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Web developers--this is your all-in-one guide to HTML and CSS! Learn to use HTML to format text and structure web pages. Understand the HTML document skeleton before creating forms, referencing hyperlinks, embedding active content, and more. Then style your pages with CSS: Create consistent designs with selectors, the box model, the cascade algorithm, and inheritance. Round out your client-side development experience by getting to know JavaScript. With detailed code examples, you'll master HTML and CSS in no time! a. HTML for Formatting and Structure Master HTML syntax and document structure. Work with tags, elements, and attributes to build HTML documents. Create tables and forms, embed images, configure links, and develop interactive HTML elements. b. CSS for Style and Design Develop simple and complex web layouts with CSS rules, selectors, declarations, combinators, pseudoclasses, and pseudoelements. Understand the principles of cascading, specificity, and inheritance. Learn to use the CSS box model, the position property, and more. c. JavaScript Fundamentals Expand your knowledge with an introduction to JavaScript. See how to use variables, statements, functions, arrays, and objects to write and run simple programs. Explore the basics of Ajax for interactive web application design. Highlights: HTML syntax and structure HTML elements Tables, links, and images HTML forms CSS selectors Cascade and inheritance CSS box model CSS preprocessors Responsive layout design Testing JavaScript Ajax