I feel its important that new designers get off on the right foot so they can build web standardcompliant sites that work across multiple browsers today and well into the future.

Who This Book Is For

The HTML5 24-Hour Trainer is designed primarily to introduce the language to beginning web designers and, secondarily, as an aid to current designers who want to try out the new features of HTML5. Whether youre a total newbie or a working professional who just needs a quick brush-up, this book will work for you.

If you are just starting out as a web designer, I suggest you read the book straight through, cover to cover. Ive made sure to introduce concepts and techniques before they are put to use. Be sure to work your way through the Try It exercises as well, whether by following along with the written steps in the book or by watching the videos presented on the DVD with the print book, or watch online at www.wrox.com/go/html5video . The first series of exercises are intentionally very basic, and they ramp up as the book progresses.