The HTML and CSS Workshop: Learn to build your own websites and kickstart your career as a web designer or developer - Softcover

Coulson, Lewis; Jephson, Brett; Larsen, Rob; Park, Matt; Zburlea, Marian

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1838824537 ISBN 13: 9781838824532

Publisher: Packt Publishing, 2019

Synopsis

Master HTML and CSS to create modern, stylish, and responsive websites with the help of real-world examples and hands-on activities

Key Features

• Learn HTML and CSS to produce highly functional and appealing websites
• Overcome common challenges in web design and development
• Ensure that your websites are accessible and engaging on all devices

Book Description

With knowledge of CSS and HTML, you can build visually appealing, interactive websites without relying on website-building tools that come with lots of pre-packaged restrictions. The HTML and CSS Workshop takes you on a journey to learning how to create beautiful websites using your own content, understanding how they work, and how to manage them long-term.

The book begins by introducing you to HTML5 and CSS3, and takes you through the process of website development with easy-to-follow steps. Exploring how the browser renders websites from code to display, you'll advance to adding a cinematic experience to your website by incorporating video and audio elements into your code. You'll also use JavaScript to add interactivity to your site, integrate HTML forms for capturing user data, incorporate animations to create slick transitions, and build stunning themes using advanced CSS. You'll also get to grips with mobile-first development using responsive design and media queries, to ensure your sites perform well on any device.

Throughout the book, you'll work on engaging projects, including a video store home page that you will iteratively add functionality to as you learn new skills.

By the end of this Workshop, you'll have gained the confidence to creatively tackle your own ambitious web development projects.

What you will learn

• Understand how websites are built, structured, and styled
• Master the syntax and structure of HTML and CSS
• Know how to build websites from scratch using HTML5 and CSS3
• Create intuitive forms that allow users to input data
• Style your website by integrating videos, animations, and themes
• Design robust websites that work on all modern devices seamlessly
• Discover how to maintain and improve the performance of a website

Who this book is for

Ideal for beginners, this Workshop is designed for anyone who is new to HTML and CSS who wants to learn to design and maintain their own websites.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction to HTML and CSS
2. Structure and Layout
3. Text and Typography
4. Forms
5. Themes, Colors, and Polish
6. Responsive Web Design and Media Queries
7. Media - Audio, Video, and Canvas
8. Animations
9. Accessibility
10. Preprocessors and Tooling
11. Maintainable CSS
12. Web Components
13. The Future of HTML and CSS

About this title

About the Author

Lewis Coulson is a London based senior front-end engineer with experience gained at a range of leading digital agencies, startups, corporations and consultancies. He is passionate about bridging the creative/technical divide and bringing innovative digital ideas to life using the latest cutting edge technologies.

Brett Jephson started his career as a web developer in 2005. Having built web applications and games for everything from start-ups through to global corporations the one consistency has been a passion for web technologies.

Rob Larsen is an experienced front-end engineer, team lead, and manager. He is an active writer and speaker on web technology with a special focus on the continuing evolution of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. He is a co-author of Professional jQuery, the author of Beginning HTML and CSS, and the author of The Uncertain Web. He's also an active member of the open source community as a maintainer of several popular projects.

Matt Park has been a web developer since 2007, and has worked for various web agencies around the UK and built many iconic brand websites over the years ranging from startups to large corporations. He currently works as a senior front-end developer for The Constant Media, and is involved with working with many high profile brand websites daily. Striving for pixel perfection, Matt aims to deliver high quality websites while maintaining high coding standards.

Marian Zburlea has been into web developing since 1997. His passion is to innovate and design for the future. He is also a proud mentor who helps the masses to jump-start their web developer career.

Edition details

• Publisher: Packt Publishing
• Publication date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1838824537
• ISBN 13: 9781838824532
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 700