Web Development and Design Foundations with XHTML (4th Edition) [Paperback]

Terry Felke-Morris (Author)

Editorial Reviews

Product Description

  Using Hands-On Practice exercises and Web Site Case Studies to motivate readers, Web Development and Design Foundations with XHTML, 4e, includes all the necessary lessons to guide students in developing highly effective Web sites. Key topics include: The Internet and the World Wide Web; XHTML Basics; Configuring Color & Text with CSS; Visual Elements & Graphics; Web Design; Page Layout with CSS; More on Links, Lists & Layout; Tables; Forms; Web Site Development; Web Multimedia & Interactivity; E-Commerce Overview; Promotion for Web Developers; A Brief Look at JavaScript. In the Fourth Edition, Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) are introduced earlier in the text. Both XHTML and CSS topics receive increased prominence, and are integrated throughout the text. Ethics and accessibility issues receive increased coverage, and a new Design Activities supplement offers hands-on design projects to supplement those presented in the text. For all readers interested in Web design.

From the Back Cover

Web Development and Design Foundations with XHTML, Fourth Edition, includes everything you need to develop highly effective Web sites. In addition to comprehensive coverage of XHTML, Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), and Web design best practices, this book presents information on accessibility, ethics, e-commerce, Web site promotion strategies, and JavaScript™. CSS has become a standard for Web design, so this edition introduces CSS early on and integrates the topic throughout the text, including CSS-based page layouts.

 

This book explains important Web development and design concepts and provides step-by-step presentations that show you how to implement them. With Web design focus activities, as well as Hands-On Practices, Hands-On Exercises, Web site Case Studies, and valuable reference material, this book has everything a beginning Web developer needs. This text is appropriate for a one-semester Web development course.

 

Topics include:

• XHTML
• Cascading Style Sheets
• Accessibility standards
• Web site design best practices
• The Web development process
• Multimedia and interactivity
• E-commerce
• Web site promotion
• JavaScript

Additional Web develloper reference material, including an XHTML Reference, a CSS Property Reference, a Comparison of HTML and XHTML, and an overview of the Section 508 Standards, is included in the Web Developer's Handbook Appendixes.

 

Supporting materials, including Adobe® Dreamweaver® CS3 tutorials, an introduction to FTP, a bonus chapter on XHTML frames, and student starter files for all chapters, are available at www.aw.com/felke. A complimentary access code for this Web site is included with a new copy of this book. Subscriptions may also be purchased online.

 

Further resources are available on the author's Web site at www.webdevfoundations.net. This site provides a useful color chart and an Adobe Flash® tutorial, as well as examples, links, and updates for each chapter.

See all Editorial Reviews

Product Details

• Paperback: 672 pages
• Publisher: Addison Wesley; 4 edition (February 2, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0321530195
• ISBN-13: 978-0321530196
• Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 8.4 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
• Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #35,691 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

  #18 in

  Books > Computers & Internet > Programming > Languages & Tools > XHTML

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

12 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Hands-On Approach!, February 12, 2008

By	Web Guru "techlady2002" (Ellison Bay, WI USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Web Development and Design Foundations with XHTML (4th Edition) (Paperback)

We use this book in a community college course for both online and face-to-face classes. The students really like the hands-on approach with examples, practice exercises and case studies. The 4th Edition of this popular textbook integrates XHTML and CSS topics so students learn from the beginning how to use both XHTML and CSS to configure text, color, and page layout. There is also excellent coverage of web design best practices, accessibility, usability, and Web standards. A bonus is the textbook's companion website at webdevfoundations.net that has a page for each chapter with chapter links, additional information, flash review puzzles, iPod review quizzes, and chapter updates.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars GREAT Book For Beginning Web Designers, July 22, 2008

By	NetworkingGeek - See all my reviews

This review is from: Web Development and Design Foundations with XHTML (4th Edition) (Paperback)

Great book! It was easy to learn to design web pages with XHTML and CSS with all the hand-on examples and practice exercises in this book. This college textbook presents XHTML, CSS and web accessibility techniques, explores web design best practices, and even includes web promotion techniques for web designers! The companion website has links to useful websites and updates to the chapter. I highly recommend this book for web design or web development courses.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Extremely well-written, September 28, 2009

By	Don Tullous (Dallas, Texas) - See all my reviews

Amazon Verified Purchase

This review is from: Web Development and Design Foundations with XHTML (4th Edition) (Paperback)

This book is very well laid out and clear to understand with logical excercises. It provides website support with additional learning files. Although not inexpensive, it provides an excellent way to learn XHTML and cascading style sheets. It is the text used for my website development college class.