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Practical Web Development

Learn CSS, JavaScript, PHP, and more with this vital guide to modern web development

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|Sep 2025
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    Book Description

    This book is perfect for beginners who want to get started and learn the web development basics, but also offers experienced developers a web development roadmap that will help them to extend their capabilities.

    What you will learn

    • Find out how HTML lays the foundation of web development
    • Learn the fundamentals of web design using CSS
    • Harness JavaScript to bring websites to life
    • Use PHP and MySQL to dynamically generate HTML on the server
    • Learn how to write compact code with jQuery
    • Create efficient single page applications with Ajax
    • Discover JSON for a powerful data exchange between client and server
    • Design Mobile first, responsive pages that look great on mobiles, tablets, and desktops
    • Create and migrate powerful and scalable web applications with Node.js

    Who this book is for

    This book is perfect for beginners who want to get started and learn the web development basics, but also offers experienced developers a web development roadmap that will help them to extend their capabilities.

    Table of Contents

    1. The World Wide Web
    2. HTML
    3. CSS
    4. JavaScript
    5. PHP
    6. PHP and MySQL
    7. jQuery
    8. AJAX
    9. History API: To Not Forget Where We Are
    10. XML and JSON
    11. MongoDB
    12. Mobile first: Responsive Design with Progressive Enhancement
    13. Foundation - a Responsive CSS/JavaScript Framework
    14. Node.js
    15. The final page: end-to-end JavaScript [BONUS CHAPTER]
    16. Appendix -Bootstrap
    PDF ISBN: 978-1-78355-274-0
    Publisher: Packt Publishing Limited
    Copyright owner: © 2015 Packt Publishing Limited
    Publication date: 2025
    Language: English
    Pages: 276