HTML5 has already won the Web standards war and been supported by all web browsers. If you want to create a website or web application that is dynamic, interactive, data-rich and interconnected, then you need to use the latest HTML5 technologies to do it, such as geolocation, video, 2D rendering, Web storage, Web worker threads, etc. Head First HTML5 Programming is a definitive guide to HTML5, front-end developers from beginners to experienced veterans can benefit from it.

CSS in Depth is a complete and clear guide, a CSS bible to keep up with the times, which will take you from novice to expert in the CSS field. The purpose of this book is to give the reader an in-depth understanding of the CSS language and a quick understanding of the new developments and features of CSS. Not only does the book have a well-explained concept introduction, but it also has detailed step-by-step examples that will help you improve your Web development skills and inspire your design so as to become a true Web development superior.

Agile Web Development with Rails is the first masterpiece about Ruby on Rails! On a whole, this book not only comes with both intuitive examples and in-depth analysis, but also covers all aspects of relevant knowledge in the Web application development. Therefore, it can be regarded as a comprehensive book that explains profound theories in simple language, is suitable for primary and intermediate Ruby and Rails readers, and can serve as a reference manual for developers.

Using the three free, open-source and original system components (PHP, MySQL, and phpMyAdmin) to develop, test, and deploy Web applications locally is almost the only best option available at the moment. Thereinto, Apache Web server and PHP hypertext preprocessor are preinstalled on Mac. But they are not enabled by default, and the pre-installed version of PHP lacks many utility features. The MySQL needs to be installed and configured separately. Unless you are able to expertly use command lines in Terminal, installing the one-stop solution MAMP (PRO) is much simpler and more efficient.

As a rising star, PHP has taken the advantages of the formerly popular languages like Java, C and Perl, and focuses on the Internet. So in the field of Web development (especially web services), PHP owns unique advantages. In other words, until now, the ability and position of any other language cannot be comparable to it in the web field. There is no doubt that it will still be the world of the Internet for a long time to come. And, the Internet cannot go without Web, and the Web cannot do without PHP (mainly all kinds of web services based on PHP).