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Reviewed: January, 2012 |
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Reviewer:
Linda Meserve |
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If you are new to HTML5 and CSS3, this book will provide a solid foundation.
If you are more experienced, this book still provides value with its
holistic approach combining code examples while answering the question “why
is this important?", then this is also the book for you. And if you are a
non-technical reader, this book will give you enough highlights to help you
understand why these newer standards will help with reduced efforts moving
forward. The authors address these diverse audiences well.
A geek and a history buff, I automatically explore a
topic with the questions “how does this work?” and “how did we get here?”.
This combination serves me well while capturing requirements or examining
applications. The book appears to my style of thinking. It is easy to follow
and appears to flow from beginner to advanced levels for each topic, giving
each reader an opportunity to get into a particular topic as deeply as they
wish.
Along with the historical background, HTML5 & CSS3 for
the Real World outlines and provides examples of HTML5 and CSS3, including
style, forms, audio and video, gradients, embedded fonts, geolocation,
offline web apps, and the Canvas coordinate system. The book includes access
to practical code examples that are easy to follow and available for
download. They are also realistic, describing a web page that includes real
world functionality.
I like the book's emphasis on best practices and
examples. HTML5 and CSS3 aims to reduce the amount of time and effort needed
to complete minor tasks when rendering a web page. Designers and developers
will change the way they work, and for the better. And they will be able to
accomplish more of the minor tasks with less effort, leaving more time to
focus on the "fun stuff" that motivates us in web design and development.
This book covers these areas well.
I also liked the book's focus on mobile devices. It's a
"brave new world" out there. The multitude of iOS, Android, and Windows
Phone devices provide strong levels of HTML5 and CSS3 support, and so the
focus meshes well with the other topics. The book also addresses how to
incorporate the newer technologies without ignoring the standards that are
already in place. This can illustrate how an application evolves to meet an
updated architecture in a reasonable manner.
All in all, HTML5 & CSS3 for the Real World is a good
choice to get you started on the right track. You should consider it a solid
addition for your resource library. |
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