HTML & CSS: The Complete Reference

by Thomas A. Powell

The go-to guide for professional Web developers--fully updated for the latest CSS and XHTML standardsThe fifth edition of this comprehensive resource on client side Web page creation provides full coverage of XHTML 1.0, 1.1, and the emerging HTML 5 standard; CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) 2.1; and browser-specific CSS rules adopted from the upcoming CSS 3 specification. You will learn, step-by-step, how to use all of these tools to build impressive Web pages.CSS & The Complete Reference, Fifth Edition covers the newest browser versions including Firefox 3, Internet Explorer 8, and Safari; the latest development trends; and current W3C standards. Hundreds of examples of correct markup and style are included.

Genres: Programming, Nonfiction, Computers

864 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 2008

Reviews

[Faisal]

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]

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]

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]

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

[Prabhakaran]

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Just approximately finished the HTML part, because it's really outdated, though I conjecture that the book was useful at the time of publication.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