Learning Web Design: A beginner's Guide to HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and Web Graphics 5th Edition 21665

Do you want to build web pages but have no prior experience? This friendly guide is the perfect place to start. You’ll begin at square one, learning how the web web pages and work, and then steadily build from there. By the end of the book, you’ll have the skills to create a simple site with multicolumn pages that adapt for mobile devices.

Each chapter provides exercises to help you learn various techniques and short quizzes to make sure you understand key concepts.

This thoroughly revised edition is ideal for students and professionals of all backgrounds and skill levels. It is simple and clear enough for beginners, yet thorough enough to be a useful reference for experienced developers keeping their skills up to date.

Build HTML pages with text, links, images, tables, and forms
Use style sheets (CSS) for colors, backgrounds, text formatting, page layout, and even simple animation effects
Learn how JavaScript works and why the language is so important in web design
Create and optimize web images so they’ll download as quickly as possible
NEW! Use CSS Flexbox and Grid for sophisticated and flexible page layout
NEW! Learn the ins and outs of Responsive Web Design to make web pages look great on all devices
NEW! Become familiar with the command line, Git, and other tools in the modern web developer’s toolkit
NEW! Get to know the super-powers of SVG graphics

More about the book

The web has been around for more than 25 years now, experiencing euphoric early expansion, an economic-driven bust, an innovation-driven rebirth, and constant evolution along the way. One thing is certain: the web as a communication and commercial medium is here to stay. Not only that it has found its way onto devices such as smartphones, tablets, TVs, and more. There have never been more opportunities to put web design know-how to use.

Whatever the motivation, the first question is always the same: "Where do I start?" It may seem like there is a mountain of stuff to learn, and it's not easy to know where to jump in. But you have to start somewhere.

Learning Web Design is a complete introductory-level course in web design and production. It is divided into six parts: basic background information about the web design and web, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, web image production, and appendices. Since hands-on experience is the best way to learn, this book includes exercises throughout every lesson. Online materials are provided though a companion website to work along with the book.

You'll begin from square one, learning how the web web pages and work, then steadily build from there. Along the way, there are hands-on exercises and short quizzes to make sure you understand key concepts. By the end of the book, you'll have the skills to create a simple multi-column site that works on all screen sizes.