Coding For Dummies®

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Table of Contents

Introduction

About This Book Foolish Assumptions Icons Used in This Book Beyond the Book Where to Go from Here

Part I: Getting Started with Coding

Chapter 1: What Is Coding?

Defining What Code Is Following instructions Writing code with some Angry Birds

Understanding What Coding Can Do for You Eating the world with software Coding on the job Scratching your own itch (and becoming rich and famous)

Surveying the Types of Programming Languages Comparing low-level and high-level programming languages Contrasting compiled code and interpreted code Programming for the web

Taking a Tour of a Web App Built with Code Defining the app's purpose and scope Standing on the shoulders of giants

Chapter 2: Programming for the Web

Displaying Web Pages on Your Desktop and Mobile Device Hacking your favorite news website Understanding how the World Wide Web works Watching out for your front end and back end Defining web and mobile applications

Coding Web Applications

Starting with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript Adding logic with Python, Ruby, or PHP Coding Mobile Applications Building mobile web apps Building native mobile apps

Chapter 3: Becoming a Programmer

Writing Code Using a Process Researching what you want to build Designing your app Coding your app Debugging your code

Picking Tools for the Job Working offline Working online with

Part II: Building the Silent and Interactive Web Page

Chapter 4: Exploring Basic HTML

What Does HTML Do? Understanding HTML Structure

Identifying elements Featuring your best attribute Standing head, title, and body above the rest Getting Familiar with Common HTML Tasks and Tags Writing headlines Organizing text in paragraphs Linking to your (heart's) content Adding images Styling Me Pretty Highlighting with bold, italics, underline, and strikethrough Raising and lowering text with superscript and subscript Building Your First Website Using HTML

Chapter 5: Getting More Out of HTML

Organizing Content on the Page Listing Data

Creating ordered and unordered lists Nesting lists Putting Data in Tables Basic table structuring Stretching table columns and rows Aligning tables and cells Filling Out Forms

Understanding how forms work Creating basic forms Practicing More with HTML

Chapter 6: Getting Stylish with CSS

What Does CSS Do? CSS Structure

Choosing the element to style My property has value Hacking the CSS on your favorite website Common CSS Tasks and Selectors Font gymnastics: size, color, style, family, and decoration Customizing links Adding background images and styling foreground images Styling Me Pretty Adding CSS to your HTML Building your first web page

Chapter 7: Next Steps with CSS

Styling (More) Elements on Your Page Styling lists Designing tables

Selecting Elements to Style Styling specific elements Naming HTML elements

Aligning and Laying Out Your Elements Organizing data on the page Shaping the div Understanding the box model Positioning the boxes

Writing More Advanced CSS

Chapter 8: Working Faster with Twitter Bootstrap

Figuring Out What Bootstrap Does Installing Bootstrap Understanding the Layout Options

Lining up on the grid system Dragging and dropping to a website Using predefined templates Adapting layout for mobile, tablet, and desktop Coding Basic Web Page Elements Designing buttons Navigating with toolbars

Adding icons Build the Airbnb Home Page

Chapter 9: Adding in JavaScript

What Does JavaScript Do? Understanding JavaScript Structure Using Semicolons, Quotes, Parentheses, and Braces Coding Common JavaScript Tasks

Storing data with variables Making decisions with if-else statements Working with string and number methods Alerting users and prompting them for input Naming code with functions Adding JavaScript to the web page Writing Your First JavaScript Program Working with APIs What do APIs do? Scraping data without an API Researching and choosing an API Using JavaScript Libraries jQuery D3.js Searching for Videos with YouTube's API

Part III: Putting Together a Web Application

Chapter 10: Building Your Own App

Building a Location-Based Offer App Understanding the situation Plotting your next steps

Following an App Development Process Planning Your First Web Application Exploring the Overall Process Meeting the People Who Bring a Web App to Life

Creating with designers Coding with front- and back-end developers Managing with product managers Testing with quality assurance

Chapter 11: Researching Your First Web Application

Dividing the App into Steps Finding your app's functionality Finding your app's functionality: My version Finding your app's form

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