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Learning Web Design: A Beginner's Guide to HTML, CSS, Graphics, and Beyond, 3rd Edition
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Since the last edition of this book appeared three years ago, there has been
a major climate change with regard to web standards. Designers are no longer
using (X)HTML as a design tool, but as a means of defining the meaning and structure
of content. Cascading Style Sheets are no longer just something interesting
to tinker with, but rather a reliable method for handling all matters of presentation,
from fonts and colors to the layout of the entire page. In fact, following the
standards is now a mandate of professional web design.
In this update to the popular book, Learning Web Design, author Jennifer
Niederst Robbins shares the knowledge she's gained from years of web design
experience, both as a designer and a teacher. This book starts from the beginning
-- defining the basic components of how the Internet works and what comprises
web sites -- and builds from there. After reading this book, you'll have a solid
foundation in HTML, CSS, graphics, and design principles that you can immediately
put to use in creating effective web pages.
In the third edition, Jennifer has updated the book to cover CSS, rich media
applications, web standards, and much more. She has also added exercises that
help you to learn various techniques and short quizzes that make sure you're
up to speed with key concepts. The companion CD-ROM contains material for all
the exercises in the book, as well as trial versions of popular software for
graphics creation and editing, web-page and web-site creation, and audio- and
video- integration.
Unlike other beginner books, Learning Web Design leaves no holes in
your education. It gives you everything you need to create basic web sites and
will prepare you for more advanced web work. If you are interested in web design,
this book is the place to start. After finishing it, you'll be ready for the
author's bestselling companion reference, Web Design in a Nutshell.
About the Author
Jennifer Niederst Robbins was one of the first designers for the Web. As the
designer of O'Reilly's Global Network Navigator (GNN), the first commercial
web site, she has been designing for the Web since 1993. Since then, she has
worked as the creative director of Songline Studios (a former subsidiary of
O'Reilly) and as a freelance designer and consultant since 1996. She is the
author of the bestselling "Web Design in a Nutshell" and "Learning
Web Design (O'Reilly), and she has taught web design at the Massachusetts College
of Art in Boston and Johnson and Wales University in Providence. She has spoken
at major design and Internet events including SXSW Interactive, Seybold Seminars,
the GRAFILL conference (Geilo, Norway), and one of the first W3C International
Expos.
In addition to designing, Jennifer enjoys cooking, travel, indie-rock, and
making stuff. She maintains her own professional web site at www.littlechair.com
as well.
Customer Reviews
Customer Reviews: 1 Average Customer Rating: Aug 31, 2007
Great reference for HTML and CSS.
As a web developer, I like to keep a copy of an html and style sheet reference handy. This book does a very good job at that, so it has become my new reference.
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