Sams Teach Yourself HTML, CSS and JavaScript All in One : Covering HTML5, CSS3, and jQuery, 2/e

In just a short time, you can learn how to use HTML, Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), and JavaScript together to design, create, and maintain world-class websites.

Using a straightforward, step-by-step approach, each lesson in this book builds on the previous ones, enabling you to learn the essentials from the ground up.

Clear instructions and practical, hands-on examples show you how to use HTML to create the framework of your website, design your site’s layout and typography with CSS, and then add interactivity with JavaScript and jQuery.

Step-by-step instructions carefully walk you through the most common web development tasks
Practical, hands-on examples show you how to apply what you learn
Quizzes and exercises help you test your knowledge and stretch your skills

Learn how to…

• Build your own web page and get it online in an instant
• Format text for maximum clarity and readability
• Create links to other pages and to other sites
• Add graphics, color, and visual pizzazz to your web pages
• Work with transparent images and background graphics
• Design your site’s layout and typography using CSS
• Get user input with web-based forms
• Use JavaScript to build dynamic, interactive web pages
• Add AJAX effects to your web pages
• Leverage JavaScript libraries such as jQuery
• Make your site easy to maintain and update as it grows