Book description
Learn HTML and CSS with the Visual QuickStart Guide -- the quick and easy way!
This new edition features over six hours of instructional video that guide you through HTML and CSS, getting you up and running with web development in no time. The images in the book feature concise steps and explanations, while the videos enhance and expand the information in the book and provide an alternative method for learning. Readers should register their book on peachpit.com to gain access to the Web Edition, an online version of the book that includes the supplementary video.
HTML and CSS remain the linchpin of the Web. Every beginning web developer needs to understand them thoroughly, including the latest advances in these technologies, and the newest functionality that they enable. From the basics to more advanced techniques, this book and Web Edition guide you through:
Designing, structuring, and formatting sites
Using images, links, styles, tables, and forms
Adding media, visual effects, and animations
Using CSS to gain full control over elements, fonts, colors, and layouts
Making the most of sophisticated HTML5 and CSS3 capabilities
Applying modern best practices for ensuring accessibility and responsiveness
Principles of testing, debugging, and publishing sites and applications
Exploring leading JavaScript libraries and build tools for more advanced web development
Table of contents
- Cover Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Acknowledgments
- Contents at a Glance
- Table of Contents
- Introduction
- 1. What Are HTML and CSS?
- 2. Creating a Website on Your Computer
- 3. HTML Syntax
- 4. Basic HTML Elements
- 5. Links
- 6. Structure and Layout with HTML
- 7. Media
- 8. Tables and Other Structured Data Elements
- 9. Web Forms
- 10. Advanced and Experimental Features
- 11. Introduction to CSS
- 12. Targeting Elements
- 13. Styling Text
- 14. Color in CSS
- 15. Using CSS for Page Layout
- 16. Layouts with CSS Grid and Flexbox
- 17. Responsive Design and Media Queries
- 18. CSS Transformations and Animations
- 19. CSS Variables
- 20. CSS Preprocessors
- 21. Getting Your Website Online
- 22. Testing Your Website
- 23. Improving Website Performance
- 24. Web Accessibility
- 25. Going Beyond HTML & CSS
- Final Wrap-up
- Index
Product information
- Title: HTML and CSS: Visual QuickStart Guide, 9th Edition
- Author(s):
- Release date: September 2020
- Publisher(s): Peachpit Press
- ISBN: 9780136702559
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