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on February 2, 2017
I use this to compliment treehouse and other online learning with the intent of starting a new career. Easy read with basic teaching examples. College style presentation that is more data/detail focused in contrast to Duckett "HTML, CSS, Javascript & Jquery"which is heavy on graphic design to assist learning ( I also purchased and gave 5 stars to the Duckett books).
Lots of exercises and code to replicate along with great lists and table of syntax to use as a quick reference when you are stuck or need assistance. Hits all the key concepts & skills to provide you with a solid foundation to build off. Great to use with online learning so that you don't need to take notes.
The only negative is that it is a little dated and best practices change quickly, so you learn the fundamentals which is great, but the real world would call your code ugly and probably laugh at you (but the code will work). Worry about the style later and learn the basics.
Lots of exercises and code to replicate along with great lists and table of syntax to use as a quick reference when you are stuck or need assistance. Hits all the key concepts & skills to provide you with a solid foundation to build off. Great to use with online learning so that you don't need to take notes.
The only negative is that it is a little dated and best practices change quickly, so you learn the fundamentals which is great, but the real world would call your code ugly and probably laugh at you (but the code will work). Worry about the style later and learn the basics.
on May 5, 2016
The many 5-star reviews here by web design experts led me to choose this book to help build my website. But this is the viewpoint of a beginning web-builder, albeit someone who has had a lot of experience of learning from books. The book is NOT about user experience, the aesthetics of web design, search engine optimization, etc.. After a sprinkling of facts about the history, workings, and administration of the web in the first chapters, it is all about techniques of generating text and image content with HTML5 and CSS3. A couple of concluding chapters briefly introduce JavaScript. HTML5's role is proposed to be confined to structure or semantics (meaning), leaving all formatting to CSS (except, of course, some default text formatting, else text could not display in HTML alone). This is in contrast with earlier versions of HTML, where one was not discouraged from using as much HTML formatting as allowed before formatting with CSS.
Jennifer Robbins is a remarkable teacher. She anticipates the questions and misunderstandings some readers may have, and deals with them before they become obstacles. Although she calls this a beginner's book, she writes for aspiring web professionals, and her thoroughness reflects this intent. The exercises are well-designed, and the end-of-chapter questions helpful in determining if you really
"got it" (answers are in the back of the book). I like the many references to books and web articles extending the scope of her book; she seems well-informed on the cutting edge of web design. Her writing is clear, and difficult concepts are well-explained. Digital files of all the book's examples are available on O'Reilly's website. (I appreciate that O'Reilly does not require a code to download the files. Actually, it's a good marketing strategy, because a lot of people will buy O'Reilly's books when they find out how good all their stuff is!) I love this book!
Jennifer Robbins is a remarkable teacher. She anticipates the questions and misunderstandings some readers may have, and deals with them before they become obstacles. Although she calls this a beginner's book, she writes for aspiring web professionals, and her thoroughness reflects this intent. The exercises are well-designed, and the end-of-chapter questions helpful in determining if you really
"got it" (answers are in the back of the book). I like the many references to books and web articles extending the scope of her book; she seems well-informed on the cutting edge of web design. Her writing is clear, and difficult concepts are well-explained. Digital files of all the book's examples are available on O'Reilly's website. (I appreciate that O'Reilly does not require a code to download the files. Actually, it's a good marketing strategy, because a lot of people will buy O'Reilly's books when they find out how good all their stuff is!) I love this book!
on March 3, 2016
This should be the first book you go through on your journey through practicing web site development. I did not, and find myself re-defining the foundation I built my web site development methodology on. Do NOT let the fact that it is a 2012 (with first edition in 2001) make you think is is obsolete with all the modern tools like asp.net mvc in place! With the foundation in HTML, CSS and to some extent JavaScript presented here you will have a great knowledge foundation to both design the relatively static web sites that most of the web is, and have a solid jumping off point as you make sites more dynamic with the likes of asp.net (after you learn c# from Troelsens' 1600 page <don't be scared!> opus).
on April 7, 2014
I am new to the web design world. I chose this text to learn HTML, CSS, and JavaScript for myself so that I could teach it to my students. I am so thrilled with everything about this textbook. Printing, layout, content, exercises, etc. The author has done an excellent job at making a complex subject simple to understand. I would highly recommend this text to other teachers.
Many of the standard textbooks out there are incredibly expensive and boring. This text makes learning easy and fun.
Many of the standard textbooks out there are incredibly expensive and boring. This text makes learning easy and fun.
on January 5, 2016
Best book to learn basic HTML. I had bought the "A Smarter Way to Learn" series prior to purchasing this, but after completing that book, I found that there were a lot of missing topics etc. This book is definitely more extensive and intensive, it not only teaches the methods of HTML and CSS but the best ways to organize your code. In all, this book is twice as good as the other HTML CSS books available (with the same ratings), and if you were like me, deciding between the several top-rated web design books on amazon, this is, in my opinion, the best one available.
on October 7, 2015
I learned half of a books worth in a previous class, but didn't want to have to take a full class to learn the rest (I already have a degree, and would have to pay all registration fees, etc. for 1 class that I was only taking for a bit of extra knowledge). With this book, it was very easy to teach myself the rest with no need for a teacher, and frequently use it as a reference book. It is a great book at half the price my previous instructor had chosen, and teaches all the same things.
on August 31, 2016
I have been reading several books in recent months to learn web development. This is hands down the most intuitive and beginner friendly book I have read so far. Other books feel like they jump around from one topic to another, never fully explaining anything, which causes further confusion. However, with this book, when I am reading a new topic and a question pops into my head, there is an explanation to it further down or on a sidebar. It is as if the author read my mind. I cannot recommend it enough to beginners of html.
on June 9, 2013
I loved reading this book. It is easily the most "fun" "how to program"-type of book that I have read. I heard about this book on Quora. The book provides a very entertaining, easy-to-read and easy-to-understand style and will make (or at least made) me go back to it multiple times, just to re-read sections. This is the first book that I would offer to anyone that wants to learn to program. Why? Because I believe that this is the only book that makes learning how to program fun. Another reason is that every software program, especially the ones that a beginner will be able to relate to, should start with a "here's what the screen or screens should look like" section. And so, a great way to code those screens would be to start with basic HTML, then add CSS, and finally add a bit of Javascript.
Dear author,
Please write similar books on:
- How To Program in Python
- How To Program in Java
:)
Dear author,
Please write similar books on:
- How To Program in Python
- How To Program in Java
:)
on May 1, 2016
I'm working through this book now having had it for a few months. Overall, it's presented well towards me as somewhat familiar with programming. If you've never dabbled in programming or design before, it's not bad either, but it definitely moves quickly. There are occasionally a few parts that feel like they might be out of date, but there are also tons of sections that have obviously been updated since the previous incarnation was published. Her style of writing is friendly and colloquial, I've enjoyed reading it so far both academically and somewhat as a pleasurable activity. I would say that the activities are easy and also help you stretch your abilities a bit, however they are not that challenging.
At the end of the day, it's (so far!) a great introduction to web design including touching on HTML, CSS and (hopefully soon) a bit of Javascript.
At the end of the day, it's (so far!) a great introduction to web design including touching on HTML, CSS and (hopefully soon) a bit of Javascript.
