This book introduces standard and new HTML5 elements and attributes and CSS3 properties commonly used in Web design as well as design guidelines for their effective use. Its approach of explaining every line of code in the examples it uses to show the usage of the HTML elements and CSS properties introduced makes it an invaluable Web design resource for beginners as well as intermediates looking to fill in gaps in their knowledge. In addition, the inclusion of user-centered design process stages and how they are best managed in website development makes the book unique in its area. Also, the book's approach of including challenges after each topic to help refresh readers' knowledge, as well as make them think, ensures that there are ample activities to keep learners motivated and engaged.
Key Features
Comprehensively covers standard and new HTML5 elements and attributes and CSS3 properties
Includes a lot of challenges/exercises; one after each HTML element or CSS property introduced and demonstrated with examples
Example codes can be copied and pasted as-is to implement and experiment with
For every HTML element or CSS property introduced, guidelines are provided, where relevant, on how to best use them in a design to enhance usability and accessibility
Includes comprehensive explanation of flexible box and grid layout models and how to use them to create responsive and adaptive web design
Covers the importance of visual aesthetics in design, including design elements and principles and examples of how they can be applied in Web design to produce good user experience
Includes comprehensive guidelines on how to design for standard and mobile screens, including discussion of touch gesture interaction design and standard gestures and the functions for which they are most commonly used.
Introduces the stages of user-centered design process, including Web accessibility and user-experience testing, and managerial aspects of Web development, including intellectual property
Provides a brief introduction on how to make HTML and CSS codes more compact and more efficient and how to combine them with other languages commonly used in Web design and development, such as JavaScript, AJAX, and PHP
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Für höhere Schule und Studium
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Illustrationen
833 farbige Abbildungen, 688 s/w Tabellen
688 Tables, black and white; 833 Illustrations, color
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Höhe: 254 mm
Breite: 177 mm
Dicke: 43 mm
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ISBN-13
978-1-138-91185-7 (9781138911857)
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
Michael Macaulay is a freelance educator, developer, and user-experience designer and evaluator. Formerly, he was a senior lecturer and course director for multimedia courses at London South Bank University, United Kingdom. He earned his PhD in 2000 in the effects of human-computer interaction and multimedia in learning from Loughborough University, United Kingdom. In the past, he had also been a computer systems administrator, computer systems programmer and analyst, and desktop publisher.
Chapter 1: The Internet and the Web
Part 1: HTML
Chapter 2: Introduction to HTML
Chapter 3: Text
Chapter 4: Lists, Tables and Links
Chapter 5: Forms
Chapter 6: Images
Chapter 7: Audio, Video, and Animation
Part 2: CSS
Chapter 8: Introduction to CSS
Chapter 9: Color
Chapter 10: Boxes: Size and Border
Chapter 11: Boxes: Transform and 3D
Chapter 12: Positioning elements
Chapter 13: Text: Typefaces and Fonts
Chapter 14: Text: Formatting and decoration
Chapter 15: Images: Content and background images
Chapter 14: Images: Effects
Chapter 17: Lists, Tables, and Forms
Chapter 18: Animation
Chapter 19: Layout with Flexible box
Chapter 20: Layout with the grid model
Chapter 22: Beyond HTML and CSS
Part 3: Web Design principles and practices
Chapter 23: Design: The fundamentals
Chapter 24: Designing for the Web
Chapter 25: Designing for mobile devices
Part 4: Web development process
Chapter 26: Web development process
Chapter 27: Managing Web projects
Chapter 28: Introduction to intellectual property