Coding for dummies
Book - 2016
Presents an introduction to computer programming, describing the coding basics for HTML, CSS, Javascript, and Ruby, and the development process for putting together a Web application.
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- Published
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Hoboken, NJ :
John Wiley & Sons, Inc
[2016]
- Language
- English
- Main Author
- Item Description
- Includes index.
- Physical Description
- xii, 264 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
- ISBN
- 9781119293323
- Introduction
- About This Book
- Foolish Assumptions
- Icons Used in This Book
- Beyond the Book
- Where to Go from Here
- Part 1. Getting Started with Coding
- Chapter 1. What Is Coding?
- Defining What Code Is
- Following instructions
- Writing code with some Angry Birds
- Understanding What Coding Can Do for You
- Eating the world with software
- Coding on the job
- Scratching your own itch (and becoming rich and famous)
- Surveying the Types of Programming Languages
- Comparing low-level and high-level programming languages
- Contrasting compiled code and interpreted code
- Programming for the web
- Taking a Tour of a Web App Built with Code
- Defining the app's purpose and scope
- Standing on the shoulders of giants
- Chapter 2. Programming for the Web
- Displaying Web Pages on Your Desktop and Mobile Device
- Hacking your favorite news website
- Understanding how the World Wide Web works
- Watching out for your front end and back end
- Defining web and mobile applications
- Coding Web Applications
- Starting with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript
- Adding logic with Python, Ruby, or PHP
- Coding Mobile Applications
- Building mobile web apps
- Building native mobile apps
- Chapter 3. Becoming a Programmer
- Writing Code Using a Process
- Researching what you want to build
- Designing your app
- Coding your app
- Debugging your code
- Picking Tools for the Job
- Working offline
- Working online with Codecademy.com
- Part 2. Building the Silent and Interactive Web Page
- Chapter 4. Exploring Basic HTML
- What Does HTML Do?
- Understanding HTML Structure
- Identifying elements
- Featuring your best attribute
- Standing bead, title, and body above the rest
- Getting Familiar with Common HTML Tasks and Tags
- Writing headlines
- Organizing text in paragraphs
- Linking to your (heart's) content
- Adding images
- Styling Me Pretty
- Highlighting with bold, italics, underline, and strikethrough
- Raising and lowering text with superscript and subscript
- Building Your First Website Using HTML
- Chapter 5. Getting More Out of HTML
- Organizing Content on the Page
- Listing Data
- Creating ordered and unordered lists
- Nesting lists
- Putting Data in Tables
- Basic table structuring
- Stretching table columns and rows
- Aligning tables and cells
- Filling Out Forms
- Understanding how forms work
- Creating basic forms
- Practicing More with HTML
- Chapter 6. Getting Stylish with CSS
- What Does CSS Do?
- CSS Structure
- Choosing the element to style
- My property has value
- Hacking the CSS on your favorite website
- Common CSS Tasks and Selectors
- Font gymnastics: size, color, style, family, and decoration
- Customizing links
- Adding background images and styling foreground images
- Styling Me Pretty
- Adding CSS to your HTML
- Building your first web page
- Chapter 7. Next Steps with CSS
- Styling (More) Elements on Your Page
- Styling lists
- Designing tables
- Selecting Elements to Style
- Styling specific elements
- Naming HTML elements
- Aligning and Laying Out Your Elements
- Organizing data on the page
- Shaping the div
- Understanding the box model
- Positioning the boxes
- Writing More Advanced CSS
- Chapter 8. Working Faster with Twitter Bootstrap
- Figuring Out What Bootstrap Does
- Installing Bootstrap
- Understanding the Layout Options
- Lining up on the grid system
- Dragging and dropping to a website
- Using predefined templates
- Adapting layout for mobile, tablet, and desktop
- Coding Basic Web Page Elements
- Designing buttons
- Navigating with toolbars
- Adding icons
- Build the Airbnb Home Page
- Chapter 9. Adding in JavaScript
- What Does JavaScript Do?
- Understanding JavaScript Structure
- Using Semicolons, Quotes, Parentheses, and Braces
- Coding Common JavaScript Tasks
- Storing data with variables
- Making decisions with if-else statements
- Working with string and number methods
- Alerting users and prompting them for input
- Naming code with functions
- Adding JavaScript to the web page
- Writing Your First JavaScript Program
- Working with APIs
- What do APIs do?
- Scraping data without an API
- Researching and choosing an API
- Using JavaScript Libraries
- jQuery
- D3.js
- Searching for Videos with YouTube's API
- Part 3. Putting Together a Web Application
- Chapter 10. Building Your Own App
- Building a Location-Based Offer App
- Understanding the situation
- Plotting your next steps
- Following an App Development Process
- Planning Your First Web Application
- Exploring the Overall Process
- Meeting the People Who Bring a Web App to Life
- Creating with designers
- Coding with front- and back-end developers
- Managing with product managers
- Testing with quality assurance
- Chapter 11. Researching Your First Web Application
- Dividing the App into Steps
- Finding your app's functionality
- Finding your app's functionality: My version
- Finding your app's form
- Finding your app's form: The McDuck's Offer App design
- Identifying Research Sources
- Researching the Steps in the McDuck's Offer App
- Choosing a Solution for Each Step
- Chapter 12. Coding and Debugging Your First Web Application
- Getting Ready to Code
- Coding Your First Web Application
- Development environment
- Pre-written code
- Coding steps for you to follow
- Debugging Your App
- Part 4. Developing Your Coding Skills Further
- Chapter 13. Getting Familiar with Ruby
- What Does Ruby Do?
- Defining Ruby Structure
- Understanding the principles of Ruby
- Styling and spacing
- Coding Common Ruby Tasks and Commands
- Defining data types and variables
- Computing simple and advanced math
- Using strings and special characters
- Deciding with conditionals: If, elsif, else
- Input and output
- Shaping Your Strings
- String methods: upcase, downcase, strip
- Inserting variables in strings with #
- Building a Simple Form-Text Formatter Using Ruby
- Chapter 14. Wrapping Your Head around Python
- What Does Python Do?
- Defining Python Structure
- Understanding the Zen of Python
- Styling and spacing
- Coding Common Python Tasks and Commands
- Defining data types and variables
- Computing simple and advanced math
- Using strings and special characters
- Deciding with conditionals: If, elif, else
- Input and output
- Shaping Your Strings
- Dot notation with upper(), lower(), capitalize(), and strip()
- String formatting with %
- Building a Simple Tip Calculator Using Python
- Part 5. The Part of Tens
- Chapter 15. Ten Free Resource for Coding and Coders
- Learning-to-Code Websites
- Codecademy
- Coursera and Udacity
- Hackdesign.org
- Code.org
- Coding-Reference Websites
- W3Schools
- Mozilla Developer Network
- Stack Overflow
- Tech News and Community Websites
- TechCrunch
- Hacker News
- Meetup
- Chapter 16. Ten Tips for Novice Coders
- Pick a Language, Any Language
- Define a Goal
- Break Down Your Goal into Bite-Sized Steps
- Distinguish Cupcake from Frosting
- Google is a Developer's Best Friend
- Zap Those Bugs
- Just Ship It
- Collect Feedback
- Iterate on Your Code
- Share Your Success and Failure
- Index