Books by Rob Larsen

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Beginning HTML and CSS

by Rob Larsen
333 pages - - 11.4 MB New!

If you develop websites, you know that the goal posts keep moving, especially now that your website must work on not only traditional desktops, but also on an ever-changing range of smartphones and tablets. This step-by-step book efficiently guides you through the thicket. Teaching you the very latest best practices and techniques, this practical reference walks you through how to use HTML5 and CSS3 to develop attractive, modern websites for today’s multiple devices. From handling text, forms, and video, to implementing powerful JavaScript functionality, this book covers it all.

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The Uncertain Web

by Rob Larsen
333 pages - - 15.9 MB New!

What’s the best way to develop for a Web gone wild? That’s easy. Simply scrap the rules you’ve relied on all these years and embrace uncertainty as a core tenet of design. In this practical book, veteran developer Rob Larsen outlines the principles out what he calls The Uncertain Web, and shows you techniques necessary to successfully make the transition.

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Mastering SVG

by Rob Larsen
333 pages - - 13 MB New!

The “Mastering SVG: Ace web animations, visualizations, and vector graphics with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript” is a perfect learning resource for developing cross-browser apps. Rob Larsen is author of this book. SVG is the most powerful image format in use on the web. In addition to producing resolution-independent images for today’s multi-device world, SVG allows you to create animations and visualizations to add to your sites and applications. The simplicity of cross-platform markup, mixed with familiar modern web languages, such as CSS and JavaScript, creates a winning combination for designers and developers alike. The book provides a ton of usable, executable advice using good examples and in a very readable style. Further, you will use SVG images for a variety of common tasks, such as manipulating SVG elements, adding animations using CSS, mastering the basic JavaScript SVG (API) using Document Object Model (DOM) methods, and interfacing SVG with common libraries and frameworks, such as React, jQuery, and Angular. The Use SVG to scale images across multiple devices easily, Harness the power of CSS animations and transformations to manipulate your SVG images in a replicable, remixable way, Interface SVG with common libraries and frameworks, such as jQuery, React, and Angular.