HTML5 for Web Designers

HTML5 for Web Designers was the first book in the A Book Apart series that I ever got. It’s essentially a transition guide for developers used to writing XHTML to get up to speed on HTML5. The book could also be used as an introduction to HTML itself, but because it assumes some previous knowledge and is written to the industry professional I wouldn’t recommend it.

The content in this book is good and isn’t necessarily out-of-date, it’s just not needed any longer. For it’s time, the book must have been great and super helpful. All developers write in HTML5 now though, so a transition guide simply isn’t needed. A Book Apart did release a second edition in 2016 that may have made it more relevant. The first edition is available for free online at https://html5forwebdesigners.com