《Web Design for Developers》

Web Design for Developers

English

2009

Prag--tic Bookshelf

ISBN: 1934356131

300 pages

Book Description

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.

Developers don?t get to spend a lot of time thinking about design, but many secretly wish they knew how to make their applications look just a little bit better. This book takes you on a journey through a web site redesign, where you?ll learn the basic concepts of design, color theory, typography, and accessibility.

You?ll learn how to take a sketch and transform it into a digital mockup in Photoshop, and then finally into a working web page. You?ll see how to develop logos, icons, and buttons using Illustrator and Photoshop, and then code a web page that will load fast, be easy to maintain, and most of all, be accessible to all audiences.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1. Introduction

Part I: The Basics of Design

Chapter 2. The Basics of Site (Re)design: Redesigning Foodbox

Chapter 3. Choosing Colors

Chapter 4. Fonts and Typography

Part II: Adding Graphics

Chapter 5. Designing the Foodbox Logo

Chapter 6. Design Mock-up: The Structure

Chapter 7. Design Mock-up: The Content

Chapter 8. Putting the Finishing Touches on the Mock-Up

Part III: Building the Site

Chapter 9. Building the Home Page with HTML

Chapter 10. Creating Assets from Our Mock-Up

Chapter 11. Defining Your Layout with CSS

Chapter 12. Replacing the Section Headings Using the Cover-up Method

Chapter 13. Adding Styles

Chapter 14. Making a Printer-Friendly Page

Part IV: Preparing for Launch

Chapter 15. Working with Internet Explorer and Other Browsers

Chapter 16. Accessibility and Usability

Chapter 17. Building a Favicon

Chapter 18. Search Engine Optimization

Chapter 19. Designing for Mobile Devices

Chapter 20. Testing and Improving Performance

Chapter 21. Where to Go Next

Chapter 22. Recommended Reading