HTML5: 20 Lessons to Successful Web Development

Master HTML and HTML5 in 20 lessons–online video tutorials included!

Based on the author’s successful online courses, this complete, integrated learning tool provides easy-to-follow lessons that feature clear explanations, sample code and exercises, and video tutorials. Each lesson is designed to take you less than an hour to complete.

HTML5: 20 Lessons to Successful Web Development covers the basics of HTML, including laying out an HTML document, using fonts, colors, and images, creating lists and tables, and building forms. Next, you’ll learn how to use the HTML5 canvas, support geolocation, build advanced forms, implement local storage, add audio and video to your pages, and much more. Together, the book and almost five hours of video training make learning HTML5 easier than ever!

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Table of Contents

PART I Basic HTML
LESSON 1 An Introduction to HTML
LESSON 2 The Layout of an HTML Document
LESSON 3 The HTML Document Body
LESSON 4 Fonts, Colors, and Images
LESSON 5 Creating Lists and Tables
LESSON 6 Links, Forms, and Frames
LESSON 7 Using the Remaining HTML4 Tags

PART II HTML5 and the Canvas
LESSON 8 What’s New in HTML5
LESSON 9 Accessing the Canvas
LESSON 10 Creating Rectangles, Fills, Gradients, and Patterns
LESSON 11 Writing Text to the Canvas
LESSON 12 Drawing Lines, Paths, and Curves
LESSON 13 Manipulating Images, Shadows, and Pixels
LESSON 14 Compositing, Transparency, and Transformations

PART III Advanced HTML
LESSON 15 Supporting Geolocation
LESSON 16 Building Advanced Forms
LESSON 17 Implementing Local Storage and Cross-Document Messaging
LESSON 18 Playing Audio
LESSON 19 Displaying Video
LESSON 20 Working with Microdata, Web Workers, and Web Applications

APPENDIX Answers to the Self-Test Questions