Teach Yourself HTML, CSS, and JavaScript All in One combines these three fundamental web development technologies into one clearly written, carefully organized, step-by-step tutorial that expertly guides the beginner through these three interconnected technologies.

In just a short time, you can learn how to use HTML, Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), and JavaScript together to design, create, and maintain world-class websites. Each lesson in this book builds on the previous ones, enabling you to learn the essentials from the ground up. Clear instructions and practical, hands-on examples show you how to use HTML to create the framework of your website, design your site’s layout and typography with CSS, and then add interactivity with JavaScript and jQuery.

Step-by-step instructions carefully walk you through the most common web development tasks.
Practical, hands-on examples show you how to apply what you learn.
Quizzes and exercises help you test your knowledge and stretch your skills.

Learn how to…

• Build your own web page and get it online in an instant
• Format text for maximum clarity and readability
• Create links to other pages and to other sites
• Add graphics, color, and visual pizzazz to your web pages
• Work with transparent images and background graphics
• Design your site’s layout and typography using CSS
• Make elements move on your page with CSS transformations and transitions
• Animate with CSS and the HTML5 Canvas element
• Write HTML that’s responsive web design-ready
• Design a site for mobile devices
• Use CSS media queries and breakpoints
• Get user input with web-based forms
• Use JavaScript to build dynamic, interactive web pages
• Add AJAX effects to your web pages
• Leverage JavaScript libraries such as jQuery
• Make your site easy to maintain and update as it grows

Jennifer Kyrnin consults professionally on web design and web development. She has built and maintained websites of all sizes, from small single-page sites to large million-page database-driven sites for international audiences. She has taught HTML, XML, and web design online since 1997 and is the author of Sams Teach Yourself HTML5 Mobile Application Development, Sams Teach Yourself Responsive Web Design, and Sams Teach Yourself Bootstrap.

Julie Meloni is a software development manager and technical consultant living in Washington, DC. She has written several books and articles on web-based programming languages and database topics, including the bestselling Sams Teach Yourself PHP, MySQL, and Apache All in One.

Part I: Getting Started on the Web
1: Understanding How the Web Works
2: Structuring an HTML Document
3: Understanding Cascading Style Sheets
4: Understanding JavaScript
5: Validating and Debugging Your Code

 

Part II: Building Blocks of Practical Web Design
6: Working with Fonts, Text Blocks, Lists, and Tables
7: Using External and Internal Links
8: Working with Colors, Images, and Multimedia

 

Part III: Advanced Web Page Design with CSS
9: Working with Margins, Padding, Alignment, and Floating
10: Understanding the CSS Box Model and Positioning
11: Using CSS to Do More with Lists, Text, and Navigation
12: Creating Fixed, Liquid, or Combined Layouts

 

Part IV: Responsive Web Design
13: Understanding the Importance of Responsive Web Design
14: Designing for Mobile Devices
15: Using Media Queries

 

Part V: Getting Started with Dynamic Sites
16: Understanding Dynamic Websites and HTML5 Applications
17: Getting Started with JavaScript Programming
18: Working with the Document Object Model (DOM)
19: Using JavaScript Variables, Strings, Arrays, Functions, and Objects
20: Controlling Flow with Conditions and Loops
21: Responding to Events and Using Windows

 

Part VI: Modern CSS Designs
22: Taking Control of Backgrounds and Borders
23: Laying Out Web Pages in Columns and Flexible Boxes
24: Animating with CSS and the Canvas
25: Using Transformations and Transitions
26: Programming with CSS

 

Part VII: Advanced Website Functionality and Management
27: Working with Web-Based Forms
28: Organizing and Managing a Website

 

Part VIII: Appendixes
Appendix A: HTML, CSS and JavaScript Resources on the Internet
Appendix B: HTML, CSS and JavaScript Quick Reference
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