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Essential CSS and DHTML for Web Professionals (2nd Edition)
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Author: Dan Livingston
List Price: $29.99
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ISBN: 0130649953
Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR (16 July, 2001)
Edition: Paperback
Sales Rank: 80,316
Average Customer Rating: 3.75 out of 5
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Customer ReviewsRating: 3 out of 5
Not really essential
I found this book quite dissapointing. I thought from what I read in the book summary that it would be a book on more advanced techniques, but it was really quite basic. Not a good beginning point for learners, and too basic for people who know more than the basics. Also, about 40% of the book is made up of reference appendices, disappointing, since the book isn't all that long (7 chapters, only 3-4 of which actually address real DHMTL). I would not have purchased this book if I knew before hand what I know now.
Rating: 2 out of 5
Serious flaws--I'm disappointed by my fellow reviewers.
The author uses browser version sniffing to achieve cross-browser DHTML, which means your code WILL break in the future if you follow his advice. Object detection is the way to go. I'm angry about the way this joker discusses CSS2 positioning properties such as float, clear, and position. He simply says, "These aren't supported the same way in all browsers, so just avoid them for now." I guess he has no faith in his own flawed cross-browser techniques! Hah! There are a couple good examples for beginners on how to hide and animate menus, but they are all heavily based on his terrible cross-browser javascript code. Finally, this book is very short. To make things worse, the pages are small, and the font-size is big. I recommend the 1400 page "Dynamic HTML - The Definitive Reference" second edition by Danny Goodman.
Rating: 4 out of 5
Great Refresher - Good starting place
Great place to start CSS and dHTML or refresh your memory plus a handy reference. This book tells you exactly how to create the nice little dHTML menus that you see at places like eddiebauer.com and others. Missing a few things. For you beginners, this does not directly cover the difference in Class vs. ID in the div tag but more hints at it. You're supposed to take what he's doing as gospel. Might be missing a few of the cool tricks from dHTML but overall it's great.
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