Overview
The all-in-one HTML, CSS and JavaScript beginner's guide: covering the three most important languages for web development!
- Covers everything beginners need to know about the new HTML5 and CSS3 standards and today's JavaScript and Ajax libraries - all in one book, for the first time
- Integrated, well-organized coverage expertly shows how to use all these key technologies together
- Short, simple lessons teach hands-on skills readers can apply immediately
- By best-selling author Julie Meloni
Mastering HTML, CSS, and JavaScript is vital for any beginning web developer - and the importance of these technologies is growing as web development moves away from proprietary alternatives such as Flash. Sams Teach Yourself HTML, CSS, and JavaScript All in One brings together everything beginners need to build powerful web applications with the new HTML5 and CSS3 standards and the latest JavaScript and Ajax libraries. With this book, beginners can get all the modern web development knowledge you need from one expert source. Bestselling author Julie Meloni (Sams Teach Yourself PHP, MySQL and Apache All in One) teaches simply and clearly, through brief, hands-on lessons focused on knowledge you can apply immediately. Meloni covers all the building blocks of practical web design and development, integrating new techniques and features into every chapter. Each lesson builds on what's come before, showing you exactly how to use HTML5, CSS3, and JavaScript together to create great web sites. Coverage includes all this, and much more: " Working with HTML5 text, fonts, tables, links, graphics, and multimedia " Advanced web page design with CSS3, including lists, fixed and liquid layouts, and designing for devices " Web Scripting with JavaScript, including DOM, syntax, functions, and libraries " Extending JavaScript with Ajax " Advanced site functionality and management, from site organization through search engine optimization