HTML5 and CSS3 for the Real World : Powerful HTML5 and CSS3 Techniques You Can Use Today!

HTML5 and CSS3 for the Real World is your perfect introduction to the latest generation of web technologies. This easy-to-follow guide covers everything you need to know to get started today. You'll master the semantic markup available in HTML5, as well as how to use CSS3 to create amazing-looking websites without resorting to complex workarounds.

You'll learn how to:

• Lose that pesky Flash habit by embracing native HTML5 video
• Set type that truly supports your message
• Build intelligent web forms that users will love!
• Design modern web apps the shine on mobile devices
• Create dynamic, efficient graphics on the fly with SVG and canvas
• Use shiny new APIs to add geolocation and offline functionality
• Build your own full featured HTML5 website, the HTML5 Herald

This easy-to-follow guide is illustrated with lots of examples, and leads readers through the process of creating great websites from start to finish using HTML5 and CSS3.

Alexis Goldstein is a teacher and co-organizer of Girl Develop it, a group that conducts low-cost programming classes for woman, and a very proud member of the NYC Resistor hackerspace in Brooklyn, New York.

Louis Lazaris is a freelance web designer and front-end developer. He has been involved in web design since the days when table layouts and one-pixel GIF's dominated the industry. Louis writes for a number of top web design blogs including his own site, Impressive Webs.

Estelle Weyl is a front-end engineer who has been developing standards-based accessible websites since 1999. She writes two technical blogs pulling millions of visitors and speaks about CSS3, HTML5, JavaScript and mobile wed development at conferences around the world.