It’s that time of the year again: We’ve started working on a brand new Smashing Book! The book will be as ambitious as it is beautiful — a unique, extraordinary artefact, filled with valuable insight for Web designers and developers.Update (24.04.2013): A standalone eBook Bundle option is now available as well. The bundle contains two eBooks — for iBooks, Kindle, Nook and most other eBook readers and devices.
The Smashing Book #4 consists of two separate hardcover books, neatly packaged into one slipcase. The covers are designed by illustrator Anna Shuvalova.
The Beauties And The Box
Excited as we are? Good! The release of this book is expected to be in September or October 2013. However, by pre-ordering your copy now, you will support our expansion of the Smashing Book series. And if you’re quick enough, you can grab a couple of extra (and exclusive) goodies.For $149.00, you’ll receive a printed copy of Smashing Book #4 and an annual subscription to the Smashing Library, with immediate unlimited access to over 55 eBooks!
New Perspectives On Coding And Design
The book will feature valuable insight into large-scale projects, adaptive interfaces, customer support, user psychology and typography. We will also uncover smart front-end strategies, obscure back-end techniques and find out what it takes to improve performance for faster and more robust websites and apps.Table Of Contents
We’ve assembled a remarkable line-up of authors for the book. All of them are well-respected designers and developers who will share their practical insights, design strategies and hands-on tools as they explore new perspectives in Web design today. (Please note that chapter titles might still change!)New Perspectives On Coding:
| AUTHOR | CHAPTER |
| Addy Osmani | The Modern Front-end Tooling Workflow |
| Harry Roberts | Breaking Good Habits: CSS Architecture For Tomorrow |
| Nicholas C. Zakas | The Roadmap To Maintainable, Clean And Effective Code |
| Tim Kadlec | A Culture of Performance |
| Christian Heilmann | The Vanilla Web Diet |
| Paul Tero | How To Break The Web And Fix It (Back-end Techniques) |
| Mat Marquis | Robust, Responsible, Responsive Web Design |
| Andy Hume | Real-Life Responsive Web Design (The Guardian’s Case-Study) |
New Perspectives On Design:
| AUTHOR | CHAPTER |
| Web Standardistas | On Creative Spirit |
| Rachel Andrew | Providing Good Technical And Customer Support |
| Nishant Kothary | The Psychology Of Human Behavior On The Web |
| Aaron Gustafson | The New, Adaptive UX Interfaces |
| Joshua Porter | Connecting The Dots: UX, Interface Design And Product Design |
| Dan Mall | Common Responsive Design Problems |
| Marko Dugonjić | The Next Step For Web Typography |
| Chris Shiflett | How To Create Products That People Will Love |
Technical Details
- Two books, approximately 300 pages each, 16.5 × 24.0 cm (6.5 × 9.5 inches).
- Quality hardcovers, with stitched binding and ribbon page markers.
- A unique slipcase with a special surprise — just for you.
- Excellent for both new and experienced Web designers and developers.
- To be delivered from both the US and Germany.
- Free worldwide shipping, with a 100-day money-back guarantee.
- All eBook formats are included in both packages (PDF, EPUB, Kindle).
The Smashing Book #4 consists of two separate hardcover books, neatly packaged into one slipcase. The covers are designed by illustrator Anna Shuvalova.
Pre-Order Your Copy Today!
We want to create the best printed book experience that we’ve crafted so far — a truly smashing book, with content, design and packaging that you will love. Please note that the Smashing Book #4 is also available as a part of the Smashing Book #4 + eBook Library bundle and the Smashing Fan bundle.For $149.00, you’ll receive a printed copy of Smashing Book #4 and an annual subscription to the Smashing Library, with immediate unlimited access to over 55 eBooks!
© Smashing Editorial for Smashing Magazine, 2013.
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