A good starting point is the spec itself I would say. You shouldn't be going far off with reading the spec or at least skimming through it. I think W3C now has the 'human optimised' version of the spec and not just the browser vendor 900+ page and growing version only. Cheers, Jason
On Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 4:12 PM, David Storey <[email protected]> wrote: > > On 17 Aug 2010, at 16:49, jeffrey morin wrote: > > Does anyone have an opinion on whether the book, HTML5 FOR WEB DESIGNERS by > Jeremy Keith is worth the purchase? I want to learn more about HTML5 but am > turned off by the shameless promotion they've done for this book. Does > anyone have any suggestions on other books or if this is worth it? > > > Depends what you want it for. I've not read it, but I heard it was a good > primer to introduce you to the topic. It is a fairly short book, so doesn't > go indepth. > > There is another book, "Introducing HTML5" - introducinghtml5.com - which > is more indepth. It covers the semantics and such in the first half and the > JS APIs, Cavas and such in the second half. I've just started reading this, > but it is by all accounts a good book. A disclaimer is that I work with one > of the authors at Opera. > > > Thanks, > Jeff > > ******************************************************************* > List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm > Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm > Help: [email protected] > ******************************************************************* > > > David Storey > > Chief Web Opener / Product Manager, Opera Dragonfly > W3C WG: Mobile Web Best Practices / SVG Interest Group > > Opera Software ASA, Oslo, Norway > Mobile: +47 94 22 02 32 / E-Mail/XMPP: [email protected] / Twitter: > dstorey > > > ******************************************************************* > List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm > Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm > Help: [email protected] > ******************************************************************* > -- Jason Grant BSc, MSc CEO, Flexewebs Ltd. www.flexewebs.com [email protected] +44 (0)7748 591 770 Company no.: 5587469 www.flexewebs.com/semantix www.twitter.com/flexewebs www.linkedin.com/in/flexewebs ******************************************************************* List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [email protected] *******************************************************************
