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About the Book
HTML and CSS are the two markup languages that give structure and style to the web. From content management systems, static site generators, complex database-managed websites, mobile and desktop apps, these two languages are at the heart of essential web technology skills.
The step-by-step process in this book will take you through a series of compact instructions without over-simplifying the necessary knowledge. On the way, you’ll find in-depth explanations of some essential CSS principles, plus a thorough grounding in fundamental CSS styling rules and some key HTML5 ‘semantic’ elements, plus some extra touches such as CSS3 transitions that enable one style to fade into the next. Tips, warnings and good practice advice are included throughout.
If you've ever selected ‘view source’ on a web page and wondered how the code creates the site, or simply wanted to try your hand and building a web page, this is the ideal introduction. You will create a page with a functioning menu, then make a template from which to create further pages.
The skills you will learn can be applied to everything built with web technologies, including websites built with JavaScript frameworks and libraries like React. Everything you need for this journey is free.
About the Author
I teach creativity and technology at a UK university where I'm a part-time senior research fellow. I also work freelance as a web developer/designer/info-architect, and collaborate with others to make art with technology. I keep an overview on emerging web technologies and post interesting snippets on Twitter and (more rarely) Tumblr, am a problem solver, and a creative generalist who likes to summarise and simplify information. I prefer Ruby and Python but have worked on legacy PHP. I can write HTML/CSS in my sleep, have co-developed in Angular and Ember, and use nanoc as a static website generator. I also enjoy using Processing and Javascript vector drawing library Raphael. I've been active on StackOverflow for some years. I also play music, write short stories, enjoy backgammon, love cats (but am allergic to them) and appreciate the entire natural world...