HTML5 Foundations - Softcover

West, Matt

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1118356551 ISBN 13: 9781118356555

Publisher: Wiley, 2012

Synopsis

Master innovative and eye-catching website design with the exciting new Treehouse Series of books

Turn plain words and images into stunning websites using HTML5 and this beautiful, full-colour guide. Taking you beyond the constraints of prebuilt themes and simple site building tools, this new Treehouse book combines practicality with inspiration to show you how to create fully customized, modern, and dazzling websites that make viewers want to stop and stay.

The exciting new Treehouse Series of books is authored by Treehouse experts and packed with innovative design ideas and practical skill-building. If you're a web developer, web designer, hobbyist, or career-changer, every book in this practical new series should be on your bookshelf.

• Part of the new Treehouse Series of books, teaching you effective and compelling website development and design, helping you build practical skills
• Provides career-worthy information from Treehouse industry pros and trainers
• Explains HTML5 basics, such as how to format text, add scripts to pages, and use HTML5 for audio and video
• Also covers hypermedia, CSS and JavaScript, embedding video, geolocation, and much more

Leverage pages of dazzling website design ideas and expert instruction with a new Treehouse Series book.

About this title

About the Author

MATT WEST (@MattAntWest) is the founder of Koji Labs, where he builds HTML5 websites for firms around the world. Matt is a hybrid, dealing with both the design and development of the website projects he works on. Working on open source projects, Matt taught himself how to code and has since built everything from small business websites to advanced route optimizers.

Treehouse is a consortium of web and software designers and developers whose mission is to bring affordable technology education to people everywhere, in order to help them achieve their dreams and change the world. In keeping with that mission, the Treehouse Series of books are authored by experts and loaded with innovative design ideas and practical skill-building instruction. If you're a web developer, web designer, hobbyist, or career-changer, every book in the series belongs on your bookshelf.

From the Back Cover

TAKE YOUR WEB DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT SKILLS TO A BOLD NEW LEVEL

This book takes you beyond the pre-fab themes and basic website building tools found in most HTML books to show you how to transform plain words and static images into amazing websites that draw users in and make them want to stay. Combining equal parts how-to instruction and inspiration-along with dozens of stunning, full-color illustrations-this book gets you up and running in no time, with everything you need to create fully-customized sites featuring all the razzle-dazzle and dynamic content that make the difference between a functional website and a brilliant one. And, like all the books in the Treehouse series, HTML5 Foundations outfits you with everything you need to expand your skill set and broaden your professional horizons.
In plain English, master developer Matt West schools you in HTML5 ABC’s, and shows you how to:

• Create page templates and web pages
• Structure a website
• Format text
• Embed audio and video
• Use and get the most out of microdata
• Enhance your site with HTML5 and JavaScript
• Maintain consistency of style with CSS
• Store data
• Use geolocation

Packed with dazzling design ideas, expert instruction, and career-making insights from a world-class professional, HTML5 Foundations is a valuable working reference and an indispensable tool of the trade.

Edition details

• Publisher: Wiley
• Publication date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1118356551
• ISBN 13: 9781118356555
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 384