Responsive Web Design with HTML5 and CSS – Fifth Edition

Description

Responsive Web Design with HTML5 and CSS, Fifth Edition, is the very latest, up-to-date version of one of the bestselling books on HTML5 and CSS. It emphasizes pragmatic application, teaching the approaches needed to build websites and applications, with downloadable examples.

Written in Ben’s friendly and easy-to-follow style, this title can be read as a complete guide, or used as a reference for each topic.

If you’re a backend dev looking to understand the front of the web stack and its possibilities, or perhaps a frontend dev looking for a comprehensive resource on everything new in HTML and CSS to build the most efficient UIs, this is the book for you. Even if you are deferring your code writing to AI, this book gives you the requisite knowledge to understand the validity and efficiency of AI’s output.

Among the many topics, we cover approaches for better accessibility, utilizing variable fonts, explainers on the latest color manipulation techniques and functions, in-depth coverage of bleeding-edge features such as scroll-driven animations, view transitions, CSS anchor positioning, CSS layers, container queries, nesting, and much more.

By the end, you’ll not only have a thorough understanding of responsive web design and what’s possible with the latest HTML5 and CSS, but also know how to best implement each technique.