Introduction |
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Part I Getting a Job in Web Development |
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Chapter 1 Seeing the Big Picture of Web Development Jobs |
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Getting Why Web Development Matters |
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Why There Are So Many Web Development Jobs |
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Why Do Companies Care about Web Development? |
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Basic company brochureware |
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Chapter 2 Exploring Web Development Career Paths |
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Distinguishing between Visual Designer and Web Developer |
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Getting to Know Front-End Roles |
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The maestro: The visual designer |
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Front-of-house manager: The front-end developer |
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Making things feel right: Usability professionals |
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Making things work right: The web developer |
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Contributors beyond the Front End |
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Prepping each piece: Content professionals |
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The marketing maven: Product manager |
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Chapter 3 Understanding Where Web Designers Work |
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Finding Out about Work at a Web Development Company |
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Finding Out How Companies Use Web Developers |
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Small and large companies |
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Discovering How Not-for-Profits Use Web Developers |
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Chapter 4 Seeing Yourself in a Web Development Job |
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Understanding How the Web Has Changed the World |
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Your Journey into a New Frontier |
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Getting into graphic design |
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Starting out as a front-end developer |
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Working as a content developer |
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Looking at the Future of Web Development as a Career |
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How to become a web developer |
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The importance of mathematics in web design |
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Working with web developers in person |
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Projected growth in web development |
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Part II Core Technologies for Web Development |
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Chapter 5 Charting Your Path in Web Development |
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Distinguishing between Good and Bad Web Development Careers |
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Exploring Utah's Take on Web Development |
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Learning Web Development from Lynda.com |
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Chapter 6 Discovering the Technology behind the Internet |
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Learning Technical and Cultural Basics |
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Why technical basics matter |
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Why cultural basics matter |
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Discovering the Keys to Internet Protocol |
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Chapter 7 Introducing Web History |
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Discovering How the Internet Started |
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Understanding the Domain Naming of Parts |
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Discovering How Tim Berners-Lee Invented the Web |
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Chapter 8 Introducing HTML |
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Discovering How the Web Became What It Is |
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Exploring the Creation of HTML |
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Discovering Header Elements |
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Making Use of Core Structural Elements |
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Working with Text Formatting and Image Elements |
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Looking at Table Elements |
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Chapter 9 Understanding CSS and JavaScript |
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HTML, CSS, and JavaScript Together |
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Using CSS for Text Styling |
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Using JavaScript in Web Pages |
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Chapter 10 Tracing the Web Development Life Cycle |
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Seeing How a Website Gets Started |
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Considering the Look and Feel |
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Chapter 11 Implementing and Shipping a Site |
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Phase 1 Grokking User Needs |
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Phase 2 Developing the Look and Feel |
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Phase 4 Developing Functionality |
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Phase 5 Creating the Test Site |
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Phase 6 Launching the Site |
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Part III Getting Your Education |
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Chapter 12 Getting an Education for Web Development |
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Understanding the Value of Undergraduate Degrees |
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Getting a Two-Year Degree First |
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Getting a Four-Year Degree |
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Getting a four-year degree with experience |
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Getting a four-year degree with no experience |
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Chapter 13 Exploring Certificate Programs and Advanced Degrees |
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Building Your Own University Program |
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Pursuing Continuing Education |
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Investigating the strange case of Stanford Continuing Studies |
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Tips for continuing education |
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Getting an Advanced Degree |
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Chapter 14 Knowing Web Graphics Tools |
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Getting Experience with Web Dev Tools |
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College and university programs |
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Online courses and self-study |
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Getting to Know Key Tools for Web Graphics |
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Adobe Illustrator and CorelDraw |
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Adobe InDesign and Quark Xpress |
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Investigating Additional Adobe Tools and Others |
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Part IV Charting Your Career Path |
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Chapter 15 Using Dreamweaver and WordPress for Your Sites |
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Discovering the Biggest Trends in Websites Today |
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Choosing Adobe Dreamweaver |
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Chapter 16 Building a Competitive Portfolio Site |
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Introducing Sarah Rudder's Portfolio Site |
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Sarah's portfolio site, above the fold |
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The rest of Sarah's page --- and site |
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Introducing Matt Rudder's Portfolio Site |
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Creating Your Own Portfolio Site |
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Chapter 17 Getting the Interview |
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Networking in the Real-World |
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Networking in your current company |
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Networking outside your company |
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Building Your Online Network |
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Creating a Winning Resume |
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Making a Print Resume Stand Out |
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Following the Rules for LinkedIn |
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Chapter 18 Getting and Doing the Job |
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Be stellar at your core skill |
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Communicate better and earlier |
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Chapter 19 Ten Frequently Asked Questions in Web-Developer Interviews |
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What Is Your Greatest Strength? |
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What Is Your Greatest Weakness? |
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Why Do You Want to Leave Your Current Company? |
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Tell Us about an Accomplishment You're Proud of |
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Tell Us about a Problem and How You Handled It |
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Why Do You Want to Work at Our Company? |
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Where Do You See Yourself in Five Years? |
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Are You Willing to Relocate? |
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Are You Willing to Travel? |
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Do You Have Any Questions for Us? |
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Chapter 20 Ten Interesting Job Search Websites for Web Developers |
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Chapter 21 Ten Red-Hot Roles for Web Developers |
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