Name: Web Coding & Development All-in-One For Dummies By Paul McFedries
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Web Coding & Development All-in-One For Dummies by Paul McFedries

Speak the languages that power the web With more high-paying web development jobs opening every day, people with coding and web/app building skills are having no problems finding employment. If you're a would-be developer looking to gain the know-how to build the interfaces, databases, and other features that run modern websites, web apps, and mobile apps, look no further. Web Coding & Development All-in-One For Dummies is your go-to interpreter for speaking the languages that handle those tasks. Get started with a refresher on the rules of coding before diving into the languages that build interfaces, add interactivity to the web, or store and deliver data to sites. When you're ready, jump into guidance on how to put it all together to build a site or create an app. Get the lowdown on coding basics Review HTML and CSS Make sense of JavaScript, jQuery, PHP, and MySQL Create code for web and mobile apps There's a whole world of opportunity out there for developers-and this fast-track boot camp is here to help you acquire the skills you need to take your career to new heights!

About Paul McFedries

Paul McFedries is a true renaissance geek. He has been a programmer, consultant, database developer, and website builder. He's also the author of more than 90 books including top sellers covering Windows, Office, and macOS.

Introduction 1 About This Book 2 Foolish Assumptions 3 Icons Used in This Book 4 Beyond the Book 4 Book 1: Getting Ready to Code for the Web 5 Chapter 1: How Web Coding and Development Work 7 The Nuts and Bolts of Web Coding and Development 8 Understanding the Front End: HTML and CSS 12 Understanding the Back End: PHP and MySQL 15 How It All Fits Together: JavaScript and jQuery 16 How Dynamic Web Pages Work 18 What Is a Web App? 19 What Is a Mobile Web App? 19 What's the Difference between Web Coding and Web Development? 20 Chapter 2: Setting Up Your Web Development Home 21 What Is a Local Web Development Environment? 22 Do You Need a Local Web Development Environment? 22 Setting Up the XAMPP for Windows Development Environment 23 Setting Up the XAMPP for OS X Development Environment 29 Choosing Your Text Editor 33 Chapter 3: Finding and Setting Up a Web Host 35 Understanding Web Hosting Providers 36 A Buyer's Guide to Web Hosting 37 Finding a Web Host 40 Finding Your Way around Your New Web Home 41 Book 2: Coding The Front End, Part 1: HTML & CSS 47 Chapter 1: Structuring the Page with HTML 49 Getting the Hang of HTML 50 Understanding Tag Attributes 52 Learning the Fundamental Structure of an HTML5 Web Page 53 Some Notes on Structure versus Style 57 Applying the Basic Text Tags 58 Creating Links 62 Building Bulleted and Numbered Lists 65 Inserting Special Characters 68 Inserting Images 69 Carving Up the Page 71 Chapter 2: Styling the Page with CSS 79 Figuring Out Cascading Style Sheets 80 Getting the Hang of CSS Rules and Declarations 81 Adding Styles to a Page 83 Styling Page Text 87 Working with Colors 93 Getting to Know the Web Page Family 95 Using CSS Selectors 96 Revisiting the Cascade 100 Chapter 3: Sizing and Positioning Page Elements 103 Learning about the CSS Box Model 104 Styling Sizes 105 Adding Padding 107 Building Borders 109 Making Margins 110 Getting a Grip on Page Flow 113 Floating Elements 115 Positioning Elements 120 Chapter 4: Creating the Page Layout 127 What Is Page Layout? 128 Laying Out Page Elements with Floats 128 Laying Out Page Elements with Inline Blocks 132 Making Flexible Layouts with Flexbox 136 Shaping the Overall Page Layout with CSS Grid 153 Providing Fallbacks for Page Layouts 164 Book 3: Coding The Front End, Part 2: Javascript 167 Chapter 1: An Overview of JavaScript 169 JavaScript: Controlling the Machine 170 What Is a Programming Language? 171 Is JavaScript Hard to Learn? 172 What Can You Do with JavaScript? 173 What Can't You Do with JavaScript? 174 What Do You Need to Get Started? 175 Basic Script Construction 175 Adding Comments to Your Code 180 Creating External JavaScript Files 181 Chapter 2: Understanding Variables 183 What Is a Variable? 184 Naming Variables: Rules and Best Practices 187 Understanding Literal Data Types 189 JavaScript Reserved Words 193 JavaScript Keywords 194 Chapter 3: Building Expressions 197 Understanding Expression Structure 197 Building Numeric Expressions 199 Building String Expressions 205 Building Comparison Expressions 208 Building Logical Expressions 215 Understanding Operator Precedence 219 Chapter 4: Controlling the Flow of JavaScript 225 Understanding JavaScript's Control Structures 226 Making True/False Decisions with if() Statements 226 Branching with if() else Statements 228 Making Multiple Decisions 229 Understanding Code Looping 234 Using while() Loops 235 Using for() Loops 237 Using do while() Loops 241 Controlling Loop Execution 243 Avoiding Infinite Loops 246 Chapter 5: Harnessing the Power of Functions 249 What Is a Function? 250 The Structure of a Function 250 Where Do You Put a Function? 251 Calling a Function 252 Passing Values to Functions 255 Returning a Value from a Function 258 Understanding Local versus Global Variables 259 Using Recursive Functions 262 Chapter 6: Working with Objects 267 What Is an Object? 267 The JavaScript Object Hierarchy 269 Manipulating Object Properties 271 Working with Object Methods 273 Playing Around with the window Object 275 Programming the document Object 284 Chapter 7: Working with Arrays 291 What Is an Array? 291 Declaring an Array 293 Populating an Array with Data 294 Creating Multidimensional Arrays 299 Using the Array Object 300 Chapter 8: Manipulating Strings, Dates, and Numbers 311 Manipulating Text with the String Object 311 Dealing with Dates and Times 323 Working with Numbers: The Math Object 335 Chapter 9: Debugging Your Code 341 Understanding JavaScript's Error Types 342 Getting to Know Your Debugging Tools 344 Debugging with the Console 345 Pausing Your Code 348 Stepping through Your Code 350 Monitoring Script Values 352 More Debugging Strategies 355 Top Ten Most Common JavaScript Errors 356 Top Ten Most Common JavaScript Error Messages 359 Book 4: Coding the Front End, Part 3: Jquery 363 Chapter 1: Developing Pages Faster with jQuery 365 Getting Started with jQuery 366 Selecting Elements with jQuery 369 Manipulating Page Elements with jQuery 373 Modifying CSS with jQuery 377 Tweaking HTML Attributes with jQuery 385 Chapter 2: Livening Up Your Page with Events and Animation 387 Building Reactive Pages with Events 388 Building Lively Pages with Animation 398 Chapter 3: Getting to Know jQuery UI 411 What's the Deal with jQuery UI? 412 Getting Started with jQuery UI 413 Working with the jQuery UI Widgets 415 Introducing jQuery UI Effects 424 Taking a Look at jQuery UI Interactions 428 Book 5: Coding the Back End: Php and Mysql 433 Chapter 1: Learning PHP Coding Basics 435 Understanding How PHP Scripts Work 436 Learning the Basic Syntax of PHP Scripts 436 Declaring PHP Variables 438 Building PHP Expressions 438 Outputting Text and Tags 439 Working with PHP Arrays 445 Controlling the Flow of Your PHP Code 451 Working with PHP Functions 456 Working with PHP Objects 458 Debugging PHP 463 Chapter 2: Building and Querying MySQL Databases 467 What Is MySQL? 468 Introducing phpMyAdmin 470 Creating a MySQL Database and Its Tables 473 Querying MySQL Data 480 Chapter 3: Using PHP to Access MySQL Data 493 Understanding the Role of PHP and MySQL in Your Web App 494 Using PHP to Access MySQL Data 495 Creating and Running Insert, Update, and Delete Queries 504 Separating Your MySQL Login Credentials 505 Book 6: Coding Dynamic Web Pages 507 Chapter 1: Melding PHP and JavaScript with Ajax and JSON 509 What Is Ajax? 510 Making Ajax Calls with jQuery 511 Introducing JSON 526 Returning Ajax Data as JSON Text 528 Chapter 2: Building and Processing Web Forms 533 What Is a Web Form? 534 Understanding How Web Forms Work 535 Building an HTML5 Web Form 536 Handling and Triggering Form Events 557 Submitting the Form 561 Chapter 3: Validating Form Data 565 Validating Form Data in the Browser 566 Validating Form Data on the Server 574 Regular Expressions Reference 582 Book 7: Coding Web Apps 591 Chapter 1: Planning a Web App 593 What Is a Web App? 594 Planning Your Web App: The Basics 595 Planning Your Web App: Responsiveness 599 Planning Your Web App: Accessibility 605 Planning Your Web App: Security 608 Chapter 2: Laying the Foundation 619 Setting Up the Directory Structure 620 Creating the Database and Tables 624 Getting Some Back-End Code Ready 626 Creating the App Startup Files 630 Chapter 3: Managing Data 637 Handling Data the CRUD Way 638 Creating New Data 643 Reading and Displaying Data 652 Updating and Editing Data 661 Deleting Data 668 Chapter 4: Managing App Users 673 Configuring the Home Page 674 Setting Up the Back End to Handle Users 677 Signing Up a New User 682 Signing a User In and Out 696 Resetting a Forgotten Password 704 Deleting a User 714 Book 8: Coding Mobile Web Apps 721 Chapter 1: Exploring Mobile-First Web Development 723 What Is Mobile-First Web Development? 724 Learning the Principles of Mobile-First Development 725 Going Mobile Faster with jQuery Mobile 729 Working with Images in a Mobile App 731 Storing User Data in the Browser 734 Chapter 2: Building a Mobile Web App 739 Building the Button Builder App 740 Getting Some Help from the Web 741 Building the App: HTML 741 Building the App: CSS 754 Building the App: JavaScript and jQuery 757 Index 769

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Web Coding & Development All-in-One For Dummies by Paul McFedries

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