New Perspectives on Creating Web Pages with HTML and Dynamic HTML - Comprehensive (Paperback)

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Product Description

Part of our New Perspectives Series, this text offers a case-oriented, problem-solving approach to learning how to create complex web pages using advanced HTML skills and Dynamic HTML .

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Updated coverage of code reflects HTML 4.01 standards and is compatible with Internet Explorer 6.0 and Netscape Navigator 6.0. New coverage of XHTML integrated throughout HTML Tutorials 3-10, and the 8-page appendix on XHTML reinforces learning. Includes coverage of creating dynamic text and images, positioning, and data binding Includes extra documentation, graphics, and software on the CD in the back of the book. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 936 pages
• Publisher: Course Technology; Comprehensive edition (December 29, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0619019697
• ISBN-13: 978-0619019693
• Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 8.5 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.9 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,439,762 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars programming reader, April 12, 2002

By A Customer

The book is terrific!!! The tutorials help me to learn the programming syntax, and users can try the case problems to apply what they learned. The case problems downloaded from the book website already contain basic code segment, so users don't have to type everything. Also, excellent references of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript at end of book. As the title implied, the book is primary for learning HTML and DHTML. Reader that would like to learn JavaScript need to get another book, also recommed Beginning JavaScript from Wrox.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Would recommend to a freind, January 3, 2003

By	"vollyblair" (Pleasanton, CA United States) - See all my reviews

This book was used at the local Community College as the text book for an HTML class. I thought the book did a great job of incorporating what the reader learns into real web pages. Other books just say to make text bold do this, to make a marquee do that, but the don't show you how to put that into practice. The reader can do the cases at the end of every chapter and get a solid understanding of how to really use what they've learned. I know it doesn't cover every tag you can use, but gives you a great understanding of the basics.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Not the best HTML book, but definitely a good one., February 11, 2004

By	Cedric "Washu" (Palo Alto, CA) - See all my reviews

Like other reviewers, I've used this book in a community college class, and, like the others, find the book does a good job by itself! The example tutorials are easy to follow (although the examples are kind of drab!), additional reference information is included, and being in color definitely helps. I've used this book as a reference when customizing public layouts for my own use. I would say the book is more of a "valiant attempt" at Javascript, which would require a book in itself. Likewise, I was surprised at how often the CSS section didn't help me with some CSS code I was modifying. And I'll add that, of the web technologies out there, you're better off learning Javascript and PHP than DHTML. Not the best HTML book, but definitely a good one.