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Completely revamped to teach HTML5 and CSS3 from the very beginning, this is the newest edition of the worldwide best-seller that has helped 500,000+ people learn the foundational skills of modern web development. Laura Lemay and Rafe Colburn have thoroughly revamped their in-depth tutorial to cover the latest web skills and technologies, and walk the reader through creating interactive, dynamic web sites using today's JavaScript libraries, services, and social web technologies.
List of contents
Part I. Getting Started
1. Navigating the World Wide Web
2. Preparing to Publish on the Web
3. Introducing HTML5
4. Learning the Basics of HTML
Part II. Creating Simple Web Pages
5. Adding Links to Your Web Pages
6. Formatting Text with HTML and CSS
7. Adding Images, Color, Backgrounds
Part III. Doing More with HTML
8. Building Tables
9. Creating Layouts with CSS
10. Designing Forms
11. Integrating Multimedia. Sound, Video, More
Part IV. JavaScript and Ajax
12. Introducing JavaScript
13. Using JavaScript in your Pages
14. Using JavaScript Libraries and Ajax
15. Working with Frames and Linked Windows
Part V. Designing Effective Web Pages
16. Writing Good Web Pages. Do's and Don'ts
17. Designing for the Real World
18. Advanced CSS Techniques
Part VI. Going Live on the Web
19. Putting Your Site Online
20. Taking Advantage of the Server
21. Using Tools to Make Publishing Easier
About the author
Laura Lemay ist eine technische Autorin, die seit etwa sieben Jahren Software-Dokumentationen und Online-Hilfe-Systeme schreibt. Sie hat über 10 Jahre Internet-Erfahrung und betreibt ihre eigene Homepage.
Summary
Thoroughly revised and updated with examples rewritten to conform to HTML5, CSS3, and contemporary web development practices, this easy-to-understand, step-by-step tutorial helps you quickly master the basics of HTML and CSS before moving on to more advanced topics such as graphics, video, and interactivity with JavaScript and jQuery.
In just one hour a day, you’ll learn the skills you need to design, create, and maintain a professional-looking website.
- No previous experience required. By following each short, one-hour lesson in this book, anyone can learn the basics of web development.
- Learn at your own pace. You can work through each lesson sequentially to make sure you thoroughly understand all the concepts and methodologies, or you can focus on specific lessons to learn the techniques that interest you most.
- Test your knowledge. Each lesson ends with a Workshop section filled with questions, answers, and exercises for further study.
Learn how to...
- Fully implement the HTML5 and CSS3 standards
- Work with text and create links
- Add images and graphics to your page
- Use CSS to style a site and position elements on a page
- Structure a page with HTML5
- Use responsive web design to make your pages look good on different-sized screens
- Use JavaScript to add dynamic elements and interactivity on your pages
- Leverage jQuery to add JavaScript features to your pages
- Design for the mobile web
- Get your site online and let people know it’s there
- Optimise your site for search engines
