Html 4.0: No Experience Required. (Paperback)

~ E. Stephen MacK (Author), Janan Platt (Author)

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Product Description

HTML is the fundamental coding language of the Internet and intranets--soon it will be built into the next version of Windows itself! This book is all anyone needs to learn and create commercial-quality Web pages. Focusing on essential practical skills--like using frames, tables, forms, images, Java applets, ActiveX controls, and much more--this book turns novices into real Web programmers faster than any other book of its kind. All the latest versions of HTML are covered, including tags in Netscape Communicator, MS Internet Explorer 4, and the next version of Windows. Readers also get a code that lets them download utilities, examples from the book, and free clip art.

Product Details

• Paperback: 677 pages
• Publisher: Sybex (September 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0782121438
• ISBN-13: 978-0782121438
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.2 x 1.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #2,495,645 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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28 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very informative-- It teaches you everything, September 6, 1999

By A Customer

I was a beginner/intermediate html coder that wanted to be able to do more with html code and rely less on WYSIWYG programs. This book is long enough to detail all HTML tags (standard, IE-only, Netscape-only tags, new HTML4 tags, and even the ones that aren't supported by any browser yet), but easy to read through with lots of examples and step-by-step explanations. For someone who doesn't read too often, I breezed through the book in about three sittings coming out with the confidence I needed to have to be able to write HTML pages without WYSIWYG programs (i.e. Frontpage, HotDog, Netscape Composer, etc.) I strongly recommend this book if you want to understand and be up to date with all the latest web-technologies.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An exceptionally well presented introduction to HTML 4.0., April 2, 1998

By A Customer

Technical books walk a notoriously fine line between the demands of the novice looking for a tutorial and the demands of experienced designers looking for a reference work. The authors have achieved an excellent balance in this volume.

For those new to the language, the presentation is in-depth without being overly complex, with many tricks, tips, warnings and caveats for developing in an environment which is undergoing a period of continuous change. For the experienced reader the reference section is useful, and the overall style makes it easy to locate examples.

This is primarily a book about HTML. For those new to the web it provides invaluable information on how to get your site up and running, and also how HTML fits into the wider arena of Java, ActiveX, Javascript, VBScript, etc. However, for detailed treatment of any of these subjects the reader should look elsewhere.

The authors have been careful to remind the reader that web site design is more than a technical exercise. There are sections on what constitutes good design, and tips on the use of the web for business. Although I bought the book primarily as an HTML tutorial I learned a great deal about all of these related areas.

Scattered throughout the book are numerous URL addresses which guide the user to examples of the topic being discussed. These, combined with the book's own web site, provide further resource material on which the reader can draw.

In summary, this book will be invaluable to both the novice and the intermediate user of HTML. I strongly recommend it.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Of all the HTML 4.0 books out there...start with this one., December 7, 1998

By A Customer

I have to agree with Shaun Clark (prev. reviewer)....this book walks the balance between novice & advanced users very nicely. When I bought HTML 4.0, No experience required, I was a definite HTML novice, now I say I am 1/2 way thru this book & consider myself an intermediate HTML'r. The book is written as an instructional "text", but, by is no means boring! At the beginning of each chapter you are told which skills you will be learning & at the end it checks off those skills by asking: Are You Experienced?---Now you can: use your text editor to edit HTML documents....etc., etc. I found this to be very helpful.

HTML 4.0 No Experience Required provides excercises & sample & actual HTML which you work through & if you don't want to type all the HTML in the tutorials yourself, you can go to their website & get it. Before I bought this book...I spent hours purusing thru other books on this subject...and I found the language used in this book was familiar & should be to anybody familiar with the internet (if you are not the first chapter will get you there!) Another thing I REALLY LIKED about this book is there were NO JUNK CD's in the back (you know demo software in the guise of tutorials & clipart that you can't save anyway!) I much prefer the reference to the website, more efficient for many reasons & more useful. This book provides any writer with an excellent foundation in HTML 4.0.