Upgrade Your HTML V

Book excerpt: Upgrade Your HTML is the book series for HTML craftspeople and minimalists. In Upgrade Your HTML V, HTML and CSS optimizer Jens Oliver Meiert takes more examples of HTML to analyze, explain, and improve the respective markup. In this edition, find tables from the past; new HTML elements; (not) being managed by code; law and order in scripts; “hidden” and seek; preload requests; intermissions; mysterious chapter names; keyboard shortcuts; microdata; and plenty of appreciation for the craft of HTML. “There are ways to improve performance by showing extra care about what you add to your HTML document, and anticipating the content. Going beyond the basics and into the nuances of HTML syntax and semantics is the value you’ll find in these pages, knowledge shared with you by Jens.”—Stephanie Eckles → This is the book if you enjoy the intricacies of working with HTML.