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Summary: From a Begining HTML student
Review: I am new to programming, however have extensive spreadsheet experience and have taken several programming courses in college. I found this book an excellent book for learning HTML on your own. I had to purchase this book for a course and found I picked up more from reading the book than listening in class. The subject matter flows very consistently and the examples and accompanying CD makes it very easy to learn HTML. Again being a beginner, I would highly recommend this book.
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Summary: It's a technical textbook...what do you expect
Review: I bought this book for a college-level course on HTML Programming. The text is fairly easy to follow and provides clear examples and "modules" to learn from. I didn't really need to take the class to learn. This book taught me more than my teacher did. If you read the text and attempt to do the activities as the book explains them, you learn quickly. Drawbacks...the book isn't as organized as some of the others in this series (New Perspectives) It's a little harder to look up a specific function. Advantages...like the other books in the series, it does a good job of preparing you to take the MOUS certification exams, or just to give yourself a basic knowledge of the subject. I would recommend this and the other books in the series.
Rating:
Summary: It's a technical textbook...what do you expect
Review: I bought this book for a college-level course on HTML Programming. The text is fairly easy to follow and provides clear examples and "modules" to learn from. I didn't really need to take the class to learn. This book taught me more than my teacher did. If you read the text and attempt to do the activities as the book explains them, you learn quickly. Drawbacks...the book isn't as organized as some of the others in this series (New Perspectives) It's a little harder to look up a specific function. Advantages...like the other books in the series, it does a good job of preparing you to take the MOUS certification exams, or just to give yourself a basic knowledge of the subject. I would recommend this and the other books in the series.
Rating:
Summary: It's a technical textbook...what do you expect
Review: I bought this book for a college-level course on HTML Programming. The text is fairly easy to follow and provides clear examples and "modules" to learn from. I didn't really need to take the class to learn. This book taught me more than my teacher did. If you read the text and attempt to do the activities as the book explains them, you learn quickly. Drawbacks...the book isn't as organized as some of the others in this series (New Perspectives) It's a little harder to look up a specific function. Advantages...like the other books in the series, it does a good job of preparing you to take the MOUS certification exams, or just to give yourself a basic knowledge of the subject. I would recommend this and the other books in the series.
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Summary: Great for self-teaching
Review: I bought this book for an HTML class I was taking and I've really enjoyed it. This book is great for beginner to moderate level HTML. It's easy to understand and has lots of graphics and helpful links for further reference. It has a handy 'tag reference' in the back that lists each tag, what it's used for, and how to use it. And it has a great index for finding exactly what you need quickly. Even after the class was over, I still use this book frequently when working on my personal web page.
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Summary: An excellent classroom resource
Review: I had the pleasure of using this book in a upper-level web page design class. I cannot recommend it strongly enough. The following are a few comments on the glitch side of things:
1) On 2.24 there is a serious error. I think the authors switched "rock" and "links".
2) RGB triplets in decimal were introduced without sufficient background on p. 3.49.
3) Case 3 in Tutorial 4 was more of a chore than I think was useful. More on this later.
4) I'm left unclear about how the underlining occurs bottom p. 6.48-top p. 6.49. Presumably this has to be done by the HTML coder.
5) The expression "background-image:repeat-x" is wrong.
6) I think it might have been better to have initialized XDay's day and month the same way that its year was initialized, i.e., using "setDate()" and "setMonth()". Or the student could be encouraged to find an alternative to what was proposed in the text.
7) The dense array technique for population an array seems easier to grasp than the one offered on p. 8.36, although I am not objecting to the authors' way of populating that array. Again, the existence of alternatives could be underlined.
8) I didn't see any use made of the javascript roll-over, which seems a pity.General observations:
1) The authors should have been more generous with their bibliographical material. There are some wonderful online tutorials which could have enriched the textbook.
There are also some wonderful historical materials about the internet to which students could have been refered.
2) The problems were imaginative, but too spoon-fed. I guess it's really up to the instructor to ask the students to put in their own text, etc. For the instructor, this makes checking to what extent a student did his own work well-nigh impossible. I plan to use this book next time I teach this class, but will have learned how to work around some of its weaknesses. It is, however, far and away the best book I have seen for a classroom situation. Patrick Carey et al. are to be congratulated.
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Summary: Excellent tutorial text
Review: I have used this text for a university self-study course. The students have found it very useful. Because so many graphics are made available from the publisher's web site, very impressive web pages can be created from the beginning.
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Summary: From an very experienced, seasoned professional...
Review: This book definitely deserves 5 stars from a beginners perspective... but, only because there is nothing by which a beginner can make a valid comparison. Reviews should be based on experienced professionals when reviewing non-fictional text especially in the area of education.
I gave this book 1 star for its lack of professionalism... which will undoubtedly lead to confusion for a beginner in the area of HTML. This book uses examples and accompanying files with mixed cases (horrible introduction to file naming... leads to problems with UNIX-based OS's) which is NOT industry practice. Filenames should be all lowercase ... this is common, accepted practice and an EXTREMELY important issue when dealing with a beginner creating their first web site. There are many other issues dealing with mixed-cases that I will not delve into here. Another issue I had was with the *horrible* use of HTML syntax... some tag/element attribute values are quoted, some not... there's no explanation and seemingly it is done at random. This is extremely important when a beginner is trying to read HTML code for the first time... there's very little consistent structure and W3C (THE organization for HTML standards) recommends strongly that attribute values are quoted especially in regards to newer forms of strict HTML. Too many other issues to list in entirety here.
In summation, I would strongly recommend NOT using this as a text for proper instruction of (especially as an introduction to) HTML. Also, I recommend the author(s) revisit the W3C site to re-learn their own HTML ... they should NOT be writing anything on this subject until they themselves have much experience in this area and have learned HTML well.
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Summary: Practical-Excellent for Self Study
Review: This is a practical self study book. The author" Patrick Carey"
takes you step by step to learn the proper HTML syntax. Each chapter is full of hands on examples. The first 6 chapters are
designated to HTML, and 1 chapter about Cascade style sheet, which covers almost all CSS1 and CSS2. The author teaches you the basics, and then moves you to more advance topics. There are also 2 chapters geared to Java script. The book is a solid gold book, I recommend it to any one that has no knowledge of HTML and wants to learn it 1 step at a time, you'll also learn CSS which will take your web site into a higher stage. You'll learn some Javascript as well to make your web site Dynamic. I wanted to put 10 stars for the book, but there were only 5 available!
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Summary: Excellent Self-Study
Review: This is an excellent book for self-study. No prior programming skills are needed. Each chapter is full of colorful pictures and graphics. You just copy the codes in the chapter line by line and you see the page you've created. Instant gratification. At the end of the chapter there are 3 or 4 projects. The book gives you a few hints, but you need to code them yourself. The projects and chapter modules are all interesting. Unlike other html books that try to be all inclusive (which explains the 1000+ pages), this book focuses only on HTML. If you want a clear solid foundation in HTML that is also fun, this is the book. I wish the publisher would have a book for CSS.
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