This book democratizes web development for everyone. It's a fun, clever guide that covers all of the key design principles, best practices, useful shortcuts, pro tips, real-world examples, and basic coding tutorials needed to produce a beautiful website that you'll feel confident sharing with the world. Because you, too, can design for the web!

Hello Web Design contains everything you need to feel comfortable doing your own web development, including an abundance of real-life website examples that will inspire and motivate you. No need to spend time and money hiring an expensive graphic designer; this book will walk you through the fundamentals - and shortcuts - you need to do it all yourself, right now.
Introduction
Chapter 1: If You Read Only One Chapter, Make It This One
Chapter 2: Theory And Design Principles
Chapter 3: The Process And Training Your Design Eye
Chapter 4: Reassurances
Chapter 5: Additional Resources
Tracy Osborn has a B.F.A. in Art & Design from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo. She's been building and designing websites for over 20 years, primarily working with startups and small firms until she founded her own startup. She writes technical books on the side, teaching beginner web skills on Hello Web Books
(https://hellowebbooks.com). Osborn has been a keynote speaker at many conferences.

About

This book democratizes web development for everyone. It's a fun, clever guide that covers all of the key design principles, best practices, useful shortcuts, pro tips, real-world examples, and basic coding tutorials needed to produce a beautiful website that you'll feel confident sharing with the world. Because you, too, can design for the web!

Hello Web Design contains everything you need to feel comfortable doing your own web development, including an abundance of real-life website examples that will inspire and motivate you. No need to spend time and money hiring an expensive graphic designer; this book will walk you through the fundamentals - and shortcuts - you need to do it all yourself, right now.

Table of Contents

Introduction
Chapter 1: If You Read Only One Chapter, Make It This One
Chapter 2: Theory And Design Principles
Chapter 3: The Process And Training Your Design Eye
Chapter 4: Reassurances
Chapter 5: Additional Resources

Author

Tracy Osborn has a B.F.A. in Art & Design from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo. She's been building and designing websites for over 20 years, primarily working with startups and small firms until she founded her own startup. She writes technical books on the side, teaching beginner web skills on Hello Web Books
(https://hellowebbooks.com). Osborn has been a keynote speaker at many conferences.

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