From the Author

When you study a foreign language you typically need a grammar book and a dictionary. Similarly, when you study a programming language you typically need a guide book and a reference book - although, if you are familiar with the previous version of HTML, a reference book alone might be enough.

From the Back Cover

Today you can find a wealth of HTML5 information on the web including references, tutorials and tips. There are also a very good HTML5 books available which concentrate on certain HTMl5 features. However there is always a need for a relatively concise summary of all that information in one handy reference-type book.

This book is an essential technical dictionary for professional web designers and developers, conveniently summarizing over 3000 pages of (X)HTML5 and CSS3 specifications and covering the most common and fundamental concepts and specs, including tags, attributes, values, objects, properties, methods, events, & APIs. Topics include:

- HTML5 and XTML5 syntax rules

- HTML5 document semantic structure

- Web Forms 2.0

- Complete reference to HTML5 elements, and attributes

- HTML5 global attributes and events

- A complete summary of CSS3 modules and properties

- HTML5 APIs, including SVG, Canvas, Video, Audio, Web Workers, Web Sockets, Microdata, Geolocation, Web Storage, Drag&Drop and more.

This is the world's 1st reference-type (X)HTML5 & CSS3 book. The author's goal was to create a one-stop resource reference source which is comprehensive but still concise, simple, easy-to-read, and structured.

Sergey Mavrody has been working with web technologies since the mid-nineties, focusing on UI design and development, creative direction, information architecture, interactive media, and enterprise applications with rich data visualization and advanced UI components.

Sergey holds two Master's degrees. He is also a visual artist, chess master and educator with many years experience teaching as professor at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.