Web Development: HTML, CSS, and JavaScript

Overview

This textbook teaches the foundations of front-end web development through a practical, project-based approach. Students learn how the web works, how to structure documents with semantic HTML, how to style pages with CSS, and how to add interactivity with JavaScript. The book also covers accessibility, responsive design, performance, testing, publishing, and long-term project maintenance.

Table of Contents

1. Chapter 1: What Web Development Studies
2. Chapter 2: How the Web Works
3. Chapter 3: Files, Folders, Paths, and Project Structure
4. Chapter 4: Browsers, Developer Tools, and Page Inspection
5. Chapter 5: HTML Documents and Page Structure
6. Chapter 6: Text, Headings, Paragraphs, and Semantic Elements
7. Chapter 7: Links, Navigation, and Site Structure
8. Chapter 8: Images, Media, and Embedded Content
9. Chapter 9: Lists, Tables, Forms, and Inputs
10. Chapter 10: Metadata, SEO Basics, and Document Quality
11. Chapter 11: What CSS Does
12. Chapter 12: Selectors, Properties, and the Cascade
13. Chapter 13: Colors, Typography, Spacing, and Borders
14. Chapter 14: The Box Model
15. Chapter 15: Flexbox Layout
16. Chapter 16: Grid Layout
17. Chapter 17: Responsive Design and Media Queries
18. Chapter 18: CSS Variables, Themes, and Reusable Styles
19. Chapter 19: What JavaScript Does in the Browser
20. Chapter 20: Variables, Values, Expressions, and Functions in JavaScript
21. Chapter 21: Events and User Interaction
22. Chapter 22: Enterprise Systems, CRM, ERP, and Institutional Records
23. Chapter 23: Conditionals, Loops, and Dynamic Content
24. Chapter 24: Forms, Validation, and User Feedback
25. Chapter 25: Building Reusable Page Sections
26. Chapter 26: Navigation, Headers, Footers, and Multi-Page Sites
27. Chapter 27: Cards, Galleries, Accordions, Tabs, and UI Patterns
28. Chapter 28: Fetching Content and Working with JSON
29. Chapter 29: Accessibility, Performance, Testing, and Debugging
30. Chapter 30: Publishing a Website and Maintaining a Web Project
31. Back Matter

Learning Outcomes

• Understand how the web functions and how websites are organized.
• Write semantic HTML documents with clear structure and metadata.
• Style pages using CSS selectors, layout systems, and reusable design patterns.
• Add interactivity and dynamic behavior with JavaScript.
• Create responsive, accessible, and user-friendly interfaces.
• Work with forms, validation, and data fetched from JSON sources.
• Debug and test web pages using browser developer tools.
• Publish and maintain multi-page web projects with good project hygiene.
• Build reusable page components such as headers, footers, cards, and tabs.
• Develop practical front-end skills for academic and professional web work.