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HTML and CSS: Design and Build Websites 1st Edition
Jon Duckett
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From the Author: Goals for this Book
Programming books can often look rather intimidating and uninspiring, but they do not need to be. We wanted to redesign the tech book and make it more accessible, relevant, and attractive to a whole new group of readers. The result is a book that feels more like a magazine and is enjoyable to flick through, and looks like it belongs in the graphic design section rather than the programming section of a bookstore.
- Large info-graphics are used to help simplify new or complex concepts
- Clean design and layout presents each topic on a new page for easy reference
- Printed in full-color, using a vibrant palette to distinguish different types of code
- Attractive code samples help you make beautiful web sites
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From the Back Cover
WELCOME TO A NICER WAY TO LEARN ABOUT HTML & CSS
Whether you want to design and build websites from scratch or take more control over an existing site, this book will help you create attractive, user-friendly web content. We understand that code can be intimidating, but take a look inside and you will see how this guide differs from many traditional programming books.
Each page introduces a new topic in a simple, visual way with straightforward explanations accompanied by bite-sized code samples. You will also find practical help on how to organize and design the pages of your site so that you can create websites that look stunning and are easy to use. No previous experience needed.
This book is for
- Web designers and programmers
- Online editors and content editors
- Marketing & e-commerce managers
- Bloggers and hobbyists
You'll learn to Write
- HTML and CSS3
- Structure web pages and sites
- Prepare images, audio, and video
- Control typography and layout
Online support
- Code examples available online at: www.htmlandcssbook.com
- Plus video demos and tutorials
- Bonus reference tools
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Product details
- Publisher : John Wiley & Sons; 1st edition (November 8, 2011)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 490 pages
- ISBN-10 : 1118008189
- ISBN-13 : 978-1118008188
- Item Weight : 2.7 pounds
- Dimensions : 7.2 x 1.1 x 9 inches
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Best Sellers Rank:
#8,144 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #1 in CSS Programming
- #2 in Web Design (Books)
- #7 in Computer Programming Languages
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The only small issue is that it was written when html5 was under development and although it covers many of the html5 features, the core of the book is not html5, especially with extensively covering subjects like flash videos. That is why an update would help a lot.
Having said all that, if I want to recommend a book for html and css, it would be definitely 100% this book. You can build your base knowledge with this and it does a great job at that, and later you will be able to extend your knowledge with many other available ways.
HOWEVER...
The build quality. Upon first time cracking this book open, you will feel how stiff and sensitive the binding is. I am very afraid to press down on the spine to get the book to lay down more flat to make reading words closer to inside the page simple. Judging by other reviewers, my fear is truly founded. But for now, all is intact. Will update if there are any changes to this current event...
[update, 2019]
Rather late, but this is something that I feel is worth mention & may help others:
My copy is still intact (paperback) with no loose pages. Same goes for my hardback copy of the JS/SQ companion text. Both have been well-used during my autodidactic journey. The style-system Duckett has created here is what sets this text series apart from all other books I've read and own.
I still recommend this book, however, there is no such thing as "the perfect technical book." I feel there are a few crucial lessons missing from this text: a chapter on media queries (mobile-first approach) and a decent overview of a couple CSS frameworks. While Duckett does introduce the ability to control min- and max- widths, and he offers a section on liquid layouts, mobile-first responsive pages are, more or less, the standard of today. This is not a complaint, whatsoever, but just something I felt it lacked and could use in a later edition, perhaps.
STILL A 5-STAR RECOMMENDATION IN AUG. 2019!

By Kelli Coffee on September 16, 2017
HOWEVER...
The build quality. Upon first time cracking this book open, you will feel how stiff and sensitive the binding is. I am very afraid to press down on the spine to get the book to lay down more flat to make reading words closer to inside the page simple. Judging by other reviewers, my fear is truly founded. But for now, all is intact. Will update if there are any changes to this current event...
[update, 2019]
Rather late, but this is something that I feel is worth mention & may help others:
My copy is still intact (paperback) with no loose pages. Same goes for my hardback copy of the JS/SQ companion text. Both have been well-used during my autodidactic journey. The style-system Duckett has created here is what sets this text series apart from all other books I've read and own.
I still recommend this book, however, there is no such thing as "the perfect technical book." I feel there are a few crucial lessons missing from this text: a chapter on media queries (mobile-first approach) and a decent overview of a couple CSS frameworks. While Duckett does introduce the ability to control min- and max- widths, and he offers a section on liquid layouts, mobile-first responsive pages are, more or less, the standard of today. This is not a complaint, whatsoever, but just something I felt it lacked and could use in a later edition, perhaps.
STILL A 5-STAR RECOMMENDATION IN AUG. 2019!


By Bini A. on August 8, 2017

I am halfway through the book, and am only just starting the CSS portion. I don't anticipate the second half being any more difficult than the first, as it is the style of writing and the organization of the material which has been most helpful, and the author's approach does not appear to change in the second half of the book. Each tag has its own page, for the most part. Some similar tags will be two to a page. On each page of the HTML chapters, the HTML is written as you would see/write it in your source editor like Notepad++, and below the photo of the source editor screen is a picture of how it would look in a web browser. The descriptions are written along the side.
The very first chapter shows you exactly how to make a basic web page, and then shows you how to display it in your browser, which makes you feel like you've accomplished something right from the start. I would recommend this book to a beginner. I really appreciate this author's style.
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It’s a great book this with simple layouts and information is presented in a way that is easily digestible, easily understandable and works through at a pace that is not overwhelming. Before you know it you’ll have pages up and running and shifting things around on the screen.
A great book that is a fabulous learning tools both informationally and visually and is now a book that my son is using to help him with his IT school lessons on web design.

I do have one criticism to make, and it relates to the extremely small sized font used in quite a lot of the screen shot examples. The text in these screen shots is often extremely small and often very difficult to read! (There is a good example of the minute text on Page 34.) Like many senior people, I suffer from a degree of long sight, and I find it almost impossible to clearly read some of the smaller text. Looking at the general page layout of this book I find it puzzling why the screen shot examples could not have been made much larger, because acres of page space is simply wasted on many, nearly empty, pages.

I have successfully done this based on what I learned from this book.
My view is the learning style described as follows is effective:
The author explains the topics in the chapter.
At the end of each chapter there is an excerise where you can type in code relevant to the chapter and see a website type output.
I did these exercises and then made changes to the code so that I could learn to change things.
This worked for me and I have been able to customise one of the websites by changing and editing code.

