HTML and CSS QuickStart Guide - (QuickStart Guides) by David Durocher (Hardcover)

About the Book

In HTML & CSS QuickStart Guide, author David DuRocher breaks down HTML5 and CSS3 fundamentals manageable, practical, and engaging segments designed for first-time developers.

Book Synopsis

Every one of the over 4 billion webpages online today use HTML markup language to display its content. HTML is everywhere.

Experienced developers know that a mastery of HTML and CSS fundamentals is not only an essential web design skill, but also the solid foundation of a robust coding skillset.

In HTML & CSS QuickStart Guide author, instructor, and 10+ year Fortune 500 tech company veteran David DuRocher breaks down HTML5 and CSS3 fundamentals manageable, practical, and engaging segments designed for first-time developers.

David's unique and engaging approach to teaching HTML and CSS principles means that readers are ready to start designing from the very first chapter without enduring an avalanche of boring jargon or dry technobabble.

Truly anyone, at any stage of their lives, can learn to code. HTML and CSS are the perfect starting point on that journey-easy to learn, easy to implement, HTML & CSS open the door to a world of coding possibilities.

• Full stack developers looking to brush up on their front-end development skills
• Jobseekers looking to increase the value of their resume
• Artists, bloggers, and digital entrepreneurs who want to customize their web presence
• WordPress, Shopify, and Squarespace users who want to tweak templates and make them their own
• Anyone who wants to create attractive, responsive, and modern websites with no prior experience needed

• HTML and CSS for Beginners - all of the core HTML and CSS fundamentals you need to know in one place
• HTML tags, CSS elements, CSS styling, and exactly how to fit the pieces together
• How to save time using best practices to produce clean and tidy code
• Formatting, sizing, fonts, images, multimedia, forms, sprites, and gradients - all of the tools you need to make your website 100% your own!

• Modern Web Design Fundamentals - How to use the powerful combination of HTML5 and CSS3 to build functional and responsive web pages
• Site Structure and Responsive Design Principles - How to format HTML and CSS markup to produce attractive web sites and web pages that look great on any browser and any device.
• Breathing Life Into Your Projects - How to incorporate forms, multimedia elements, special characters and more into your web projects
• Correct Markup Best Practices - How to efficiently use CSS and HTML together to produce clean, professional HTML documents using industry-standard tools such as GitHub
• HTML and CSS for Beginners - HTML and CSS elements, formatting, padding, gradients, menus, testing, debugging, keeping your site's code up to date and more-all supported with abundant visual examples and a practical hands-on project!

• A complete hands-on project using an industry-standard GitHub code repository along with a complete online HTML, CSS, and web design resource library, web development cheat sheets, and more!

Review Quotes

"5 out of 5"

HTML& CSS QuickStart Guide is a great reference work for those learning to code and build websites.

David DuRocher's computing reference book HTML & CSS QuickStart Guide has the potential to turn average internet travelers into developers and superusers.

Structured to help ordinary people understand the possibilities of do-it-yourself coding, this book explains the differences between HTML and CSS in everyday language, comparing the former to the blueprints of a home, and the latter to a design scheme. Its four parts move from overviews of HTML and CSS to deeper, hands-on advice for creating websites.

The writing has a wonderful conversational quality that complements the beautiful formatting throughout. The book makes excellent use of white space, shading, and text, while clear labels present snippets of code, various digital assets, and tips well. The book is also thoughtful in its use of code, letting each gray block carry forward the ideas of the text and using the code snippets to describe how they might change fonts or styles. For example, it shows various heading styles, both inline CSS and without, and explains the differences well. And while the text is pitched at those who already understand internet use, it also includes closing advice on downloading and installing the materials it suggests.

Displaying coding in action, this text is an inspiring guide to fleshing out websites using code. It moves through simple choices like font styles to more complex techniques like building responsive websites; the text closes with advanced techniques, including for debugging code and securing web hosting. Its work will impart confidence about becoming web content creator, too.

With its useful beginning library of code for aspiring web gurus, HTML & CSS QuickStart Guide is a great reference work for those learning to code and build websites.

- Foreword Clarion Reviews (Independent Book Reviewer)

Expertly written, organized and presented the "HTML and CSS QuickStart Guide" is an ideal DIY instruction manual and guide, and is an ideal textbook for beginning level HTML courses. While especially and unreservedly recommended for community, college, and university library Computer Programming & Web Design collections.

- Midwest Book Review (Independent Book Reviewer)