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Beginning HTML5 and
CSS3
Richard Clark, Oli Studholme,
Christopher Murphy and Divya Manian
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Beginning HTML5 and CSS 3
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Contents at a Glance
Contents ....................................................................................................................... v
Forewords ................................................................................................................... xv
About the Authors .................................................................................................... xvi
About the Technical Reviewers .............................................................................. xvii
Acknowledgments .................................................................................................. xviii
Introduction ............................................................................................................... xix
Chapter 1: HTML5: Now, Not 2022 ............................................................................. 1
Chapter 2: Your First Plunge into HTML5 ................................................................ 19
Chapter 3: New Structural Elements ........................................................................ 43
Chapter 4: A Richer Approach to Marking Up Content .......................................... 89
Chapter 5: Rich Media ............................................................................................. 141
Chapter 6: Paving the Way for Web Applications ................................................. 189
Chapter 7: CSS3, Here and Now ............................................................................. 231
Chapter 8: Keeping Your Markup Slim Using CSS Selectors .............................. 275
Chapter 9: A Layout for Every Occasion ............................................................... 311
Chapter 10: Improving Web Typography ............................................................... 397
Chapter 11: Putting CSS3 Properties to Work ...................................................... 435
Chapter 12: Transforms, Transitions, and Animation .......................................... 499
Chapter 13: The Future of CSS or, Awesome Stuff That’s Coming .................... 581
Index .......................................................................................................................... 591
