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DHTML and CSS for the World Wide Web: Visual QuickStart Guide (2nd Edition)
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Author: Jason Cranford Teague
List Price: $21.99
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ISBN: 0201730847
Publisher: Peachpit Press (24 May, 2001)
Edition: Paperback
Sales Rank: 3,398
Average Customer Rating: 4.03 out of 5
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Customer ReviewsRating: 5 out of 5
Not just easy - delightful!
I always buy more than two books for each subject I want to learn. If I can't dig something out of one book, I can try the other(s). Well, it was finally time for me to really learn CSS, so I went to the bookstore and picked up a couple of books on the subject. The next night I went to a different bookstore to find some ASP manuals. While there, I noticed another book on CSS so I added it to my ASP pile. When I got home and started reading DHTML and CSS by Mr. Teague, I found it was not only easy to understand, it was delightful to read. It was better than having a friendly person sitting next to me in a hands-on session. This is the first computer manual that I can say this about, and I have a small library. As it turns out, by accident I bought two copies of the book - I was rushing the second time because the store was closing. I've decided to keep one copy downstairs handy in my computer room and the other upstairs by my bed to browse before sleep. If you have a chance, pick the book up and look inside. It's so easy to use it's actually fun. You need to know HTML and be familiar with JavaScript, which the author alerts you about. I'm looking forward to getting this book grubby.
Rating: 1 out of 5
Less than half good
I have a background in HTML but I know nothing of Javascripting or DHTML. In CSS, I really enjoyed the author's insights into the W3C standards, Microsoft, Netscape, and it was well rounded. There were good tips in the extra blocks and the CSS examples were understandable, and easy to follow. The syntax was somewhat off, which should never be acceptable for a programming book, but it wasn't very difficult to get past in CSS because the syntax rules are stable for the most part. Also, the author boasts of how much money they've saved us by not including a CD and instead including a support website, and a contact address by which he can answer our questions. I submitted a question 2 weeks ago and I have yet to receive a response. Once I got past the CSS section of this book, the author's definitions and explanations became cryptic and the tips consist of heavy criticism of Netscape and Microsoft. The website is a good start to supporting a book with syntax errors that doesn't indicate when it is referring to literals or when there is a space in something, or not. Personally, I would have preferred the CD. This book is very good for CSS. However, it is not worth the price if more than half the book is not easily understandable to the person reading it with no previous experience in the language and its a waste of valuable time trying to understand it.
Rating: 4 out of 5
not too shabby
This book is a pretty easy to follow guide on learning more about web design. I've used other books from this series before and have found them all to be excellent reference guides. It doesn't really get too advanced but it provides you with most of what your looking for (a little more then just the basics). I'm sure all the information found in this book can be easily found online but it's nice to have all the info you need in one place right when you need it.
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