6th Edition
Learning Web Design

Announcing the 6th edition available July 2025!

The best-selling Learning Web Design has been providing a strong foundation in web production skills to self-learners for over 25 years and is used as a text book in classrooms around the world.

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 typography, colors, backgrounds, responsive page layout, and more
• Learn the basics of JavaScript and how it is used to add interactivity to web pages
• Create and optimize web images so they’ll download as quickly as possible

New in the 6th Edition:

The 6th edition is thoroughly updated and expanded to reflect the latest standards and practices, including:

• Four all-new JavaScript chapters, written by standards and accessibily expert Aaron Gustafson, that provide more in-depth instruction on JavaScript syntax, including more exercises that put your new coding skills to work
• Newly-supported CSS features that aid responsive layouts, such as flexible typography and container queries
• Cutting-edge methods for specifying color in CSS for wide-gamut displays
• Over 100 new pages of content!