Web Development with the Mac

by Aaron Vegh

Overview

Learn Web development the Apple way and build a business

With a focus on both coding and creative development, this in-depth guide thoroughly covers what you need to know to build winning websites for clients — from what it takes to bring a business online to how to make your site interactive to how to run a freelance web business. In between, you'll master the technical tools of the trade — such as HTML, CSS, JavaScript, PHP, and Ruby on Rails — and learn how to create beautiful interfaces using Photoshop . This book covers everything a fledgling web developer working on a Mac needs to launch a freelance business.

• Review the basic infrastructure technologies: DNS, domain names, hosting, UNIX, and Linux

• Master client-side development tools: HTML, CSS, and JavaScript

• Explore key elements of creative design, such as line, color, contrast, and proportion

• Incorporate search engine optimization (SEO) techniques and plan sites with wireframes

• Use Photoshop to create professional-quality site designs by using grids

• Understand server-side development: MySQL, PHP, and Ruby on Rails

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Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780470767917
Publisher:	Wiley
Publication date:	02/25/2010
Series:	Developer Reference , #21
Sold by:	JOHN WILEY & SONS
Format:	eBook
Pages:	544
File size:	26 MB
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About the Author

Aaron Vegh is a web and Cocoa developer, a professional writer, and principal of Innoveghtive, Inc., an online marketing firm. He has written technical documentation and articles for several companies and publications in the technology industry. An active member in the Mac development community, Aaron also develops for both the Mac and iPhone platforms. With over ten years of experience in web development, he has spent the last three years running his own firm, building sites for clients both large and small.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments.

Introduction.

Part I: Internet Infrastructure.

Chapter 1: Bringing Your Business Online.

Chapter 2: Unix Is the Engine.

Chapter 3: Unix Applications.

Part II: Client-Side Development.

Chapter 4: xHTML.

Chapter 5: Cascading Style Sheets.

Chapter 6: JavaScript.

Part III: Web Design.

Chapter 7: Design Concepts.

Chapter 8: User Interface Design.

Chapter 9: Search Engine Optimization.

Chapter 10: Wireframe Basics.

Chapter 11: The Grid.

Chapter 12: Photoshop 101.

Part IV: Server-Side Development.

Chapter 13: Principles of Server-Side Development.

Chapter 14: MySQL Database Server.

Chapter 15: PHP Introduction.

Chapter 16: Ruby Introduction.

Chapter 17: Ruby on Rails.

Appendix A: Running a Freelance Web Business.

.Appendix B: Resources.

Glossary.