HTML and XHTML Pocket Reference (Pocket Reference (O'Reilly))

HTML and XHTML Pocket Reference (Pocket Reference (O'Reilly)) | Jennifer Niederst Robbins | Quick and easy to use reference

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	HTML and XHTML Pocket Reference (Pocket Reference (O'Reilly)) Jennifer Niederst Robbins O'Reilly Media, Inc., 2006 - 104 pages average customer review:based on 12 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Comprehensive reference with all of the basic facts

This pocket reference is not recommended for HTML newbies. Instead, it is for those who are already familiar with XHTML and HTML and just need the facts in a concise format for quick reference. Particularly commendable is that any time a shorthand name for a technology is used, DTD for example, that term is defined completely so that you don't have to go back and forth among several references to look up all associated terminology. It has been four years since a new edition of "HTML & XHTML: The Definitive Guide" was published, and this little guide does a good job of showing what has changed over the last few years. I recommend it for all who want to keep up-to-date with HTML and XHTML without buying yet another 400 page book. Amazon does not show the table of contents, so I do that here.

HTML & XHTML FUNDAMENTALS
How XHTML Differs from HTML
Three Versions of (X)HTML
Minimal Document Structure
DOCTYPEs for Available DTDs

ALPHABETIC LIST OF ELEMENTS
Common Attributes and Events
(X)HTML Elements

CHARACTER ENTITIES
ASCII Character Set
Nonstandard Entities (,-Y)
Latin-1 (ISO-8859-1)
Latin Extended-A
Latin Extended-B
Spacing Modifier Letters
Greek
General Punctuation
Letter-like Symbols
Arrows
Mathematical Operators
Miscellaneous Technical Symbols
Geometric Shapes
Miscellaneous Symbols

SPECIFYING COLORS
RGB Values
Standard Color Names

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Quick and easy to use reference

If you understand html/xhtml and have to edit html source code on occasion (but not necessarily what you do all day long), this is a great little reference. The descriptions are useful, but short enough so you're not wading through pages of superfluous verbiage.

I also like the notes for each attribute, which are things like "deprecated", "XHTML only", or "Nonstandard". While some people might be used to the "IE attributes vs. other browsers" notes in references like this, this reference makes no mention of browser supportability other than to note "nonstandard" attributes. I like the fact that it sticks to the spec and doesn't go into browser compatibility issues.

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