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Books > Computing & IT > Internet > Web design
Unearth the potential of Bootstrap 4 to create highly responsive
and beautiful websites using modern web techniques About This Book
* This book shows how to take advantage of the all new features
introduced in Bootstrap * Learn responsive web design and discover
how to build mobile-ready websites with ease * Find out how to
extend the capabilities of Bootstrap with a huge range of tools and
plugins, including jQuery, * Do more with JavaScript and learn how
to create an enhanced user experience Who This Book Is For If you
want to learn to build enterprise-level websites efficiently with
Bootstrap, this book is for you. You must have a basic and
fundamental understanding of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript; however,
there is no need to have prior Bootstrap experience. What You Will
Learn * Fire up Bootstrap and set up the required build tools to
get started * See how and when to use Flexbox with the Bootstrap
layouts * Find out how to make your websites responsive, keeping in
mind Mobile First design * Work with content such as tables and
figures * Play around with the huge variety of components that
Bootstrap offers * Extend your build using plugins developed from
JavaScript * Use Sass to customize your existing themes In Detail
Bootstrap, the most popular front-end framework built to design
elegant, powerful, and responsive interfaces for professional-level
web pages has undergone a major overhaul. Bootstrap 4 introduces a
wide range of new features that make front-end web design even
simpler and exciting. In this gentle and comprehensive book, we'll
teach you everything that you need to know to start building
websites with Bootstrap 4 in a practical way. You'll learn about
build tools such as Node, Grunt, and many others. You'll also
discover the principles of mobile-first design in order to ensure
your pages can fit any screen size and meet the responsive
requirements. Learn to play with Bootstrap's grid system and base
CSS to ensure your designs are robust and that your development
process is speedy and efficient. Then, you'll find out how you can
extend your current build with some cool JavaScript Plugins, and
throw in some Sass to spice things up and customize your themes.
This book will make sure you're geared up and ready to build
amazingly beautiful and responsive websites in a jiffy. Style and
approach With the help of several real-world examples and code,
this book will teach you to build a full-featured responsive
website in Bootstrap, which is mobile-ready.
"Every single day that you wait to grow your business online, is a
day that your competition is leaving you further and further in the
dust, and one day they'll have moved so far ahead that you'll
simply disappear." Do you want to know why some people can take
their small business online and succeed, meanwhile others struggle?
Chris Martinez built his business helping entrepreneurs just like
you to go from "0 to 60" online and he's sharing his best tips and
tricks with you in this ground-breaking book. In this book you'll
discover: The biggest reasons why small businesses FAIL online The
#1 FREE platform to use when building your website A simple design
element that will get you leads immediately Why it's important to
connect with your customers via social media And much, much more
Foreword by Dr. Ivan Misner, New York Times Bestselling Author,
Founder of Business Network International (BNI) and called the
"Father of Modern Networking" by CNN. "I wish I had read a book
like this before launching my first website because I could have
saved myself thousands in trial and error " - Scott "Scotty Claus"
Martin, Winner of ABC's "Shark Tank" "It's Not JUST a Website saves
you time and money and you'll be learning from someone who is
passionate about helping the "little guy" to come out on top " -
Brett Frazier, Entrepreneur and Mayor of Madera, CA"
Build websites and applications using the latest techniques in
modern web development About This Book * Create amazing modern day
applications that run seamlessly across multiple platforms *
Implement multiple methodologies by creating different apps with
dynamic features * This unique project-based guide will help you
build your own websites efficiently Who This Book Is For This book
is a must-have for web developers who want to stay on top of the
latest trends in web app and site development. If you are a web
developer who is already familiar with HTML, CSS, and functional
JavaScript, and you want to learn the latest trends in web
development, this is the book for you. What You Will Learn * Find
out how to create responsive websites * Create websites using the
principals of Flat design * Create deep-dive sites using parallax
scrolling * Discover how to use Ajax in single-page applications *
Create responsive navigation with CSS and JavaScript * Create
responsive padding with the box model property In Detail The book
delivers simple instructions on how to design and build modern Web
using the latest trends in web development. You will learn how to
design responsive websites, created with modern Flat User Interface
design patterns, build deep-scrolling websites with parallax 3D
effects, and roll-your-own single-page applications. Finally,
you'll work through an awesome chapter that combines them all. Each
chapter features actual lines of code that you can apply right
away. Style and Approach Using real-world examples, Web Design
Blueprints presents practical how-to projects for site
enhancements, with a light-hearted, easy-to-understand tone. This
book has individual projects that cumulate until you finally build
a super-project at the end, using all the skills learned
Ever wondered how websites are put together? Or whether your
present website is working as well for you as it should? In this
comprehensive "website design guide," Brian Stephens, a website
designer and ebook publisher, lifts the lid on the concepts and
techniques that can make all the difference to a website's success.
The information demystifies this jargon-riddled business and will
help even complete beginners brief web designers and hold them to
account if the site is not doing its job properly. For the already
computer-savvy, the author leads the way for them to create their
own website, either using the Wordpress platform as a content
management system or by adopting the most effective techniques for
a static website design. Website Design - Author Qualifications
Brian has a 1st class honours degree in Technology, has worked in
the technology industry for over 30 years and the last five years
as a freelance website designer. Subjects covered include: how to
choose and register a name for your website understanding what you
want the website to do both both from a marketing perspective and a
functional perspective navigation elements and why they are
critical measuring performance who to host with how to set a
reasonable budget how to ensure you can change or add more content
to your website, at will, without paying a designer or webmaster
the benefits of a well designed website You are also shown how to
get traffic to your website by using the most relevant and up to
date techniques for website and blog promotion. Modern Website
Promotion Techniques These include, on page optimisation as part of
the web design, off page optimisation for website promotion and
using social signals. Don't worry these terms are fully explained
in the guide, but needless to say they cover techniques such as
where and how to place keywords in your content, link building and
engaging on social media sites like Twitter, Facebook etc. You will
have access to a lot of reference material for the latest web
design training resources which explain in detail the techniques,
identified in the guide, that need to be used to make a website
work. So no more searching for the best resources and not knowing
if you have found them, they can now be accessed directly in the
book as and when you need them. Brian made plenty of errors whilst
working out the best way to put a website together. Thankfully he
is now happy to share his learning experience with you. Who Is This
Website Design Guide For? The book is ideally suited to anyone who
is non-technical and wants to create a simple website for their
business or personal use or has had problems getting an existing
website organised to meet their requirements. Existing and future
website owners will find this up-to-the-minute guide an excellent
point of reference for managing a nowadays powerful business and
personal tool. "Creating your own website need no longer be the
preserve of big business and the most gifted computer technicians."
You can have your own website in a matter of days, . . . for a
surprisingly low outlay. But read this first It could save you a
fortune, or at least a lot of time.
Learn to develop high performance applications with Dart 1.10 About
This Book * Develop apps for the modern web using Dart and HTML5 *
Clarify and shorten your Dart code using enums * Build a complex UI
for business applications with Dart's Polymer framework, based on
web components Who This Book Is For If you want to become a
developer for the modern web, or wish to add Dart to your tool
belt, then this book is for you. The book assumes you have basic
HTML experience and know how web applications work. Some previous
programming experience, preferably in a modern language like C#,
Java, Python, Ruby or JavaScript, will give you a head start. You
can work with Dart on your preferred platform, be it Linux, Mac OS
X or Windows. What You Will Learn * Structure your code using
functions, classes, generics, packages and libraries * Use the
power of modern browsers to process and store data * Make games by
drawing, and using audio and video in the browser * Develop an
application with a model-driven and spiral-paced approach *
Discover the Observatory tools for profiling memory and CPU usage
of Dart programs * Store your app's data in MySQL and MongoDB
through Dart * Build powerful HTML5 forms, validate and store data
in local storage, and use web components to build your own user
interface * Run your Dart server on an App Engine Managed VM In
Detail Dart is an open source programming language for the web,
developed at Google, with a steadily growing community. It is a
single language for both client and server, appropriate for the
full range of devices on the web - including phones, tablets,
laptops, and servers. It encompasses the lessons of the last two
decades of web programming. This book will give you a thorough
overview of Dart, taking you through its ecosystem, syntax, and
development principles. With this book, you will build web games
using HTML5, audio, and video, and also dive into processing and
displaying data in HTML5 forms with Dart. You will also learn how
web components fit together with HTML5, and how to apply them in
business web applications of the future. You will discover how to
store data on the client, communicate data between client and
server with JSON, and store JSON data with MongoDB and MySQL. Stop
solving new challenges with the same old tools - let Dart show you
a whole new way. Style and approach This book provides you a
project-based approach, with everything you need to start or
enhance your career in the future of web development with Dart. It
follows the spiral approach: each project builds up in successive
spirals, adding new features in each step.
Push your HTML and CSS skills to the limit and build professional
grade, responsive websites About This Book * Take your RWD skills
to the next level with HTML5 and CSS3 best practices that will give
you a solid foundation to build out from * Harness the power of the
CSS pre-processor Sass to speed up the creation of your CSS * Each
chapter dives deep in to different aspects of RWD and is designed
to get you up to speed with the latest developments in professional
web design Who This Book Is For If you're already building
responsive designs and are looking to level up your skills, then
Mastering Responsive Web Design is the book for you. Regardless of
whether you're a web designer, or web developer, you'll find
something here to help you in your responsive design journey. What
You Will Learn * Install and use Sass with SCSS syntax to create
your CSS * Use HTML5 tags the right way, for the right type of
content * Enhance the experience of users with assistive technology
with ARIA roles * Design with a desktop-first approach, but
implement with mobile-first methodology * Master your layouts by
creating your own scalable CSS grid, or using Flexbox for total
layout 'flexibility' * Retrofit your old web sites with your new
responsive design skills * Deal with legacy browsers, and learn how
to keep your designs consistent * Implement widely used responsive
patterns, such as the "drawer navigation", the "off-canvas" and the
"flexbox-based" navigation patterns * Find the best way to serve
the right type of image and how to make videos responsive * Build
custom responsive emails to ensure the message gets across
regardless of the device In Detail Building powerful and accessible
websites and apps using HTML5 and CSS3 is a must if we want to
create memorable experiences for our users. In the ever-changing
world of web design and development, being proficient in responsive
web design is no longer an option: it is mandatory. Each chapter
will take you one step closer to becoming an expert in RWD. Right
from the start your skills will be pushed as we introduce you to
the power of Sass, the CSS preprocessor, to increase the speed of
writing repetitive CSS tasks. We'll then use simple but meaningful
HTML examples, and add ARIA roles to increase accessibility. We'll
also cover when desktop-first or mobile-first approaches are ideal,
and strategies to implement a mobile-first approach in your HTML
builds. After this we will learn how to use an easily scalable CSS
grid or, if you prefer, how to use Flexbox instead. We also cover
how to implement images and video in both responsive and
responsible ways. Finally, we build a solid and elegant typographic
scale, and make sure your messages and communications display
correctly with responsive emails. Style and approach Designing and
developing for the web should be fun, and that's the tone used in
the book. This book is written in a step-by-step format with
clean-cut examples. You will also find tips and notes all over the
book to help clarify those small and simple details most books and
tutorials assume you already know.
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