Google Web Designer: The 100% Useful Guide

by David Taylor

The missing manual for Google Web Designer, the free software from Google that can create dynamic HTML pages and animations. Written for beginners, you need to only know the basics of how HTML works to get to grips with Google Web Designer thanks to this 100% Useful Guide.

Even those with more advanced knowledge will find something useful, with the 100% Useful Tips spread through the book, which lift the lid on how the code works and how to make the most of the features.

Taking you step-by-step through every part of the interface and Google Web Designer feature set, you will soon be creating amazing HTML 5 animations that will render on any device.

From the starting point of adding a simple text box, through to advanced animation and 3D rotation, you'll see how Google Web Designer puts the power of HTML at anyone's fingertips. Every chapter includes easy to follow tutorials and supplies sample files to make it simple to check your work.

With Google's new free Web Designer software, anyone can now create complex HTML 5 projects through a simple interface, and this Guide will show you how. Written by David Taylor, a technology journalist of 20 years' experience, the 100% Useful Guide is the essential reference book for Google Web Designer.

98 pages, Kindle Edition

First published October 14, 2013

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Reviews

[Liam Holmes]

Hi All,

I am trying to buy this book, but the buy it links to Amazon etc, are not showing the book.

[Dru Pagliassotti · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is, AFAIK, the only book available on GWD right now, so if you're experienced in Adobe products like Dreamweaver and Flash and want to check out the Google alternative while it's in beta, pick up this book and work through the exercises. OTOH, if you don't know those programs, proceed with caution. This book whips through the exercises quickly and without detailed references; I had to download and look at the sample files and do a considerable amount of investigation on my own to figure out some of the procedures. The book also introduces concepts and then drops them, leaving it to you to extrapolate how to use them in different situations — that's perfectly acceptable if you're experienced with web design and animation, but it's tough on the newbie. Still, this is a reasonable intro to a program that's still under development.