A new edition of a bestseller covers the latest advances in web development!
HTML5 and CSS3 are essential tools for creating dynamic websites and boast updates and enhanced features that can make your websites even more effective and unique. This friendly, all-in-one guide covers everything you need to know about each of these technologies and their latest versions so that you can use them together. Building on the bestselling formats of the first two editions, this new edition teaches you the fundamentals of HTML5 and CSS3, and then presents ways for using them with JavaScript, MySQL, and Ajax to create websites that work.
- Covers using JavaScript, PHP, MySQL, and Ajax in the context of programming dynamic web pages with CSS3 and HTML5
- Includes self-contained minibooks that review HTML, CSS, design and layout, client-side JavaScript, Ajax and server-side, and putting it all together
- Examines new web development advancements including new technologies and changes to the standards
- Features a website that contains supporting materials including code and several valuable programs that are useful for web development
HTML5 and CSS3 All-in-One For Dummies, 3rd Edition serves as the perfect reference for both web development beginners and seasoned professionals looking to learn more about how to get the most out of the powerful combination of HTML5 and CSS3.
Table of Contents:
Introduction 1
Part I: Creating the HTML Foundation 7
Chapter 1: Sound HTML Foundations 9
Chapter 2: It’s All About Validation 19
Chapter 3: Choosing Your Tools 33
Chapter 4: Managing Information with Lists and Tables 51
Chapter 5: Making Connections with Links 67
Chapter 6: Adding Images, Sound, and Video 77
Chapter 7: Creating Forms 105
Part II: Styling with CSS 129
Chapter 1: Coloring Your World 131
Chapter 2: Styling Text 149
Chapter 3: Selectors: Coding with Class and Style 175
Chapter 4: Borders and Backgrounds 197
Chapter 5: Levels of CSS 225
Chapter 6: CSS Special Effects 245
Part III: Building Layouts with CSS 263
Chapter 1: Fun with the Fabulous Float 265
Chapter 2: Building Floating Page Layouts 285
Chapter 3: Styling Lists and Menus 309
Chapter 4: Using Alternative Positioning 327
Part IV: Client-Side Programming with JavaScript 353
Chapter 1: Getting Started with JavaScript 355
Chapter 2: Talking to the Page 375
Chapter 3: Decisions and Debugging 399
Chapter 4: Functions, Arrays, and Objects 429
Chapter 5: Getting Valid Input 459
Chapter 6: Drawing on the Canvas 483
Chapter 7: Animation with the Canvas 511
Part V: Server-Side Programming with PHP 527
Chapter 1: Getting Started on the Server 529
Chapter 2: PHP and HTML Forms 549
Chapter 3: Using Control Structures 569
Chapter 4: Working with Arrays 587
Chapter 5: Using Functions and Session Variables 605
Chapter 6: Working with Files and Directories 617
Chapter 7: Exceptions and Objects 639
Part VI: Managing Data with MySQL 653
Chapter 1: Getting Started with Data 655
Chapter 2: Managing Data with MySQL 679
Chapter 3: Normalizing Your Data 705
Chapter 4: Putting Data Together with Joins 719
Chapter 5: Connecting PHP to a MySQL Database 741
Part VII: Integrating the Client and Server with AJAX 759
Chapter 1: AJAX Essentials 761
Chapter 2: Improving JavaScript and AJAX with jQuery 775
Chapter 3: Animating jQuery 795
Chapter 4: Using the jQuery User Interface Toolkit 819
Chapter 5: Improving Usability with jQuery 841
Chapter 6: Working with AJAX Data 859
Chapter 7: Going Mobile 883
Part VIII: Moving from Pages to Sites 909
Chapter 1: Managing Your Servers 911
Chapter 2: Planning Your Sites 933
Chapter 3: Introducing Content Management Systems 953
Chapter 4: Editing Graphics 977
Chapter 5: Taking Control of Content 995
Index 1015
About the Author :
Andy Harris taught himself programming because it was fun. Today he teaches computer science, game development, and web programming at the university level; is a technology consultant for the state of Indiana; has helped people with disabilities to form their own web development companies; and works with families who wish to teach computing at home.
