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Head First HTML with CSS & XHTML (Head First)
Head First HTML with CSS & XHTML (Head First)

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Authors: Eric Freeman, Elisabeth Freeman
Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Inc.
Category: Book

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Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars 20 reviews
Sales Rank: 23683

Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 694
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3.3
Dimensions (in): 9.2 x 8 x 1.2

ISBN: 059610197X
Dewey Decimal Number: 006.7
EAN: 9780596101978
ASIN: 059610197X

Publication Date: December 8, 2005
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Customer Reviews:   Read 15 more reviews...

5 out of 5 stars Excellent learners book for designers and code newbies   December 15, 2007
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).



5 out of 5 stars Reaches the parts other books can't   June 29, 2007
 2 out of 2 found this review 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!



5 out of 5 stars Brilliant!   April 23, 2007
 2 out of 2 found this review 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.


5 out of 5 stars Fantastic Intro to HTML & CSS   November 22, 2006
 2 out of 2 found this review helpful

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


2 out of 5 stars Hard to read due to layout and waflle   November 8, 2006
 4 out of 8 found this review helpful

I found this book incredibly difficult to read as it is stuffed with off-content waffle.

I would frequently read the main paragraph (waffle) then a major point would be written in "hand-writing" in the column, but sometimes it's the other way around, where jokes and other useless time wasting print is in "hand-writing" in the column and the main point in is the main text.

If you want to read something that is concise and to the point on this subject, do NOT buy this book.



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