Head First HTML with CSS & XHTML (Head First)

click here for more details, find new or used items	Eric Freeman, Elisabeth Freeman Our price £21.49 (£28.50) New from £16.97 Used from £18.46 Pages: 694 (Paperback) ISBN: 059610197X Pub: O'Reilly Media, Inc. Pub date: 2005-12-08 Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 6986

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As good an introduction as there is (0/0 people found this helpful)

I build websites for a living and I hand code almost all of the static ones. I bought this book for my wife and worked through it with her, so that she could help with general coding, and was taken back by how well the subject is tackled. It is a fun book that delivers a good depth of information and in a manner that sticks with the reader. I didn't have to supplement any of the explanations with more information, and the book did a far better job than I could have done at explaining the basics.Please understand that this book does not cover every aspect of the subject, and will not make you an advanced web coder, but it will equip you with the ability to design a decent web site and to delve much deeper into the subject without being put off by more technical aspects of the business.
After finishing this book, the only thing you will lack is experience, and that of course is as far as any book can take you.
If I taught this subject to students, then this would be the course text book.

Excellent learners book for designers and code newbies (0/0 people found this helpful)

Oh I wish I'd bought this book first! I've numerous HTML and CSS books on my shelves, but this is the book for learning just how to. It teaches good practice from the start, providing an excellent foundation for an area that is going to demand cleaner and compliant code.

It isn't a reference book: it's mission is to teach and it does so very well indeed. If you prefer to learn visually and actively, you will find this book particularly engaging.

Buy the pocket O'Reillys for reference, or the O'Reilly CSS and XHTML tomes (which are actually very accessible once you've worked through this book).

Reaches the parts other books can't (2/2 people found this helpful)

I have just finished working through the book. I've created my first Web Site, and it's validated as XHTML 1.0 Strict with good CSS styling and accessibility! I didn't have had the expertise or confidence to do this previously, but I can do it by hand now with only a text editor (and a little bit of help from the book).

This is my first Head First book. The quirky style helps to get the information into your head and the numerous worked examples give confidence and a reluctance to stop at just ordinary, when extraordinary is not much further along. Top marks!

Brilliant! (3/3 people found this helpful)

I love this book. I am new to this and bought 3-4 books and this is the one that has helped me the most. It explains the basics claerly, without jargon, and structures the leerning in a way that really suited me. The puzzles and 'interviews' seem irrelevant until you do them and realise later that you have remembered what you learnt from them. Highly recommended for those new to HTML and CSS.

Fantastic Intro to HTML & CSS (3/3 people found this helpful)

Really wonderful introduction to the world of HTML and CSS. Very engaging style and great tips.

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