Teach Yourself HTML and XHTML in 24 Hours

by Dick Oliver and Michael Morrison

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0672320762
• ISBN13: 9780672320767
• Release Date: February 2001
• Publisher: Sams
• Length: 504 Pages
• Weight: 1.92 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 7.4" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

An excellent starting point

This text will not make you a wizened internet programming guru... but it doesn't pretend to do so. What it does promise, and deliver, is a solid grounding in the creation of basic web pages. The book starts with the absolute basics; nothing is assumed. Finding someone to host your web site is covered, as is the creation of files using the Windows Notepad text editor and the uploading of files onto a web hosting computer. And, of course, there's a tremendous amount of detail in creating web pages.It's important to note that there are two approaches to creating web pages today: you can create them by hand, using XHTML code written with a simple text editor like notepad; or you can use a web page authoring package, such as DreamWeaver or FrontPage. Using a program like DreamWeaver (most agree its the #1 program of its type) will allow you to create web pages much more quickly than by hand coding them; and unless you have an innate skill as a design artist, they will likely look better than something you hand code.On the other hand, you'll never have a clue about how the code actually works, if you don't learn XHTML; and so you'll never be able to modify it. You'll be stuck with whatever the web authoring package can do for you. And there's also the cost factor: web authoring packages cost several hundreds of dollars, but notepad is free; it's part of the Microsoft Windows operating system. (Macs have a similar built in text editor.)Most internet pros can do both; they regularly use DreamWeaver as a production tool, but know XHTML so that they can quickly modify what the program generates when the need arises. On the other hand, amateurs building simple web pages probably would never be able to justify the cost of a full blown web authoring package, so learning XHTML makes perfect sense.Either way, learning XHTML is an appropriate way to start your web page building education; and this book is the perfect way to do so. Having read several books on the subject - including some thousand+ page hardcover whoppers - I can confidently state that this book does a spectacular job of teaching you exactly what you need to know. It gets right to the point, and quickly and simply teaches the core material. All the fluff is gone; everything in this book is solid. There's thorough coverage of graphics, animated graphics, even some javascript. There's a lot of reference to readily available tools on the net, and some indication of how they might be used. I was particularly impressed with the clarity of the instruction; the book does a spectacular job of identifying and teaching exactly what needs to be taught, while deftly avoiding extraneous discussion. Most universities don't provide a quality of instruction as crisp and as easily followed as that contained within this book.So what's missing? Not much. There's no coverage of Flash to speak of, or CGI scripting. I didn't see any mention of secure HTML, so you'll need more than this book in order

Great!

This book was easy to follow and explained things very well. I felt as if I could give it to my 10 year-old and he would be able to follow it (haven't tried this yet thought!) It took me a lot longer than 24 hours to get through the book - I worked on an outline of my web site as I was going through it.It also gave a great preview of Javascript and XML.My only complaint is with the reference at the end which could have been laid out a little better.

The best beginning HTML book on the market

This is the best introductory book on HTML and XHTML that is on the market today. Oliver and Morrison cover all the basics in a way that is accessible to all who have a strong desire to learn. In addition to the basics of HTML, there is some coverage of cascading style sheets(CSS), Javascript, dynamic HTML(DHTML), and extensible markup language(XML). This coverage is of course necessarily limited, although it is enough to show you what they all can do. If you are an HTML beginner, then this is the book you should investigate first.

Best Entry Level Book I've Seen, But...

By no means, is it just for beginners. I use it as a reference every day, and I don't let it out of my site! With style & humor, Dick educates the reader with examples and exercises that are meaningful & applicapable to real-world environments. The steps he take the reader though, each chapter building on the previous chapter, together with the companion web-site examples, helped me overcome the frustrations I was experiencing with the lack of control and limits of FrontPage. I was astonished to find that coding pages by hand was easier, more controllable, and more rewarding than using an HTML generator. I would recommend this book to anyone wanting to learn HTML, or just needing a great reference manual. Thanks, Dick!

This book is all a beginner needs!

Easy to read content, very well laid out, simple explanations. This book is exactly what I was looking for. The ideal guide for HTML beginners!