HTML5 24-Hour Trainer [With DVD] Paperback - 2011 - 1st Edition

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Easy-to-follow lessons and training videos for learning HTML5

HTML is the core technology for building web sites; the latest version opens the door to new levels of rich content and dynamic interactivity. This easy-to-follow book-and-DVD package is an ideal introduction to HTML5. Featuring straightforward lessons and expertly crafted training videos, this guide imparts the instruction you need to get started creating your own sites. HTML experts Joseph Lowery and Mark Fletcher cover the basic aspects of a web page, discuss the advantages of using CSS, and share examples of real-world web development to provide the foundation you need to start successfully constructing your own sites.

HTML5 24-Hour Trainer:

• Details the new features and capabilities of HTML5 in a unique book-and-DVD combo

• Illustrates the dynamic nature of HTML5 and the Internet

• Features exercise files that are constructed with web standard-compliant code

• Boasts inclusive coverage of CSS to provide you with a more engaging learning experience

• Unveils each lesson in small, easily digestible portions so that you can get the most out of each one

On the DVD

Don't just learn--do!

The lessons within the book are each accompanied by an instructional demonstration on the DVD--hours of video tutorials!

You'll learn to:

• Create your first web page with HTML5

• Add a title and meta tag

• Apply CSS to a page and check your CSS in a browser

• Link to a style sheet

• Separate text with headings and set the page font

• Incorporate images in a page

• Wrap text around an image

• Work with bulleted lists

• Build and style a table

• Enhance HTML with JavaScript

• Insert video and audio media

Please see the DVD appendix for details and complete system requirements.

Wrox guides are crafted to make learning programming languages and technologies easier than you think. Written by programmers for programmers, they provide a structured, tutorial format that will guide you through all the techniques involved.

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