Sams Teach Yourself HTML5 in 10 Minutes

by Steven Holzner

A clear, super quick, easy-to-understand guide for new HTML 5 users

Fast access to instructions for every common task, plus reliable, concise answers to the most widely asked questions Organized into lessons that distill the most crucial information on each HTML 5 topic Tips and cautions point out shortcuts, solutions, and help readers avoid common pitfalls.

HTML 5, the successor to HTML 4.01 and XHTML 1.0, is now in stable Working Draft form. There are many exciting new elements in HTML, as well as new attributes, and new rules. And, of course, many deprecated HTML 4 elements have been dropped.Sams Teach Yourself HTML 5 in 10 Minutes offers straightforward, practical answers for fast results. By working through the 10-minute lessons, you learn everything you need to know to quickly and easily get up to speed with HTML 5. It will provide beginner and experienced HTML users alike with fast, at a glance tips pointing out helpful shortcuts and solutions and cautions to help avoid common HTML 5 pitfalls. It is written in a clear easy to understand format. Sams Teach Yourself HTML 5 in 10 Minutes focuses on those tags or elements that are new or that have changed in HTML 5, and it is organized in a logical step-by-step order that reflects the natural progression a web developer follows in developing web sites and applications. The book's modular design also allows you to jump in and learn only what they need to know anywhere throughout the book.

Genres: Website Design

299 pages, Kindle Edition

First published November 29, 2010

Reviews

[C · Rating 2 out of 5]

This short book contains 10 brief lessons covering some of what's new in HTML5: drawing with the canvas element, dragging and dropping, form controls, video and audio, and storage. Each lesson introduces elements and their attributes, briefly explains their functionality, then shows the code to build a small demo.

The writing style is fairly boring and the examples are uninteresting, although they are basic and practical. I've seen much more exciting introductions to HTML5 online.

I liked seeing how forms are more interactive in HTML5, with basic validation taking place in the browser without requiring server-side scripting. Overall, this book made me realize how closely HTML5 works with JavaScript; I'll definitely need to spend time getting more familiar with JavaScript!

[Toby · Rating 2 out of 5]

A remarkably poor entry by SAMS, padded with unnecessary (and irritating) repetition, utterly uninspiring examples, and dire layout. The whole book could be cut down to about 50 pages without losing much.