HTML 4 Bible (with CD-ROM)

By Bryan Pfaffenberger and Alexis D. Gutzman

Book Overview

HTML 4 Bible, 2nd Edition is your comprehensive reference to the latest standard for Web page construction. Build internet and intranet documents that are fully compliant with the rules of HTML 4.01, making them suitable for inclusion in xHTML applications. Once they're in xHTML, they can be integrated with SMIL, MathML, and SVG technologies to create full-featured Web applications. The book's CD-ROM holds the Amaya, Internet Explorer, Netscape Communicator and Opera web browsers, allowing you to readily test your pages for cross-browser compliance. Also on the CD-ROM is TidyHTML, the best tool for validating your 4.01 source code.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0764534734
• ISBN13: 9780764534737
• Release Date: August 2000
• Publisher: Wiley
• Length: 792 Pages
• Weight: 3.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.9" x 7.4" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

HTML Bible 4.01

What a great reference to HTML. The book talks about editors, and every element you need to know about how to create your own web page. A truly amazing book.

The Easiest Way to Learn Anything

I really enjoyed the book and found that about three hours after opening the book, I had a page up. Now I am looking forward to learning Javascript and enhancing what I know. Would recommend this book to anyone who wants to learn about HTML

The Place to Start for HTML 4

I didn't realize how different HTML 4 was from HTML 3.2, the previous version of HTML. This book is really excellent because it teaches HTML 4 from the ground up. HTML 4 is capable of producing "dynamic HTML" because it supports the document object model (DOM), cascading style sheets (CSS), and JavaScript. This book is so useful because it teaches you the basics of HTML along with enough about these peripheral technologies that you can really hit the ground running. The comprehensive appendix of HTML is also invaluable. This is truly a resource of Biblical Proportions.

Experienced HTML programmer loves it

I've been programming in HTML since the World Wide Web first gained popularity, and let me tell you something, this book is magnificent. It allows both the experienced programmer and the novice to learn the new HTML 4 Way, from simple tags to style sheets to JavaScript, this has it all. And for those expert programmers, this is a handy reference tool, as well.

Comprehensive and Accurate

This is a great book for an experienced Web developer. The authors take special pains to draw attention to what's new in HTML 4 and to indicate what works in each browser (and browser version). This book is always within reach of my computer. The index is excellent and the explanations and examples are clear and relevant. The appendices are also very helpful in showing what works in which browser.I've seen many HTML books and this is the best one out there. So many of the books that are sold as HTML 4 books are really just re-packaged HTML 3.2 books. This one was written for HTML 4, which is really a different animal than HTML 3.2 It includes a comprehensive section on Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), the Document Object Model (DOM), and Javascript, and how the three work together to make Dynamic HTML.