Web Programming Fundamentals——HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript (3rd Edition · Micro-Video Edition)

Written by Ren Pinghong and Chen Chu, this book is an introductory Web front-end textbook in Tsinghua University Press's "21st Century College Computer Course Innovation Series · Micro-Video Edition," 3rd Edition, which corrects some content from the 2nd edition, cuts outdated chapters, and adds accompanying micro-video lessons. The book has 14 chapters built around three core technologies—HTML5, CSS3, and JavaScript: Chapters 1–6 cover HTML5, from background knowledge such as the Internet, HTTP, URLs, HTML and XHTML to HTML5 document structure, syntax, and common tags, then introduce new form controls, canvas drawing and graphic transformations, audio and video plus Web Storage/Web SQL local storage, offline applications and Web Workers, and Geolocation; Chapters 7–9 cover CSS3, including basic syntax, the selector system, style properties such as fonts, text, backgrounds, borders, and positioning, as well as page layout techniques such as the box model, the Holy Grail layout, multi-column and flexbox layouts, and CSS hacks; Chapters 10–14 cover JavaScript, encompassing data types, operators, flow control, functions, built-in and custom objects, BOM and DOM programming, events and web page effects, and finally AJAX interaction via XMLHttpRequest and using jQuery to simplify selectors, event handling, effects, and DOM manipulation. The explanations are accessible and example-rich, with resources including courseware, a teaching syllabus, source code, exercises, and answer keys—suitable for both classroom teaching and self-study practice.