Modern Web Design in 30 Days: Beginner's Guide to HTML, CSS & JavaScript with Projects, Exercises, and AI-Powered Learning - Softcover

Laurence Lars Svekis

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1807604497 ISBN 13: 9781807604493

Publisher: Packt Publishing, 2026

Synopsis

Learn web design through a structured 30-day learning path that combines coding fundamentals, design thinking, and practical projects. Build functional web pages while understanding how modern websites are structured and styled.

Key Features

• Follow a clear 30-day roadmap that gradually builds web development skills and confidence
• Learn modern layout techniques including Flexbox, Grid, and responsive design fundamentals
• Reinforce concepts with guided experiments, reflection prompts, and practical mini projects

Book Description

Modern Web Design in 30 Days introduces the core technologies behind modern websites through a structured and approachable learning journey. Designed for beginners, the book guides readers through the tools used to build web pages while encouraging a practical, hands-on learning process.

The journey begins with the foundations of how the web works, explaining how browsers interpret HTML, CSS, and JavaScript to display and control pages. Readers learn to structure content with semantic HTML, apply visual styling with CSS, and add interactivity using JavaScript.

As the chapters progress, the book explores layout techniques such as Flexbox and CSS Grid, responsive design for different screen sizes, and principles that improve usability and visual clarity. Readers gain insight into how websites organize content, structure layouts, and guide user interaction.

Each chapter encourages experimentation, allowing readers to modify code, test ideas, and observe results. The book also introduces AI-assisted prompts that help reinforce understanding and support deeper exploration of key concepts.

By the end of the 30-day journey, readers will understand how modern websites are structured, styled, and enhanced with interactive features, providing a solid foundation for further study in web development.

What you will learn

• Understand how browsers load and display web pages
• Structure meaningful content using semantic HTML
• Style websites using CSS selectors and layout rules
• Build responsive layouts using Flexbox and CSS Grid
• Improve readability using typography and color
• Add interaction using JavaScript events
• Organize code with arrays, objects, and functions
• Create dynamic content using DOM manipulation

Who this book is for

This book is for beginners who want to learn how modern websites are built using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. It is ideal for students, aspiring developers, and designers who want to understand the technical side of web creation.

The structured 30-day format makes it especially helpful for self-learners looking for a clear path to build practical web development skills from the ground up.

Table of Contents

1. What Is Web Design & How the Web Really Works
2. Your First Website: Writing HTML from Scratch
3. Text, Links, Images & Page Structure
4. Introduction to CSS: Making Your Website Look Like a Website
5. CSS Selectors & the Cascade: How Styles Are Applied
6. The CSS Box Model: Spacing, Borders & Visual Balance
7. CSS Layout Basics: Display, Flow & Positioning
8. Flexbox Fundamentals: Designing One-Dimensional Layouts
9. Flexbox Advanced: Wrapping, Sizing & Responsive Behavior
10. Responsive Design Fundamentals: Mobile-First & Media Queries
11. CSS Grid Fundamentals: Two-Dimensional Layouts
12. Typography & Color in Web Design: Readability, Hierarchy & Mood
13. Buttons, Forms & User Interaction Design
14. JavaScript Foundations: Bringing Websites to Life
15. JavaScript Events: Responding to User Actions

(N.B. Please use the Read Sample option to see further chapters)

About this title

About the Author

Laurence Svekis is an experienced web application developer. He has worked on multiple enterprise-level applications, hundreds of websites, business solutions, and many unique and innovative web applications. He has expertise in HTML, CSS, JavaScript, jQuery, Bootstrap, PHP, and MySQL and is also passionate about web technologies, web application development, programming, and online marketing with a strong focus on social media and SEO. He is always willing to help his students experience what technology has to offer and looks forward to sharing his knowledge and experiences with the world.

Edition details

• Publisher: Packt Publishing
• Publication date: 2026
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1807604497
• ISBN 13: 9781807604493
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 358