Introducing Web Development

Jörg Krause

Dec 2016 · Apress

About this ebook

This brief book is an easy-to-digest introduction to the key concepts of web development. Understand the concepts of the web and how they apply to static and dynamic websites. See how HTML and CSS are used to create the bones of the web.
Concisely presented through four key concept chapters, Introducing Web Development will enable you to get a clear understanding of how web development works.
What You Will Learn

• How the web works and interacts with websites
  
• What static and dynamic websites are and how they work
  
• How the static parts of a website are coded using HTML and CSS
  

Who This Book Is For
Anyone who wants to understand the basics of web development.

About the author

Jörg Krause has been working with software and software technology since the early 1980’s, beginning with a ZX 81 and taking his first steps as a programmer in BASIC and assembly language. He studied Information Technology at Humboldt University, Berlin but left early, in the 90’s, to start his own company. He has worked with Internet Technology and software development since the early days when CompuServe and FidoNet dominated. He’s been with Microsoft technologies and software since Windows 95. In 1998, he worked on one of the first commercial e-commerce solutions, and wrote his first book in Germany, “E-Commerce and Online Marketing”, published by Carl Hanser Verlag, Munich. Due to its wide success, he started working as a freelance consultant and author in order to share his experience and knowledge with others. He has written several books for Apress, Hanser, Addison Wesley and other major publishers along with several self-published books—a total of over sixty titles. He also publishes articles in magazines and speaks at major conferences in Germany. Currently, Jörg works as an independent consultant, software developer, and author in Berlin, Germany. In his occasional spare time, Jörg enjoys reading thrillers and science fiction novels, and going on a round of golf.