Introduction

Welcome to the HTML Pocket Guide! I’m excited you’re here.

HTML—the humble markup language that helped spur a new era of information sharing two decades ago—is hotter than ever today with the emergence of HTML5. So, now is a great time to either learn about HTML for the first time or be sure you’re on top of the latest developments.

In this introduction, I summarize what you can expect to learn, whom the book targets, how information is presented, and where you can learn more.

What You Will Learn

The focus of this book is to help you learn about

• Elements and attributes in HTML 4, XHTML 1, and HTML5

• Differences between these HTML versions

• Current Web standards–based best practices regarding HTML usage

• What to use instead ...

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