DHTML for the World Wide Web: Visual Quickstart Guide

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Summary: sarantan
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Summary: Good if you are already skilled at HTML.
Review: As a skilled HTML coder, I found this book to be exactly what I needed to get a grip on CSS in only a couple of hours. The formatting is a bit odd, but I was able to deal with it without a problem.

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Summary: One thing is good about this book -Price
Review: Author starts off by showing you a piece of code and not telling you where in the code to put it (it supposed to be for a novice). Then he goes explaining things saying things that sound like "10 pages ahead you will find the piece of code you need now". Also I've tried to run code exactly word by word and it didn't run the way it was supposed to. Then I went on Author's site and downloaded the piece of code I had trouble with. Ran it and "Voila!" same problem, it didn't run it was supposed to. Note I didn't change anything in the code, I just got his own example the .HTML file and it didn't look right. I was really interested in Dynamic Techniques and Solutions, (Chapters 10-11) but thinking about the previous problems with the code, I went ahead and just ran the .html files from Author's site. THEY DIDN'T LOOK THE WAY THE DO IN THE BOOK. Creating pop-up menu had an .HTML file that didn't have menus dissapear up. Once you open the page (Author's version) you don't see just a Tab for pull down menu (as he tells us) you see a tab and 1 or 2 menu items showing, which didn't "leave" the field after menu being pulled up. And then clicking on the tab WILL do what it has to do (pull the complete menu down - WOAH! ), but then the thing would not go up. Again, let me repeat, I didn't use my code, it was taken straight from the Author's archives. Generally, I gave 2 starts just for the labor the Author put into the book, I am sure he didn't mean it to come that messed up.

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Summary: DHTML Site-seeing for the novice
Review: DHTML for the WWW should not be viewed as a massive teaching or all-inclusive reference (too thin, too simplistic). But, it is a good book for wetting your feet and getting the saliva glands working for more advanced DHTML books. It is easy to read, has pictures with explanations about the coding, and has a good prep discussion about CSS, Javascript, and HTML. It also has some neat DHTML tricks (such as drop caps and shadowing) that may seem too faux for serious designers. But, for the simple webpage or personal page creator the ideas will seem nifty.

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Summary: Need to learn CSS fast? Try DHTML for the world wide web
Review: First off my cover was various shades of green. I gave the book four stars because it seems to cover CSS more than DHTML but then I read this book with the intent of trying to learn CSS. I flipped through it in the store and saw what I was looking to learn. It says "You dont have to be and expert, but you should at least know the difference between a <P > and a <BR > tag. In addition several of the chapters call for more than a passing knowledge of javascript." This sums up prerequisits for the book pretty well, I was a little hesatant not being the best with javascript but it was easy. One more thing you may want to know is I havent finished the book completely I got a little side tracked with school and all. One thing I took away from the book too was how frustrating it is trying to make a keen site when half the effects work for one browser and half another.

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Summary: Very basic, but if that is what you want.........
Review: I bought this book thinking that it would give me the tool to make a great DHTML enhanced web site. I already knew HTML very well, but my sites lacked the user-grabbing interface. This book is mostly a DHTML starter book. If you have never used CSS or basic JavaScript, I would recomend this book. But if you are rather proficent in these areas......skip this one.

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Summary: Good for CSS, not any good otherwise
Review: I found the layout and structure confusing when compared to other books in the visual quickstart guide series (which are quite excelent). I'm quite disappointed. Also, mine has a brown cover instead of purple. Is this an old version?

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Summary: Great book to get you started.
Review: I glanced over about 15 different DHTML books at a bookstore and found this one to be the very best buy for the money. It gets you started fast with great examples and clear descriptions. This book also doubles as a handy reference book to keep near by to leaf through when needed. Very well put together. After reading this book I bought the Visual Quickstart guide to Javascript and HTML 4 to use as a reference also.

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Summary: Okay as an intro but you'll need more information.
Review: I like the Visual Quickstart books as basic intros to subjects I'm learning about. This book gave me a general background so that I don't feel lost when I move to one of the bigger books. I do recommend getting another, more detailed book (like the O'Reilly one) to really learn the subject. Also, many of the examples were not explained as clearly as they could have been. Overall, good simply as an intro, nothing more.

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Summary: Useless if you've ever heard of CSS or JavaScript
Review: I looked to this book to help me learn about how to use DHTML on my sites. Unfortunately the info. inside can easily be found in an hour on the net, and if you've ever had a remote interest in CSS, JavaScript, or DHTML, you're probably going to know everything this book talks about.

Save your money.