Confident web design Master the fundamentals of website creation and supercharge your career
Book - 2018
"This is your ultimate beginner's guide to the skills of web design. Confident Web Design takes you on a practical journey during which you will discover the techniques to allow you to publish a basic website from scratch. In Confident Web Design, each chapter is supported by exclusive online exercises to allow you to put your knowledge into practice and perfect the techniques. The book's structure is designed to break down each skill into manageable chunks, aided by helpful examples, tables and images to guide you through. Written in accessible and engaging language, author Kenny Wood shares his passion and enthusiasm for modern web design through this essential guide. Whether you want to develop web design skills to set you...rself apart in a competitive job market, power your entrepreneurial pursuits or improve your professional performance, this is the perfect beginner's guide."--
- Subjects
- Published
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London ; New York :
Kogan Page Limited
2018.
- Language
- English
- Main Author
- Item Description
- Includes index.
- Physical Description
- x, 257 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- ISBN
- 9780749481001
- Introduction
- 01. How the web works: tools and languages of web design
- What we will learn in this chapter
- The key principles on which the World Wide Web functions
- The tools and languages of web design
- Tools
- Languages of web design
- What we have learned in this chapter
- Part 1. HTML
- 02. HTML Part 1
- What we will learn in this chapter
- HTML
- Creating our website template
- Text
- Links
- Images
- Tables
- Lists
- What we have learned in this chapter
- 03. HTML Part 2
- What you will learn in this chapter
- Forms
- Divs and spans
- Element identifiers
- Putting it all together: creating your first website
- What we have learned in the HTML section: final code output
- Part 2. CSS
- 04. CSS Part 1
- What we will learn in this chapter
- How CSS works
- How to construct CSS
- Comments
- Inserting CSS
- Core concepts
- Seeing it in action
- Properties
- Text
- Links
- What we have learned in this chapter
- 05. CSS Part 2
- What we will learn in this chapter
- Colour
- The box model part 2
- Borders, padding and margins
- From 'the box model' to 'our box model'
- Floats
- What we have learned in this chapter
- 06. CSS Part 3
- What we will learn in this chapter
- Positioning
- Overlapping
- Overflow
- What we have learned in the CSS section
- Part 3. JavaScript
- 07. JavaScript Part 1
- What we will learn in this chapter
- Executing JavaScript
- Syntax
- Variables
- Operators
- Functions
- Outputting information
- Statements
- Other best practices
- Block comments
- What we have learned in this chapter
- 08. JavaScript Part 2
- What we will learn in this chapter
- Data types
- Strings
- Objects
- What we have learned in this chapter
- 09. JavaScript Part 3
- Scope
- Arrays
- Loops
- What we have learned in this chapter
- 10. JavaScript Part 4
- What we will learn in this chapter
- Boolean values
- Comparisons
- Conditional statements
- Events
- What we have learned in the JavaScript section
- Part 4. Putting everything into practice
- 11. Creating the website
- Setting things up
- The homepage
- Styling
- HTML page
- Forms
- CSS page
- JavaScript page
- Conclusion
- 12. Getting your website online
- Domains and hosting
- Conclusion
- Conclusion
- Index