The best-selling Learning Web Design is your first stop for learning how to make web pages. You’ll begin from square one, learning how the web and web pages 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.
- Build HTML pages with text, links, images, tables, and forms
- Use style sheets (CSS) for colors, backgrounds, formatting text, 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 in This Edition:
- CSS Flexbox and Grid Layout for sophisticated and flexible page layout
- Responsive Web Design to make web pages work great on all screen sizes
- An introduction to the command line, Git, and other modern web developer tools
- A new chapter on SVG and how to use it in responsive layouts
- Paperback, 808 pages
- ISBN: 978-1-491-96020-2
- Published: May 2018
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What People Are Saying
“Unlike all the other books that start at the beginning, this one will get you to the good stuff, fast. Jen will explain every step you need, including some very advanced concepts.”
—Jen Simmons (@jensimmons),
Mozilla and W3C CSS Working Group“This is hands-down the best book for teaching web design skills.”
—Mindy McAdams,
Journalism professor,
University of Florida“Jennifer Robbins’ comprehensive yet approachable textbook makes learning your way around the web platform more of a guided walk in the park than a blind expedition through the jungle.”
—Elika J. Etemad (@fantasai),
W3C Working Group
- Copyright © 2018 Jennifer Niederst Robbins