Sams Teach Yourself
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Sams Teach Yourself HTML and CSS in 24 Hours
by Dick Oliver and Michael Morrison
Learn from the newest, updated edition of the highly acclaimed introduction to HTML, Sams Teach Yourself HTML and CSS In 24 Hours. The seventh edition includes updates to introduce Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) in concert with HTML to produce quality web pages. You'll be able to study revisions that refine examples, as well as provide an enhanced integration with your web pages. You'll also gain a comprehensive understanding with new examples that match the current state of HTML.
This carefully organized, well-written tutorial teaches beginning web page development skills, covering only those HTML and CSS tags that are likely to be used on creating a beginning web page. The 24 separate, one hour-long tutorials follow the process by which you should be creating your web page, building knowledge not only of how to create a web page, but building a general knowledge of how to use HTML and CSS in other projects as well.
Chapters include:
- Understanding HTML and XHTML
- Creating Your Own Web Page Graphics
- Using Tables to Organize and Lay Out Your Pages
- Using Style Sheets for Page Layout
- Dynamic Web Pages
You own your own business. You have also created a website for your business that details the products or services that you offer, but it doesn't allow potential customers to purchase anything online. Don't risk losing business-learn to create a dynamic online environment using only three programs. PHP, MySQL and Apache are three popular open-source tools that can work together to help you create a dynamic website, such as an online shopping experience. Sams Teach Yourself PHP, MySQL and Apache All in One is a complete reference manual for all three development tools. Learn how they work individually and more importantly, how they work together to create your dynamic website. Use the book and the included CD to create a simple website, as well as a mailing list, online address book, shopping cart and storefront. Open your website to limitless possibilities with Sams Teach Yourself PHP, MySQL and Apache All in One.
Sams Teach Yourself HTML and CSS in 24 Hours (Includes New HTML 5 Coverage)
by Julie C. Meloni and Michael Morrison
In just 24 lessons of one hour or less, you can learn how to use HTML and CSS to design, create, and maintain world-class web sites. Using a clear, down-to-earth approach, each lesson builds upon the previous one, allowing even complete beginners to learn the essentials from the ground up.
Full-color figures and clear step-by-step instructions help you learn quickly.
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 pizazz to your web pages
Work with transparent images and background graphics
Design your site’s layout and typography using CSS
Get user input with web-based forms
Publicize your site and make it search-engine friendly
Test a web site for compatibility with different browsers
Make your site easy to maintain and update as it grows
Free Access to Online Learning Lab
Register your book at informit.com/register for free, exclusive access to the Online Learning Lab to supplement this book’s lessons:
Video walkthroughs to show you how to complete the step-by-step examples in the book
Fast and fun online quizzes to test your understanding of each lesson
Updates or corrections as they become available
HTML, CSS and JavaScript All in One, Sams Teach Yourself
by Julie C. Meloni
In just a short time, you can learn how to use HTML5, Cascading Style Sheets (CSS3), and JavaScript together to design, create, and maintain world-class websites.
Using a straightforward, step-by-step approach, 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
- 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
Contents at a Glance
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 or Liquid Layouts
Part IV Getting Started with Dynamic Sites
13 Understanding Dynamic Websites and HTML5 Applications
14 Getting Started with JavaScript Programming
15 Working with the Document Object Model (DOM)
16 Using JavaScript Variables, Strings, and Arrays
17 Using JavaScript Functions and Objects
18 Controlling Flow with Conditions and Loops
19 Responding to Events
20 Using Windows
Part V Advanced JavaScript Programming
21 JavaScript Best Practices
22 Using Third-Party JavaScript Libraries and Frameworks
23 A Closer Look at jQuery
24 First Steps Toward Creating Rich Interactions with jQuery UI
25 AJAX: Remote Scripting
Part VI Advanced Website Functionality and Management
26 Working with Web-Based Forms
27 Organizing and Managing a Website
Sams Teach Yourself HTML, CSS, and JavaScript All in One
by Julie C. Meloni
In just a short time, you can learn how to use PHP, MySQL, and JavaScript together to create dynamic, interactive websites and applications using three leading web development technologies.
No previous programming experience is required. Using a straightforward, step-by-step approach, each lesson in this book builds on the previous ones, enabling you to learn the essentials of full-stack web application development – from HTML, CSS, and JavaScript on the front end, to PHP scripting and MySQL databases on the server.
Regardless of whether you run Linux, Windows, or MacOS, the book includes complete instructions to install all the software you need to set up a stable environment for learning, testing, and production.
Step-by-step instructions carefully walk you through the most common web application 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 web pages with HTML5 and CSS
• Use JavaScript to build dynamic, interactive web pages
• Get PHP, MySQL, and JavaScript to work together to create modern, standards-compliant web applications
• Enhance interactivity with AJAX
• Leverage JavaScript libraries such as jQuery
• Work with cookies and user sessions
• Get user input with web-based forms
• Use basic SQL commands
• Interact with the MySQL database using PHP
• Write maintainable code and get started with version control
• Decide when frameworks such as Bootstrap, Foundation, React, Angular,
and Laravel can be useful
• Create a web-based discussion forum or calendar
• Add a storefront and shopping cart to your site
Contents at a Glance
PART I Web Application Basics
1 Understanding How the Web Works
2 Structuring HTML and Using Cascading Style Sheets
3 Understanding the CSS Box Model and Positioning
4 Introducing JavaScript
5 Introducing PHP
PART II Getting Started with Dynamic Web Sites
6 Understanding Dynamic Web Sites and HTML5 Applications
7 JavaScript Fundamentals: Variables, Strings, and Arrays
8 JavaScript Fundamentals: Functions, Objects, and Flow Control
9 Understanding JavaScript Event Handling
10 The Basics of Using jQuery
PART III Taking Your Web Applications to the Next Level
11 AJAX: Getting Started with Remote Scripting
12 PHP Fundamentals: Variables, Strings, and Arrays
13 PHP Fundamentals: Functions, Objects, and Flow Control
14 Working with Cookies and User Sessions
15 Working with Web-Based Forms
PART IV Integrating a Database into Your Applications
16 Understanding the Database Design Process
17 Learning Basic SQL Commands
18 Interacting with MySQL Using PHP
PART V Getting Started with Application Development
19 Creating a Simple Discussion Forum
20 Creating an Online Storefront
21 Creating a Simple Calendar
22 Managing Web Applications
PART VI Appendixes
A Installation QuickStart with XAMPP
B Installing and Configuring MySQL
C Installing and Configuring Apache
D Installing and Configuring PHP
