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HTML5
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Cookbook
Chuck Hudson
Tom Leadbetter

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Hudson, Chuck, 1969–
HTML5 developer’s cookbook / Chuck Hudson, Tom Leadbetter.
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Includes index.
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1. HTML (Document markup language) 2. Internet programming. 3. Web
site development. I. Leadbetter, Tom, 1983– II. Title.
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