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Summary: Excellent summary of the field
Review: This book is so clear in its layout, I have used it as an example to my students in a "writing for the world wide web" course at TAFE. She clearly states what can be done and why, with screen examples to back up her assertions. Best of all, a colour chart in a foldout on the back cover leaves the guesswork in colour selection for tyros out. Great stuff - and cheap too!
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Summary: Great Book for Beginners
Review: If you've never designed a web page before, this is the book to use. Castro has made this book easy for the new HTML programmer with text and examples for any situation. Explanations are superb! I'm a new user, and this book has been my bible for programming my web page as a beginner. Get it!
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Summary: Buy This!
Review: It's been said before, but this book is not only the most effective guide to learning HTML, it should also be the template for all such guidebooks. The book is not padded out with silly cartoons, nor does it have obscure and useless charts. This book is lean and mean. The fat content is EXTREMELY low. Each and every task that might be undertaken by a webmaster is outlined in 1 or 2 pages. The editors were brutal in stripping out anything extraneous. You will have a page up inside of an hour and unlike most other guides, this is actually NOT hyperbole. I do this stuff for a living and 2 years after first cracking open Castro's book, I still use it for reference, even as the other $45 HTML books collect dust. Yet another exceptional addition to the Visual Quickstart series. (Jeez, sounds like I'm getting paid for this!)
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Summary: One of the best!!
Review: Working in the field of web based business many HTML books have crossed my desk. I am not an experienced programmer, but found this book to be very easy to use. A definate plus when you want to find your code quickly and effiently!
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Summary: An excellent reference for anyone setting up web sites.
Review: I liked just about everything about this text by Elizabeth Castro. The only place where I would fault it is the difficulty I had in reading the type in the demo sidebars.
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Summary: NO ONE SHOULD BE FORCED TO SUFFER THROUGH THIS BOOK!!!!!!!
Review: I HATED THE BOOK! I DON'T THINK ANYONE SHOULD TRY TO LEARN HTML WITH IT. I can tell you first hand that you won't get far. I do not see how this poorly written and poorly executed book got so much praise. The writing is just plain awful. I didn't understand much of the book.
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Summary: HTML for the beginner
Review: I read this book cover to cover the first night I had it at home. It spoke to me as a student, not a lowly, uncapable wannabe. The next day I sat in front of my computer and followed along step by step. I COULD DO IT! I have no programming background, and came to the computer after the cumbersome DOS word processing programs. Even so, I gave up the GUI for lines of code and was pretty impressed with this simple language. I keep the book close at hand, though I've learned most of the coding. There is a great hexadecimal color chart in the back which is always a life saver. If you're afraid of HTML, use this book--its light--in reading and weight--and not overwhelming. Give yourself time and patience and you will build your own self-confidence while you learn.
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Summary: Huh?
Review: I just haven't had any luck buying computer books lately. I tried my hand at FrontPage publishing. That didn't work. I tried to go to basics with this book but it just doesn't cut it. I didn't like the book at all.
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Summary: Excellent Reference Material Once You've Learned HTML
Review: This is an excellent reference book to have on hand once you have learned HTML. I use this book almost daily at work and at home. Great layout, easy to use. The color charts in the back of the book alone make it a great buy.
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Summary: Perfect for the general to professional web page designs
Review: Visual representation displayed from this book shows me EXACTLY what they mean when they do explain to me how to code HTML. Step by step definition on how each code function is just an added bonus to the visual pictures. I was going to skip this book because it was techinically using MAC browser to give examples, but this book had SO much information even while I was just breezing through it along with many other HTML books that I just couldn't put it back on the shelf. The MAC interface doesn't bother me much (yes, I am a PC fan and I have used a MAC before) because all the HTML codes work the same way for a PC browser. This book is a MUST have for HTML developers to use as a reference book. Now, if they can do the same for a JAVA book. This book is so easy to follow that it should be outlawed!
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