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Learning Web Design: A Beginner's Guide to HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and Web Graphics 5th Edition
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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 and web pages 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, 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! 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
- ISBN-101491960205
- ISBN-13978-1491960202
- Edition5th
- PublisherO'Reilly Media
- Publication dateJune 19, 2018
- LanguageEnglish
- Dimensions8 x 1.5 x 9.75 inches
- Print length808 pages
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- Publication date : June 19, 2018
- Edition : 5th
- Language : English
- Print length : 808 pages
- ISBN-10 : 1491960205
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Jennifer Niederst Robbins got started designing for the Web in 1993 as the graphic designer for Global Network Navigator (GNN), the first commercial website published by O'Reilly. She has been writing books about web design since 1995, including Learning Web Design, Web Design in a Nutshell, and the HTML5 Pocket Reference. Jennifer has spoken at many conferences and has taught beginning web design at Massachusetts College of Art and Johnson & Wales University. She now uses her web technology know-how in the design and development of mobile apps and other digital products at O'Reilly Media.
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- Reviewed in the United States on August 18, 2023This text is a great introduction to web design. It covers a huge variety of topics and is well organized. The scope and sequence are appropriate for a beginner textbook on web design. I enjoyed reading and completing the exercises, and I have learned A LOT. The explanations and diagrams are helpful and relevant. It’s a winner for this beginner.
- Reviewed in the United States on June 2, 2018Format: PaperbackVerified PurchaseThis book is a solid introduction to the concepts that you need for web design. I've just returned to web design after a 20 year hiatus (basically back to being a beginner again). The author's writing style is super accessible and clear, the sections are laid out logically, and the exercises really help solidify the information that has been presented.
This book is also a very handy reference. The color coding of the pages for the various sections makes it so that you can quickly get to what you're you're looking for. Even though it's geared toward beginners, the author doesn't shy away from advanced topics - helping readers understand how they relate to what they're learning and pointing readers in the right direction if they're interested in digging more deeply into advanced topics.
- Reviewed in the United States on July 19, 2020Format: PaperbackVerified PurchaseThis book introduces and explains the concepts and goes on to run through the HTML structures, styles and CSS, some JavaScript, the Document Object Model (DOM), and looks at the use of images in web pages and the things that can be done on a webpage. Someone who has not done this before should be able to design simple webpages after working through this book. If, having read it and worked through it, you want to do more advanced stuff on your webpages, you would need another book covering JQuery, ReactJS and server-side programming using Node.js for example.
5.0 out of 5 starsThis book introduces and explains the concepts and goes on to run through the HTML structures, styles and CSS, some JavaScript, the Document Object Model (DOM), and looks at the use of images in web pages and the things that can be done on a webpage. Someone who has not done this before should be able to design simple webpages after working through this book. If, having read it and worked through it, you want to do more advanced stuff on your webpages, you would need another book covering JQuery, ReactJS and server-side programming using Node.js for example.Good for someone who is starting right at the beginning
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- Reviewed in the United States on February 4, 2021Format: PaperbackVerified Purchaseshe does pretty good but the drop-off for this particular beach is very steep & close to shore. helpful, but not easy & i don't think there is a nerd out there who can actually teach a non-nerd. still, i got some code written using it.
- Reviewed in the United States on June 14, 2022Format: PaperbackVerified PurchaseI am impressed by this book. The tone is conversational to keep it from sounding too clinical and dry in its discussion of topics, but the quality of information presented is top-notch. I am certain this book is used in college level courses. The book covers all essential introductory concepts well enough to get a beginner started. I finding this it indispensable for clarifying concepts when I am feeling confused by something. I also appreciate that in one of the introductory chapters the author makes recommendations for additional book titles that offer advanced topical instruction beyond the intended scope of this title.
- Reviewed in the United States on August 11, 2021Format: PaperbackVerified PurchaseI have some experience with programming, lately Excel VBA. But I knew very little about html and designing web pages. This book is the best. Very good presentation of all the aspects of building a web page. I like the exercises and the immediate results of seeing what the coding does.
The book is a little thin on Javascript, but that's ok. There's much to learn in this book. I'm getting another book just on Javascript.
- Reviewed in the United States on November 26, 2018Format: PaperbackVerified PurchaseI've barely scratched the surface, but I really love what I'm reading so far. Jennifer, the author, really takes time to teach you about everything you need to know as a web designer/developer. I love all-in-one books and this book covers HTML, CSS, and Java Script. I'm a computer programmer learning web design and I really appreciate the in depth instruction, the color coded pages, and basically how everything is in color makes it a lot easier to understand on a website level (unlike many other books which are just in black and white).
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FakeTexanReviewed in Germany on October 15, 20185.0 out of 5 stars The best intro-level book to web design
Format: PaperbackVerified PurchaseThe author has a clear vision of how to teach beginners HTML, CSS and JS. The chapters are well structured, and contents are well explained so that all the necessary details are covered. The accompanying zip package contains all the materials you need for the exercises. The author understands the differences in various features between previous versions of HTML and the new HTML5. It gives me a feeling, whenever I have questions regarding certain features, the exact questions are answered immediately in the following texts. The author knows your questions and confuses so well and she explains everything extremely clear. This is a great book, and it will also be a good reference for experienced veterans in the field as well.
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263715Reviewed in Italy on September 27, 20185.0 out of 5 stars Eccellente
Format: PaperbackVerified PurchaseL'ho pagato 42 euro, ora sta a 50 ma secondo me li vale, è un vero e proprio manuale che spiega nel dettaglio html5 e css3 con numerosissimi consigli su come ottimizzare l'uso della banda, su come rendere responsive un sito, illustrando meccanismi di fallback per browser che potrebbero non supportare una determinata tecnologia non lascia nulla al caso, insomma una reference completissima, mi reputo assolutamente soddisfatto. Per quanto riguarda js ovviamente il capitolino dedicato non è neanche sufficiente a comprendere i rudimenti.
C. CanavanReviewed in Canada on December 16, 20205.0 out of 5 stars Makes learning HTML and Style Sheets easy.
Format: PaperbackVerified PurchaseExcellent book, highly recommended. The material is presented in a clear manner which unfolds from simple to more complex. The writing style both encourages and challenges the reader.
Caz3000Reviewed in Australia on July 16, 20205.0 out of 5 stars Very comprehensive textbook
Format: PaperbackVerified PurchaseI got this to teach myself web design. This is a really comprehensive book that does not assume any prior knowledge, and focuses on HTML and CSS, but also the process of web design, industry terminology etc. The quality is similar to taking a tertiary subject with a lecturer experienced in the industry - significantly more thorough than a standard 'DIY' book. The Javascript content is very minimal, but this is a book you might look at prior to learning Javascript.
peter4361Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 22, 20245.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant book
Format: PaperbackVerified PurchaseI get more and more impressed with this book, the more I re-read it and work with the examples and exercises. It's superbly paced, allowing opportunities for new concepts and knowledge to sink in (in the chapter on flexbox and grid layout, which is particularly long and complex, the author provides a picture of a red panda, just as a moment of relief and relaxation, before starting on grid layout). Also, the examples and exercises ***work***, unlike those in so many "learning" books on computer subjects - and the code in the downloadable material matches that printed in the book - again, something which is quite unusual. Highly recommended.


















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