Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 006.74 EAN: 9780072229424 ISBN: 007222942X Label: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media Manufacturer: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 956 Publication Date: August 19, 2003 Publisher: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media Sales Rank: 173611 Studio: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media
Product DescriptionConstruct awesome Web pages using HTML, XHTML, XML, basic JavaScript, both CSS (style sheet) specifications, and DHTML. This thorough resource provides explanations of why tags work as they do, rather than just giving basic descriptions of them. Plus, use a companion Web site that features layout examples and allows visitors to sample HTML for their own uses.
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Rating: - Good Reference But Not For Beginners
If you are starting out with HTML/XHTML, you might be advised to get a tutorial. This work appears to begin with basics, but even the early chapters provide much more information than a novice wants or needs. (The "Links" chapter--Chapter 4--for example, describes all types of links, many of which a beginning web page author probably won't need to know about until he or she has acquired quite a bit more experience.
That said, this book is a good reference with lots of helpful tips. It may not ... Read More
Rating: - The best I could find on XHTML
I spent many hours reading through books on xhtml to find the best reference manual. This is the book that I chose. I find it very easy to locate the data I need and exceptionally thorough. There are plenty of good clean code html & xhtml examples. But what makes this book a book that you will keep, are the tables in the back defining everything from attributes to special character codes. It is after all a reference manual. Like most technical subjects, each book seems to have an area where it shines. ... Read More
Rating: - Pretty much complete and then some
This Reference is very very comprehensive. It also covers CSS 2.0 (completely, no need to buy a CSS 2.0 reference unless you need a learning book or a pocket reference).
It also covers XML to an extend most Web Developers need to know without becoming an Authority in the subject.
A lot of examples that are not always useful. The Appendixes for HTML and CSS are among the best I have seen. Browser Compatibility is also addressed in easy to read "grid" like format.
Rating: - Good reference
This book is a good reference if you are doing a web page. It shows html, xtml and java language. It's a very good dictionary to find terms for diferent things that you would like to put in your web page as music, backgrounds, links, etc.
Rating: - All in one
What I liked from this book, compared to some others
- complete reference
- accurate (e.g. reference to various browsers)
- covers many subjects
- explanations show that the author knows what he is talking about
To be bought along with "JavaScript, the definitive guide" from D.Flanagan
- Good Reference But Not For Beginners
- The best I could find on XHTML 
