Head First HTML with CSS & XHTML | Eric Freeman, Elisabeth Freeman

Head First HTML with CSS & XHTML | Eric Freeman, Elisabeth Freeman | Back Up To Speed

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	Head First HTML with CSS & XHTML Eric Freeman, Elisabeth Freeman O'Reilly Media, Inc., 2005 - 694 pages average customer review:based on 234 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

A Fun Entry-Level Tome on Standards-Based Web Site Development

I teach college courses on Web development that emphasize Web standards and usability. This is one of only two entry-level (X)HTML + CSS books that I will recommend to students.

"Head First.." is a fun and lively book that is very much aimed at ordinary folks who are having a hard time figuring this stuff out. It's pleasurable scenarios and tongue-in-cheek humor push learning toward the authentic and affective.

Back Up To Speed

Having been out of the web-design loop for about 10 years, this book was perfect for me. I am a hobbiest who learned HTML back in the days of HTML 1.0 and got frustrated with the browser wars enough to move on to other things (and I mean other things completely non-web-related). Now, with the existence of the W3C and standards-based web-design, I decided to jump back in, and this book has brought me right back up to speed with all the basics. I couldn't recommend it highly enough.

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Awesome book for deeply learning of HTML & CSS

This book is really nice. The way of using a lot of pictures works for me. I love reading it, and I was excited every time I enter a new chapter. Very good for beginner web developer to understand clearly about the concept of HTML & CSS.

Finally! A book that explains CSS positioning.

I probably read half a dozen books on CSS and still never fully understood the "box model" or CSS positioning. "Head First HTML with CSS" was the first book to explain these concepts in a manner than even I could understand. I was impressed enough to buy my own copy.

Highly recommended for someone who wants to understand the basics of HTML, XHTML and CSS. Not recommended for someone who already knows these subjects and and looking for a more in-depth reference.

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Great Book for Beginners and Also for Refreshers

I ordered this book to help my wife learn HTML and CSS, as she wants to start creating web pages/sites. Although I'm not a web developer/designer myself, I work in the IT industry and would rate my pre-existing HTML/CSS knowledge at about 4 out of 10. Based on the excerpts, it looked like the book would be an easy read and would be an easy way for my wife to get started with the basics. When I looked through the book, I found it to be written in an extremely friendly and very engaging format. I originally told myself that I was more interested in the authors' delivery methods than the content itself, but low and behold, I found myself learning more and more about the subject content without really trying to do so.

I'm currently away from home on a business trip, and my wife just mentioned that she's spending as much time with the book as she can now, because she suspects that I'll be "borrowing" it again once I get back home... I think she's right.

As others have indicated, this isn't a true "reference" book, but if you're looking for an easy and engaging read to learn the basics of HTML and CSS, or maybe refresh/expand on a limited understanding of the subject, this book does make it easy and fun. However, I also want to mention that the authors do spend a lot of time making sure that the reader is learning "proper" HTML/CSS methods - so the subject is also well detailed.

This is the first "Head First" series book that I've seen, but based on what I've seen from this book, I'm certain that I'll be ordering some of the other "Head First" series on other topics as well. 5 stars!

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