HTML and CSS: Visual Quickstart Guide

Learn HTML and CSS with the Visual QuickStart Guide -- the quick and easy way!

This new edition features more than 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

Joe Casabona is a front-end developer, educator, and podcaster. He has been building websites since 2001, and has worked on projects for Disney, National Geographic, The Boys & Girls Clubs of America, and more. He also has a master’s degree in software engineering from The University of Scranton, teaches computer science, produces training videos, and authors books and courses on HTML, CSS, PHP, responsive web design, and WordPress.