Creating Flat Design Websites

Book Description

Flat design is a simple yet visually appealing and increasingly popular style, particularly good for people just starting to develop their own websites. This book helps you to create a simple and good looking product in the flat design style.

Creating Flat Design Websites will cover the origins of flat design, its principles as a visual style, and how to start designing right away, always making sure that the interface designed doesn't suffer from usability problems. Learn to design and develop your flat website with external frameworks to save time and money in your project. The book also provides you with tips to avoid the usability mistakes that commonly accompany this style due to its simple look and elements, as well as how to start developing the look of your website in HTML and CSS. Finally, you will learn how you can create your own Flat UI kit to suit your needs.

Book Details

Publisher:	Packt Publishing
By:	Antonio Pratas
ISBN:	978-1-78398-004-8
Year:	2014
Pages:	112
Language:	English
File size:	4 MB
File format:	PDF

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Learning AngularJS Animations

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AngularJS is an extensive framework used to make full-blown websites with minimal code. Animations in AngularJS are achieved through CSS3 transitions, CSS animations, and JavaScript. AngularJS allows you to create animations with outstanding effects. There are a variety of effects that can be integrated with AngularJS and different ways to achieve the same result. Learning AngularJS Animations will help you choose a way that best fits your needs. This guide is a complete step-by-step tutorial to improving UX by using animations in AngularJS projects. The first few chapters explain the basics of CSS3 transitions and animations and all the available features such as CSS3 keyframes to be used together with AngularJS, also covering how to move beyond JavaScript animations. The book then shows you how to choose an appropriate approach for creating web apps. It provides you with an understanding of how AngularJS native directives can be animated with CSS or JavaScript and how to animate custom directives using the $animate service.

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Publisher:	Packt Publishing
By:	Richard Keller
ISBN:	978-1-78398-442-8
Year:	2014
Pages:	182
Language:	English
File size:	2.3 MB
File format:	PDF

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CSS3 Foundations

Book Description

Html is fun when you're first learning how to use it to build a website. But when you add CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) to the mix, the experience—and your web pages—become magical. CSS3 Foundations takes you beyond the pre-fab themes and simple site-building tools found in most books, and provides you with the knowledge and tools you need to turn humdrum words and images into dazzling websites that draw visitors in and make them want to stay.

Like all the books in the Treehouse series, CSS3 Foundations is designed to help you expand your skill set and broaden your professional horizons, whether you're a hobbyist looking to go pro, a freelancer who wants to expand your client base, or an entrepreneur who want to know how to create a website fully customized for your company and your market niche.

Book Details

Publisher:	Wiley
By:	Ian Lunn
ISBN:	978-1-118-35654-8
Year:	2013
Pages:	352
Language:	English
File size:	28.9 MB
File format:	PDF

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Learning Responsive Web Design

Book Description

Deliver an optimal user experience to all devices - including tablets, smartphones, feature phones, laptops, and large screens—by learning the basics of responsive web design. In this hands-on guide, UX designer Clarissa Peterson explains how responsive web design works, and takes you through a responsive workflow from project kickoff to site launch.

Ideal for anyone involved in the process of creating websites - not just developers - this book teaches you fundamental strategies and techniques for using HTML and CSS to design websites that not only adapt to any screen size, but also use progressive enhancement to provide a better user experience based on device capabilities such as touchscreens and retina displays.

Book Details

Publisher:	O'Reilly Media
By:	Clarissa Peterson
ISBN:	978-1-44936-294-2
Year:	2014
Pages:	416
Language:	English
File size:	64.5 MB
File format:	PDF

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Web Design for Developers

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Web Design for Developers will show you how to make your web-based application look professionally designed. We'll help you learn how to pick the right colors and fonts, avoid costly interface and accessibility mistakes your application will really come alive. We'll also walk you through some common Photoshop and CSS techniques and work through a web site redesign, taking a new design from concept all the way to implementation.

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Publisher:	The Pragmatic Programmers
By:	Brian P. Hogan
ISBN:	978-1-93435-613-5
Year:	2009
Pages:	300
Language:	English
File size:	5.5 MB
File format:	PDF

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HTML5 Programming with JavaScript

Book Description

Modern websites are complex, and some of the most exciting features - things like geolocation, canvas, portability to mobile and more - require JavaScript to leverage what HTML5 can create. Don't know JavaScript? That's where HTML5 Programming with JavaScript For Dummies comes in. Rather than walking you through JavaScript as a programming language, it approaches JavaScript as a tool to help you enhance web pages.

Discover basic to complex ways to use JavaScript programming syntax to harness the full power of HTML5 and CSS3.

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Publisher:	Wiley
By:	John Paul Mueller
ISBN:	978-1-118-43166-5
Year:	2013
Pages:	408
Language:	English
File size:	45.5 MB
File format:	PDF

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Blog Design For Dummies

Book Description

The average blogger does not typically have experience with design or coding, but that shouldn't deter them from having a professional-looking blog design. This friendly and easy-to-understand guide provides you with the tools you need to establish a creative, unique, and aesthetically memorable blog without having to learn how to code beyond some basic CSS. Whether you're looking to write for a major brand, become a brand ambassador, sell a product, acquire new clients, advocate for a cause, or simply tell a story, you'll find design tricks, helpful techniques, and invaluable advice for creating a great-looking and functional blog.

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Publisher:	Wiley
By:	Melissa Culbertson
ISBN:	978-1-118-55480-7
Year:	2013
Pages:	352
Language:	English
File size:	53.5 MB
File format:	PDF

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Responsive Media in HTML5

Book Description

Rapid growth in the use of mobile devices to access the Internet has forced designers to adapt to creating content that is easily viewable on a wide range of different devices. The key is to make images and videos responsive to the platform used, enabling them to be resized automatically when displayed on mobile devices or desktops.

This book is a fast-paced, hands-on guide that shows you how to apply some simple techniques to add images and video content to your site, which may be a simple, one-page portfolio, or a complex content management system. The book starts with showing you how to display images. You will learn about browser support and different platforms, and alternatives for high- and low-resolution images. Moving on, the book covers techniques to add responsive video content. You will get to know about adding images and videos and test the media using online sites and tools. The book also explains the use of plugins and responsive frameworks.

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Publisher:	Packt Publishing
By:	Alex Libby
ISBN:	978-1-84969-696-8
Year:	2014
Pages:	128
Language:	English
File size:	6.1 MB
File format:	PDF

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Responsive Web Design with AngularJS

Book Description

AngularJS is an open source JavaScript framework, built to create dynamic web applications using HTML, JavaScript, and CSS. AngularJS has many advanced features that can be used to leverage responsive application development.

Responsive Web Design with AngularJS follows a detailed step-by-step approach to explain each key concept, with sufficient code and examples. This book will teach you how to implement dynamic routing, responsive custom directives, and breakpoints for your web page, followed by a section on debugging and testing.

By the end of the book, you will be able to develop and design exciting single page applications with AngularJS and make the applications responsive on different devices. With ample screenshots and code offering you a detailed insight, this book will ensure your success in developing responsive applications.

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Publisher:	Packt Publishing
By:	Sandeep Kumar Patel
ISBN:	978-1-78439-842-2
Year:	2014
Pages:	128
Language:	English
File size:	2.4 MB
File format:	PDF

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Learning Web Design, 3rd Edition

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Everything you need to know to create professional web sites is right here. Learning Web Design starts from the beginning - defining how the Web and web pages work - and builds from there. By the end of the book, you'll have the skills to create multi-column CSS layouts with optimized graphic files, and you'll know how to get your pages up on the Web.

This thoroughly revised edition teaches you how to build web sites according to modern design practices and professional standards.

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Publisher:	O'Reilly Media
By:	Jennifer Niederst Robbins
ISBN:	978-0-596-52752-5
Year:	2007
Pages:	480
Language:	English
File size:	29.47 MB
File format:	PDF

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Sass and Compass in Action

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For 15 years, we've been using CSS to patiently paint the web by hand. No more! Sass and Compass add scripting and a library of components to standard CSS so you can simplify stylesheet authoring, automate tedious tasks, and add dynamic styling features to your pages. Think of Sass and Compass as power tools that allow you to paint with remarkable speed and precision.

Sass and Compass in Action is a hands-on guide to stylesheet authoring using these two revolutionary tools. This practical book shows you how to eliminate common CSS pain points and concentrate on making your pages pop. You'll begin with simple topics like CSS resets and then progress to more substantial challenges like building a personal stylesheet framework to bundle and reuse your own approaches and opinions.

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Publisher:	Manning
By:	Wynn Netherland, Nathan Weizenbaum, Chris Eppstein, Brandon Mathis
ISBN:	978-1-61729-014-5
Year:	2013
Pages:	240
Language:	English
File size:	7.9 MB
File format:	PDF

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Less Web Development Essentials

Book Description

Less is a CSS preprocessor that essentially improves the functionality of simple CSS with the addition of several features. The book begins by teaching you how Less facilitates the process of web development. You will quickly then move on to actually creating your first layout using Less and compiling your very first Less code.

Next, you will learn about variables and mixins and how they will help in building robust CSS code. In addition, you'll learn how to keep your code clean and test it by using style guides. We will then move on to the concept of Bootstrapping and the strength of using Less with TwitterBootstrap. Going one step further, you will be able to customize Twitter's Bootstrap 3 using Less.

Book Details

Publisher:	Packt Publishing
By:	Bass Jobsen
ISBN:	978-1-78398-146-5
Year:	2014
Pages:	202
Language:	English
File size:	2.4 MB
File format:	PDF

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Jump Start Bootstrap

Book Description

Originally developed by Twitter, Bootstrap is a front-end web framework that's revolutionized modern web development. It makes it easy to build professional, feature-packed websites in no time. Better still, Bootstrap is built from the ground up to be fully responsive, meaning your designs will look beautiful on any device, and in any browser.

Whether you're a designer or a developer, you need to get acquainted with Bootstrap. Jump Start Bootstrap is the perfect primer to the most popular front-end framework available on the Web today.

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Publisher:	SitePoint
By:	Syed Fazle Rahman
ISBN:	978-0-99227-943-1
Year:	2014
Pages:	150
Language:	English
File size:	15.6 MB
File format:	PDF

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CSS Quick Syntax Reference

Book Description

The CSS Quick Syntax Reference is a 150-page syntax reference to the Cascading Style Sheet specification and style sheet language. It presents the essentials of CSS in a well-organized format that can be used as a handy reference.

You won't find any technical jargon, bloated samples, drawn out history lessons or witty stories in this book. What you will find is a CSS reference that is concise, to the point, and highly accessible. The book is packed with useful information and is a must-have for any CSS programmer or Web developer.

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Publisher:	Apress
By:	Mikael Olsson
ISBN:	978-1-4302-6490-3
Year:	2014
Pages:	148
Language:	English
File size:	5.5 MB
File format:	PDF

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The Book of CSS3, 2nd Edition

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CSS3 is the technology behind most of the eye-catching visuals on the Web. But the docs can be dry, murky, and full of dastardly caveats for inconsistent browser implementations.

This completely updated second edition of the best-selling Book of CSS3 distills the dense technical language of the CSS3 specification into plain English and shows you what CSS3 can do now, in all major browsers. You'll find fully revised coverage of the updated syntax of gradients, grids, and flexible box layout, as well as all-new chapters on values and sizing, and graphical effects like filter effects and blend modes.

Book Details

Publisher:	No Starch Press
By:	Peter Gasston
ISBN:	978-1-59327-580-8
Year:	2014
Pages:	304
Language:	English
File size:	10.5 MB
File format:	PDF

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