Product DescriptionPart of the New Perspectives Series, this text teaches students HTML and XHTML using a simple text editor to create basic to complex Web sites. Advanced tutorials on DHTML help students to further their skills by learning and applying DHTML to make interactive features such as animated text, image rollovers, menus, and expandable outlines.
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Rating: - Lots of text but very little useful information
If you have to buy this book for a class, then buy it. If not, stick with Google. I found more useful and relevant information by using Google and looking through the search results than this book provided.
Rating: - Great Resource- Albeit Tedious
I needed this book for a class, otherwise I wouldn't even have touched a web design book. (You could learn more from Google, for free.)
However, I did like the level of depth this book went into. It goes beyond the call of duty by even going through javascript- great touch!
The only thing I can brag about is that this book is popular- so the examples and case problems are all online. This makes it easy to get "help" if you didn't have time to do your work.
Rating: - Confusing and too wordy
This book is confusing and the explanations just go on and on. You can follow this book for pages and not be sure how you ended up with what you did. There are other, easier to read books on XHTML and HTML avaialable.
Rating: - Very good value
When I through the first few chapters, I liked the book already. First it emphasize that the book only covers coding on Notepad or other text editors. I think that is the best way to learn the language. It doesn't need any HTML editors to do the job. It describes the history of internet and its technologies in some of the chapters. It covers the javascript concepts clearly and shows how things are done, step by step. At the end of each chapter, there are some assignments to enhance understanding. There ... Read More
- Great Resource- Albeit Tedious
- Confusing and too wordy
