Enter the Web Design Playground and start experimenting with all aspects of creating a web page—from design, to development, to publishing—in an easy-to-use free online workspace.

This exciting second edition of Web Design Playground is fully updated with new technologies and thoughtful approaches for building modern websites. You’ll have a blast experimenting with a landing page, photo gallery, portfolio site, and more while you learn important web design skills.

In Web Design Playground, Second Edition you’ll learn essential tools of the web design trade, such as:

Structuring a web page with HTML
Styling a web page with CSS
Modern page layout techniques
Using colors in web design
Making text look awesome with typography


HTML, CSS, and the principles of good web design are all you need to build something beautiful! You’ll find them all inside this one-of-a-kind guide. Best of all, this book gives you free access to a custom online workspace, the “playground!” You can concentrate on core skills like page layout and adding images and video, as well as learning typography, responsive design, and the other modern web design techniques.

Purchase of the print book includes a free eBook in PDF, Kindle, and ePub formats from Manning Publications.