Review: Good For The Price
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 02 8, 2012
This book shows how to use many of the new elements of web design present in HTML 5. It is not intended to be a complete reference manual for HTML.  The author seems very knowledgeable of proper HTML use and web design.  However, I gave up on trying to read the whole book.  The first couple of chapters seem to be background history on HTML and the internet in general.  Aside from HTML 5 being the newest thing to use, I don't understand why the history lesson was included in the book.  The remaining chapters each cover a different topic illustrating the new elements, (i.e. canvas in chapter 4, video in chapter 5, geolocation in chapter 6, etc.).  Some of the elements are covered in great detail, while others seemed to be quickly glossed over.  I read the digital version and it is full of external links to websites for `further reading'.  Frankly, this irritated me to no end.  I felt like I was browsing wikipedia, where every article I read has a ton of links to other articles explaining what I was just reading about.  I could have easily spent more time reading the `further reading' links than the actual book.If you're looking to make a website incorporating one of the items covered in this book, it may be a good buy.  But don't expect to build an entire website, as the book isn't designed to cover building a whole page, just sections.  Honestly, I'm glad I have the digital version as I don't think the book is worth taking up shelf space.