Table of Contents

• Part I: Getting Started on the Web
• 1: Understanding How the Web Works
• 2: Structuring an HTML Document
• 3: Understanding Cascading Style Sheets
• 4: Understanding JavaScript
• 5: Validating and Debugging Your Code
• Part II: Building Blocks of Practical Web Design
• 6: Working with Fonts, Text Blocks, Lists, and Tables
• 7: Using External and Internal Links
• 8: Working with Colors, Images, and Multimedia
• Part III: Advanced Web Page Design with CSS
• 9: Working with Margins, Padding, Alignment, and Floating
• 10: Understanding the CSS Box Model and Positioning
• 11: Using CSS to Do More with Lists, Text, and Navigation
• 12: Creating Fixed, Liquid, or Combined Layouts
• Part IV: Responsive Web Design
• 13: Understanding the Importance of Responsive Web Design
• 14: Designing for Mobile Devices
• 15: Using Media Queries
• Part V: Getting Started with Dynamic Sites
• 16: Understanding Dynamic Websites and HTML5 Applications
• 17: Getting Started with JavaScript Programming
• 18: Working with the Document Object Model (DOM)
• 19: Using JavaScript Variables, Strings, Arrays, Functions, and Objects
• 20: Controlling Flow with Conditions and Loops
• 21: Responding to Events and Using Windows
• Part VI: Modern CSS Designs
• 22: Taking Control of Backgrounds and Borders
• 23: Laying Out Web Pages in Columns and Flexible Boxes
• 24: Animating with CSS and the Canvas
• 25: Using Transformations and Transitions
• 26: Programming with CSS
• Part VII: Advanced Website Functionality and Management
• 27: Working with Web-Based Forms
• 28: Organizing and Managing a Website
• Part VIII: Appendixes
• Appendix A: HTML, CSS and JavaScript Resources on the Internet
• Appendix B: HTML, CSS and JavaScript Quick Reference
• Glossary

About the Author

Jennifer Kyrnin consults professionally on web design and web development. She has built and maintained websites of all sizes, from small single-page sites to large million-page database-driven sites for international audiences. She has taught HTML, XML, and web design online since 1997 and is the author of Sams Teach Yourself HTML5 Mobile Application Development, Sams Teach Yourself Responsive Web Design, and Sams Teach Yourself Bootstrap.

Julie Meloni is a software development manager and technical consultant living in Washington, DC. She has written several books and articles on web-based programming languages and database topics, including the bestselling Sams Teach Yourself PHP, MySQL, and Apache All in One.