Build a Website Now

Book excerpt: Who This Book is For This book is written for those who need to build a website but do not know where to start. Whether it is for a school project, a business, or helping friends and family, this book can help you to get started. By the end of this book, you will be able to create a website that not only looks good, but also works well when viewed on both computers and mobile devices. You do not need any prior knowledge in programming to be able to follow the lessons in this book. It is written with the assumption that this is your first foray into web development. However, it does require that you know how to use a computer and how to use a text editor for basic editing, such as copying and pasting text. What You Can Expect from This Book Aimed at absolute beginners, you can expect the lessons to be delivered in a step-by-step fashion, with a lot of examples and illustrations. The book will avoid technical terms whenever possible, to keep things simple and easy to understand. The lessons will cover HTML, CSS and Bootstrap 4. All of the programming code used in the examples will be provided to you. To get the code, all you need to do is a simple copy and paste. If the examples use images, the image files will be provided as well. Every chapter is geared towards creating the building blocks that you will need to build your websites, such as navigation menu, buttons, forms and more. After all the lessons, you will be able to put together enough building blocks to create a decent website.