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Summary: Like a hip college class
Comment: I've been using the book about one chapter at a time and I love it. It really does feel like a course I'm taking because the language that is used in the book is friendly and easy to understand and really well organized. It's engaging and interactive - to the point where I'm not even falling asleep while reading it like I do with most non-fiction books, ESPECIALLY text books.
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Summary: Great way to lay a solid foundation
Comment: I'm agreeing with what others have written. This book (and series) has really hit upon a way to help you learn and understand what you are reading. It's not going to make you an expert by any means but it will give you a solid base from which to build.
The only thing I'll knock it for is the index is pretty worthless. I know that this book isn't for reference purposes, but still, a better index would certainly help in some situations. But even with that nit this should be the first (but not the last) book that you buy on HTML/CSS.
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Summary: The Best HTML/CSS Book You Will Find
Comment: For those looking to learn HTML and/or CSS, you will not find a better book than 'Head First HTML with CSS & XHTML' by Elisabeth and Eric Freeman.
Period.
When I turned the book over to look at the retail price for this encyclopedia-sized guide, I had to look twice just to make sure I was reading it correctly, and that was just the price printed on the back cover, never mind the price you will find online!
Checking in at over 650 pages, this is the kind of bargain you just don't see any more. The # of pages for the price listed alone would make anyone interested in this book without even opening to the first page, but for those that do decide to start reading, you are in for an absolute treat.
Full color pages are the rule, not the exception in this guide, and the writing is absolutely fantastic. Clear examples, big print, highlighting throughout -- all I can say is WOW!!!
I've read a lot of HTML books and there are many good ones out on the market. But if you want to learn HTML the easy way at home without having to drive to a class, this is the closest you will get to having a web developer lecturing in front of you. Buy this book if you want to go from thinking the only web that exists is the one in your basement to experiencing the wonders of the Internet and how YOU can add to the virtual world with you own unique style and attitude.
OUTSTANDING!!!
***** HIGHEST POSSIBLE RECCOMENDATION
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Summary: If you're a HTML newb, this is the book to buy.
Comment: I usually don't feel compelled to post reviews for anything, but I felt the need to write one for Head First HTML...I was a complete newbie when it came to web design and HTML (my background is in print work). Now, after reading 12 of the 15 chapters of this book(I'm finding myself re-reading div/span and layout and positioning chapters so the concepts really sink in), I feel competent and confident in my knowledge of HTML and CSS. I absolutley feel like this book has given me a solid foundation that I will be building on as I learn more about designing pages. Head First HTML is well written, the pages aren't loaded with endless paragraphs of text, the entire book is broken up nicely in terms of graphics and content. One thing that intimidated me was learning CSS. After reading the getting started with CSS chapter, it finally clicked!
If you are a web design newbie, you will come away with a solid understanding of CSS and much more if you read Head First HTML. That is a guarantee. I still can't believe I bought this for only twenty-three bucks from Amazon...It's worth so much more.
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Summary: Good for nearly all experience levels
Comment: I know HTML and XML (I've designed a number of domain-specific XML vocabularies). The problem is my HTML knowledge was acquired in the dawn of the WWW when Mosaic was new technology and one could actually have a site announcing the dozen or so new sites appearing on the web each week. This was pre-CSS too. My skills needed some serious updating.
The first few chapters of the book are certainly elementary and I just skimmed them. But starting with chapter five I started getting new and useful information. Those first four chapters would be great for someone starting ab-initio. (I'll test them on my wife and kids.)
The rest of the book is good for fixing my bad-old HTML 1.0 habits and transitioning to strict XHTML. And by the end of the book I actually understood CSS, which had always been a black art to me.
I'm using my new-found knowledge to build some web sites using an XHTML template for Joomla and CSS for all the styling.
The treatment is light and fun, but not nearly as smarmy and condescending as, say, the XXX For Dummies series. It is kind of neat how they match the visual personalities of the make-believe actors with the questions and topics.
This is NOT a reference manual: you'll be very disappointed if you buy it for that purpose. Instead, read this book and keep it nearby when coding up your web sites; use an on-line XHTML or CSS reference when you need it.
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