Web Design & Development - Techniques for Building Beautiful and Functional Sites
By systematically learning from design basics to implementation techniques, you can build websites that deliver value to users with your own hands.
The Significance of Learning Web Design
Web design is not mere visual decoration. It is comprehensive technology for designing the path users take to reach information and providing comfortable experiences. By acquiring visual elements like layout, color schemes, and typography, plus implementation techniques with HTML and CSS, you can turn ideas in your head into actual working websites.
What You Gain from Mastery
By systematically learning web design skills, the following achievements can be expected:
- You can build your own portfolio or business site by yourself
- In collaboration with designers and engineers, you can communicate in a common language
- You develop observation skills to improve services from the user's perspective
- Options for side work or career change expand
Technology advances quickly, but fundamental principles are universal. Building a solid foundation is the shortcut to long-term growth.
Recommended Books
The books introduced here were selected to allow step-by-step learning from web design basics to practice. Appropriate knowledge can be gained for each stage from beginners to intermediate learners.
HTML & CSS and Web Design Introduction Course: Everything in One Book
This book is an introductory guide that comprehensively covers from HTML and CSS basics to practical website creation in one volume. By actually working hands-on and building sample sites, knowledge can be firmly established as your own skills. As shown by achieving #1 in sales for 5 consecutive years in the web industry, it has content supported by many beginners.
- Practically master modern CSS technologies such as Flexbox and grid layout
- Learning while writing code allows acquiring both theory and implementation simultaneously
- Understand responsive design from the basics and become able to create multi-device sites
- Grasping the overall picture of web development clarifies what to learn next
Web Design Quality Examples Collection (2nd Edition)
This book is a collection of 415 carefully selected websites classified by purpose. When seeking inspiration or looking for specific expression methods, you can learn from examples. More than just a gallery, features of each site and techniques used are explained, providing clues for applying them to your own design.
- Practical structure allowing lookup by design elements like color scheme, layout, and font selection
- Classification by industry and purpose allows quickly finding examples close to your project
- Viewing many high-quality designs cultivates aesthetic sense and design judgment
- Understand universal design principles while keeping up with trends
![Webデザイン良質見本帳[第2版] 目的別に探せて、すぐに使えるアイデア集](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/91tcoxDo6iL._SL1500_.jpg)
Webデザイン良質見本帳[第2版] 目的別に探せて、すぐに使えるアイデア集
久保田 涼子 / SBクリエイティブ; 第2版 / 2021-12-22
＼＼40,000部突破したベストセラーが4年半ぶりの大改訂!...
Best Understood Web Design Basics Proper Introduction (2nd Edition)
This book systematically explains the five basic elements of web design: layout, color scheme, photos, typography, and the latest techniques. Because it carefully explains the reasons why certain designs are effective, knowledge is acquired with application ability. This is a book that serves as a guideline when uncertain about design decisions.
- Understanding fundamental design principles enables making justified decisions
- Multiple authors provide well-rounded knowledge from various perspectives
- Both theory and practical techniques are introduced for immediate application
- Web-specific content teaches considerations unique to digital that differ from print
いちばんよくわかるWebデザインの基本きちんと入門［第2版］ レイアウト／配色／写真／タイポグラフィ／最新テクニック
伊藤 庄平、益子 貴寛、宮田 優希、伊藤 由暁、久保 知己 / SBクリエイティブ; 第2版 / 2021-08-21
一生使えるWebデザインの本気の入門書！ 11刷突破のベスト...
That Makes Sense Design
A book characterized by a structure that allows intuitive visual understanding of how design works. It explains how each element like text, color, photos, and layout functions through abundant visual examples. By reading it as an 'experience book' rather than a theory book, design thinking is naturally acquired.
- Design always has a 'purpose' and is a means to achieve it
- Visually expressing information priority is fundamental to design that communicates
- Colors and shapes have meaning; using them appropriately strengthens messages
- Good design reduces viewer burden and aids understanding
Summary
Web design is a field where technology and creativity intersect. Both logical thinking for writing code and sensitivity pursuing visual beauty are required. By solidifying basics through the books introduced and learning while actually working with your hands, you can steadily build skills.