Web Development and Design Foundations with HTML5 (6th Edition) - Softcover

Felke-Morris, Terry

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0132783398 ISBN 13: 9780132783392

Publisher: Pearson, 2012

Synopsis

Using Hands-On Practice exercises and Website Case Studies to motivate readers, Web Development and Design Foundations with HTML5 includes all the necessary lessons to guide students in developing highly effective websites.

This textbook has an innovative approach that prepares students to design web pages that work today, in addition to being ready to take advantage of the new HTML5 coding techniques of the future. XHTML syntax is introduced, but the focus is on HTML5 syntax. New HTML5 elements are presented, with an emphasis on coding web pages that work in both current and future browsers.

A well-rounded balance of hard skills (HTML5, XHTML, CSS, and an introduction to JavaScript) and soft skills (web design, e-commerce overview, website promotion strategies) presents everything beginning web developers need to know to build and promote successful websites. Topics include:

• Internet concepts
• Creating web pages with HTML5
• Configuring text, color, and page layout with CSS
• HTML5 Video and Audio
• HTML5 Form Controls
• New CSS3 properties
• Web design best practices
• CSS media queries
• Designing web pages for mobile devices
• Web accessibility standards
• The web development process
• Choosing a domain name
• Selecting a web host
• Website promotion and search engine optimization
• E-commerce Overview
• JavaScript Introduction

About this title

About the Author

Terry Felke-Morris is a Professor of Computer Information Systems at William Rainey Harper College in Palatine, Illinois. She holds a Doctor of Education degree, a Master of Science degree in information systems, and numerous certifications, including Adobe Certified Dreamweaver 8 Developer, WOW Certified Associate Webmaster, Microsoft Certified Professional, Master CIW Designer, and CIW Certified Instructor.

Dr. Felke-Morris has been honored with Harper College’s Glenn A. Reich Memorial Award for Instructional Technology in recognition of her work in designing the college’s CIS Web Development program and courses. In 2006, she received the Blackboard Greenhouse Exemplary Online Course Award for use of Internet technology in the academic environment. Ms.Felke-Morris received two international awards in 2008: the Instructional Technology Council’s Outstanding e-Learning Faculty Award for Excellence and the MERLOT Award for Exemplary Online Learning Resources–MERLOT Business Classics.

With over 25 years of information technology experience in business and industry, Dr. Felke-Morris published her first website in 1996 and has been working with the Web ever since. A long-time promoter of Web standards, she has been a member of the Web Standards Project Education Task Force. Dr. Felke-Morris helped to develop the Web Development certificate and degree programs at William Rainey Harper College and currently is the senior faculty member in that area. For more information about Dr. Felke-Morris, visit http://terrymorris.net.

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Edition details

• Publisher: Pearson
• Publication date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0132783398
• ISBN 13: 9780132783392
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 6
• Number of pages: 672