HTML5 Guidelines for Web Developers

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1 Overview of the New Web Standard About the Authors xiii 1.1 How It All Started 1.2 Time Travel through Historic Events 1.3 In ...

xi Preface In 2010, HTML5 became the buzzword on the web developer scene. Large com- panies, such as Google, Apple, and Microsof ...

xii Preface Who This Book Is for You should definitely have a basic knowledge of HTML, JavaScript, and CSS; a willingness to wor ...

xiii About the Authors The authors of this book are as versatile and multifaceted as the new web stand- ard they were brave enou ...

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1 Overview of the New Web Standard As is appropriate for a web standard, the story of HTML5 starts with the World Wide Web Conso ...

2 Chapter 1—Overview of the New Web Standard HTML4 six years before and had instead elected to back XHTML, XForms, SVG, and SMIL ...

1.1 How It All Started 3 Figure 1.1 WHATWG homepage at http://www.whatwg.org Anyone looking for help with learning or using HTML ...

4 Chapter 1—Overview of the New Web Standard Three public mailing lists, linked via the Contribute section, are the main instru- ...

1.1 How It All Started 5 Admitting that XHTML2 had failed to become the new web language, he an- nounced the creation of a new H ...