Web Design with HTML, CSS, JavaScript and jQuery Set

The beautiful design makes it so much easier to read
Most books on computer code are dense tomes, like text books: Often full of useful information, but daunting. Just thinking of the wall of words makes me faint! But not Ducket’s books. They deliver the same useful info the other books do, but Ducket makes it seem so much easier because he consider’s the user’s experience.Opening a book of wall-to-wall words full of computer code is not super inviting. Opening a page with a beautiful photo printed to the edge with a smaller amount of info, but still relevant to the illustration is so much more inviting! I looked forward to turning each page to see how the design and illustrations would reinforce the written material.I was already familiar with HTML, CSS, Javascript and jQuery when I read the books, so I can’t attest to how good the exercises presented in the book work. Despite that I learned computer code from library books in the ’90s (BASIC on a Commodore 64. The good ol’ days.) I can barely fathom doing so today. With the proliferation of coding boot camps (such as the one I work for, WP Code Camp) and courses on web design at community colleges, I would rather learn from a person than a book. But I love having something physical and tactile to refer back to. Even after all these years, I forget pretty basic CSS stuff now and again, and having a book on my desk with a tab in it is quicker than Googling and searching for the right answer.I occasionally just pick these books up and thumb through them for pleasure. They’re the only coding books I’ve ever owned that I pick up and read for enjoyment. Sometimes I’ll run into something that I’d forgotten, and it gives me new inspiration to try the technique out. This happened recently with the CSS property “flexbox.” I had been using Bootstrap for a few years because it makes responsive web design so easy. But the Ducket book reminded me that I can achieve much the same effect without consuming the client’s resources loading up Bootstrap from a CDN. It’s way better! I’ve been using it ever since.On a side note, I think it’s weird that Ducket has virtually no social media presence. Or any other type of presence on the web, as far as I can tell. No actual website, no Facebook, no Twitter. I would imagine an author would have it in his or her best interest to have a digital footprint, especially if he writes books about websites. But I digress.These are both great books. By the set, it’s cheaper that way. You won’t regret it.

GREAT for beginners!! Easy to understand, Fun to look at! PLUS online examples to download!
Awesome beginning learning tool for people who are new to programming like I am (AND its gorgeous to look at!!)This book doesnt jump right into syntax with pages and pages of text like a lot of books do. It breaks everything down into concepts that are easy to grasp and even adds little notes for questions that I am likely to ask right then and there! Plus the page content layout makes learning bits of information SOOOOO much more fun.Yes there are a few cons to this book, but the content and delivery outshines them by far, so Im giving it a full 5 stars anyway.PROS*Excellent learning tool (When I say excellent, I mean THAT good!)*Makes concepts way easier than any “idiot’s guide”*Fun to read!! Colloquial speech and not filled with techy talk that makes half sense.*Lots of great examples*Thoughtful tidbits that seem to read your mind’s questions*Breaks things down conceptually right from the start. It reads like a catalog. Its so easy*Stunning design! A++++*Directs you to TONS of downloadable examples that you can open in your browserCONS*Text melts off the page with oil, sweat*Binding is hard to open (Hence the other review about getting them spiral bounded = plus)*Not good reference book for experienced*Matte cover is gorgeous but prone to fingerprints*Bit outdated

I love this books! It’s a must have for someone that is starting a career as Frontend developer.They are perfect for persons that learn more easily through visual examples.My books arrived very well packed and in good conditions, brand new.100% recommend!

Llegaron en excelente estado, la lectura aúnque es en ingles es muy intuitiva y fácil de seguir, buena estructura y diseño, los ejemplos a todo color; en la página oficial htmlandcssbook.com viene contenido adicional y los ejemplos usados en el libro para su descarga.En envío fue rápido.