HTML & CSS: The Complete Reference

by Thomas A. Powell

The Definitive Guide to HTML & CSS--Fully Updated Written by a Web development expert, the fifth edition of this trusted resource has been thoroughly revised and reorganized to address HTML5, the revolutionary new Web standard. The book covers all the elements supported in today's Web browsers--from the standard (X)HTML tags to the archaic and proprietary tags that may be encountered.

"HTML & CSS: The Complete Reference, Fifth 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

Thomas A. Powell is president of PINT, Inc. (pint.com), a nationally recognized Web agency. He developed the Web Publishing Certificate program for the University of California, San Diego 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," and co-author of "JavaScript: The Complete Reference."

Genres: Programming, Nonfiction, Computers

864 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2008

Reviews

[Faisal · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book has a lot of useful information and It's good for the beginners and intermediate.
The best thing is that it has great information about HTML5 and CSS3 :)

I really recommend this book for everyone :)

[Donna Markiewicz · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a excellent reference book. It covers HTML5 and CSS3 as well as HTML and CSS which I found very helpful. I think it is geared towards people who have a basic understanding of both and not just beginning, but worth hanging onto for future reference.

[Ntombizakhona Mabaso · Rating 5 out of 5]

This reference guide is incredibly thorough, but it dates back to 2008, which makes it more of a nostalgic read than a practical one for today’s web development needs.

With modern resources like FreeCodeCamp, Codecademy, and Mozilla Docs readily available, you can easily find up-to-date information online.

Still, there’s something fascinating about looking into the past—reading a book from a time when Internet Explorer was dominant and Google Chrome wasn’t even mentioned.

While today we rely on Microsoft Edge and Chrome as the main browsers, this guide offers a glimpse into how web development was approached years ago.

It’s a solid reference, and who knows—if everything goes behind a paywall someday, having a physical copy might come in handy!

[Snowmeister · Rating 5 out of 5]

Definate must have for your web developers reference shelf, especially if you are interested in using emerging standards.

[Prabhakaran · Rating 5 out of 5]

I feel this book is like an another Documentation for HTML and CSS.

[Duip]

Just approximately finished the HTML part, because it's really outdated, though I conjecture that the book was useful at the time of publication.

[Jim Bertsch]

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