Web Foundations

Run your own basic usability study to find out just what your users need from your website, application, or device.

Learn to develop a content strategy to analyze and shape the tone, voice, and visual style for your brand.

Evolve your current workflow to incorporate responsive design and collaboration practices, without adding too much complexity or overhead.

Introduces the concepts behind responsive design, covering concepts like screen density, fluid grids, and responsive images, as well as actual design strategies that guide you from mock-up to testing.

Explains the nuts and bolts of HTML (HyperText Markup Language), the programming language used to create web pages, and provides an introduction to HTML5 and CSS.

Shows how to set up a site with a web host and perform common server tasks.

Shows how to create interfaces, systems, and devices revolved around user behavior.

Offers a high-level overview of Cascading Style Sheets.

Surveys the core principles and techniques essential to building web sites for mobile devices.

Gives designers a deeper understanding of HTML5 and shows how to create richer, more meaningful web pages with structural tags and descriptive attributes.

Defines content management systems (CMSs) and explains their role in web site development.

Explores Web design techniques and technologies, concepts, and best practices.

Covers document structure, block and inline-level tags, floating images, controlling white space, and phrase and font markup.