Summary:
Whether you are just starting out in web
development or you would like to update your existing skills,
this book gets you off to a fast start! In fact, in just the
first 6 chapters, you will learn more about web development
than you can from most full books. By the end of this crash
course, you will be developing web pages the professional way,
with HTML or XHTML for the content and CSS for the formatting
and page layout. That includes sophisticated page layouts that
require the use of the box model, floating, and positioning. In
section 2, you will learn all the other skills that you need
for developing web pages. Those skills include how to develop
forms that are submitted to web servers, how to add audio or
video to a page, how to use a style sheet for printing, how to
develop pages for mobile devices . . . everything you need for
modern web pages. You will also learn how to take your web
pages to the next level by using tested JavaScript code for
effects like image rollovers and slide shows. In the last
section, now that you know how to develop web pages, you will
learn how to design an entire web site using today's best
practices. You will also learn how to deploy your web site, and
how to get it into the major search engines and directories.
When you are done, you will have all the perspective and skills
you need to develop professional web pages.