Paul McFedries

Paul McFedries has been a professional technical writer for more than 30 years. He has more than 100 books to his credit, which collectively have sold more than 4 million copies worldwide. His other Manning title is Web Design Playground, Second Edition. When he’s not writing books, Paul is building web pages, which he’s been doing since 1996, and he has intimate knowledge of both HTML and CSS. Paul has hand-coded many sites, including his web home (https://paulmcfedries.com), Word Spy (https://wordspy.com), WebDev Workshop (https://webdevworkshop.io), and Web Design Playground (https://webdesignplayground.io/2). Paul loves to teach, his writing is clear and logical, and he has the empathy that comes from remembering what it was like to first learn a subject.

books by Paul McFedries

Build a Website with ChatGPT
  • July 2024
  • ISBN 9781633436961
  • 320 pages
Included with a Manning Online subscription
  • printed in black & white
catalog / Data Science / Deep Learning / Generative AI

Build a Website with ChatGPT shows you how to make websites in an AI-first world—no experience required! You’ll start with the basics of generating pages with ChatGPT, and by the end of the second chapter your first site will be up and running. Author Paul McFedries then shows you how to add interesting text and graphics, forms for user input, and even custom CSS to give your pages some pizzazz. As you go, you’ll expand your new AI skills to create photo galleries, portfolios, catalog pages and more.

Web Design Playground, Second Edition
  • January 2024
  • ISBN 9781633438323
  • 440 pages
Included with a Manning Online subscription
  • printed in color

Web Design Playground, Second Edition takes a creative, visual approach and clear explanations of the components, concepts, and of each step you’ll need to build your own web pages. You’ll become a confident web designer as you practice each new skill in the Playground. The many small projects introduce everything from page layout basics to new tags and features like Flexbox and CSS Grid—all presented in author Paul McFedries’s inimitably friendly style.

Don’t worry about setting up your own servers and domain names—the book comes with a free online “playground” to experiment with and get creative. 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. Before you know it, you’ll be ready to create gorgeous pages that reflect your creativity and style.

Web Design Playground
  • April 2019
  • ISBN 9781617294402
  • 440 pages
Included with a Manning Online subscription
  • printed in color
catalog / Software Development / Web / Web Design / CSS

Web Design Playground takes you step by step from writing your first line of HTML to creating interesting, attractive web pages. In this project-based book, you’ll use a custom online workspace to design websites, product pages, photo galleries, and more. Don’t worry about setting up your own servers and domain names—the book comes with a free “playground” which lets you experiment without any of that! You can concentrate on core skills like adding images and video and laying out the page, plus learning typography, responsive design, and the other tools of the web trade.