By Jennifer Niederst Robbins
Second Edition June 2003
Pages: 488 (More details)
(Average of 2 Customer Reviews)
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In Learning Web Design, author Jennifer Niederst shares the knowledge she's gained from years of web design experience, both as a designer and a teacher. This book starts from the beginning-- defining the Internet, the Web, browsers, and URLs -- so you don't need to have any previous knowledge about how the Web works. After reading this book, you'll have a solid foundation in HTML, graphics, and design principles that you can immediately put to use in creating effective web pages.
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- Covers the nuts and bolts of basic HTML and style sheets, with detailed examples of formatting text, adding graphic elements, making links, creating tables and frames, and using color on the Web.
- Explains whether to use GIFs or JPEGs for different types of images, and includes important tips on optimizing graphics for web delivery.
- Provides dozens of web design do and don'ts, to help you make good web design decisions and avoid common beginner traps.
- Contains hands-on exercises throughout the book that allow you to try out new techniques along the way.
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Book details
Title:
Learning Web Design
Subtitle: A Beginner's Guide to HTML, Graphics, and Beyond
Second Edition: June 2003
ISBN: 0-596-00484-2
Pages: 488
Average Customer Reviews: (Based on 2 Reviews)
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Learning Web Design, 2nd Edition Review
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2003-10-24 04:29:37
Mitch Lowry from the Columbia Java Users Group
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This book starts with the premise that you have no web development experience and you do not want to program. The book is divided into four parts that cover an overview of web development, an html tutorial, graphics for the web, and web site design. Within each section, a different subject is addressed in every chapter. While each chapter starts at a very basic level, enough material is taught to give the reader a good start in each of the subjects. I particularly liked the way style sheets and links were covered. The book is replete with tips, illustrations, and code examples to assist the reader. There are exercises to reinforce the information for most of the topics covered.
The format of the book is different than most of the O’Reilly books that I have read in the past. The larger format of the book with the better paper and more graphics add to the learning experience especially with this subject. This was a fun book to read, even though I was familiar with most of the material. I was mainly interested in the graphics section and web design. Apparently, my interests coincided with those of the author’s because I feel that those sections are the strongest in the book.
My only slight criticism of this book might be that while the reader is probably a beginner, most of the graphics examples are done with Photoshop or Fireworks. These tools may be a bit out of budget for the fledgling web designer. This book is a good starting point, but the reader probably will need to follow it with something more substantial.
Learning Web Design, 2nd Edition Review
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2003-08-18 20:28:30
George Woolley, Oakland.pm
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A very good book.
My recommendation is that you check this book out
at your local book store.
My view is that it is a well designed book
by a professional web designer/ teacher.
If you are a beginner, but serious about web design,
I think you'll likely want to get this book once you've seen it.
In my opinion,
it would be a very good book for most beginning web designers
and for some experienced web designers too, if they want to review basics.
The book seems to be aimed at beginning web designers:
- who will be doing their web design on a MAC or under Windows
(and not on Linux/Unix)
- who will be using a WYSIWYG web page design tool
(such as Dreamweaver or Go Live)
I suggest you take this into account when you consider acquiring this book.
For more, see
my detailed review.
Media reviews
"This is an extremely useful book that I do recommend. It is well worth the purchase price"
--Lee Rice, Charlotte County PC User Group, November 2003
"'Learning Web Design a Beginner's Guide to HTML Graphics and Beyond' takes an overwhelming subject and makes it clear for beginners and those who may already have created a web site but sense there is room for improvement. Jennifer Niederst explains what you need to know, how the web works, and teaches you how to get your pages on the web. You learn why web design isn't like print design, and the web design process. And that is just Part I."
-- Northern Vermont Macintosh User Group, August 2003
Reviews From Previous Edition
"Extremely interesting and beneficial. It not only approached the subject from a practitioner's perspective, it presented information in a manner that most users with basic computer and Internet skills can easily grasp and understand. I found the tables, tips, and summations on various pages to be excellent."
--Ralph L. Jordan, CCPCUG, October 2002
