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Sams Teach Yourself Web Publishing with HTML and XHTML in 21 Days, Professional Reference...
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by Laura Lemay, Rafe Colburn, and Denise Tyler
Sales Rank: 1303672
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$0.93
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Paperback: 1200 pages
Publisher: Sams; 3rd edition June 28, 2001
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0672322048
ISBN-13: 978-0672322044
Product Dimensions:
9.1 x 7.4 x 2.5 inches
Shipping Weight: 4.4 pounds
Product Description
This edition of the book will be thoroughly updated and revised to include coverage of: the latest developments in HTML and Web publishing, including the effects of XHTML 1.0 and 1.1 on Web publishing practices; the new generation of browsers from Microsoft and Netscape-Internet Explorer 6 and Netscape 6 (aka Mozilla); improvements and changes in Web publishing tools like Microsoft FrontPage 2002 and Macromedia Dreamweaver 4; and developments in Web scripting and programming-for example, Java 2 v. 1.3 and JavaScript 1.5.
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This edition of the book will be thoroughly updated and revised to include coverage of:
* The latest developments in HTML and Web publishing, including the effects of XHTML 1.0 and 1.1 on Web publishing practices.
* The new generation of browsers from Microsoft and Netscape-Internet Explorer 6 and Netscape 6 (aka Mozilla).
* Improvements and changes in Web publishing tools like Microsoft FrontPage 2002 and Macromedia Dreamweaver 4.
* Developments in Web scripting and programming-for example, Java 2 v. 1.3 and JavaScript 1.5.
Customer Reviews & Comments
I am a professional software developer. I've dabbled in HTML as part of my job, but in late 2001 decided to finally take the time to learn the latest HTML standards right. So I set out to find the best and most comprehensive HTML book there was. I considered the five most available and highly-rated ones: Laura Lemay's Teach Yourself (Professional Edition), The HTML Bible, the Wrox HTML book, Elizabeth's Visual QuickStart Guide, and Molly Holzschlag's Special Edition. None of them are perfect, but Lemay's book seemed to be the best of the bunch - at the time (more on that later). I worked through it the hard way - from cover to cover. Now I can share with you my observations: PROS: 1) Comprehensive coverage of almost all the important topics, from site planning, the HTML language itself, sound/video to design tips, site marketing and server admin. Its unrivaled breadth gives the novice a good survey of the entire field. 2) The comprehensiveness extends to the well-written appendices - HTML, CSS, Javascript, charset, color and MIME charts make this book a great all-in-one reference long after you've finished the lessons. 3) Commitment to XHTML1.0 means you will learn to do things the right way 4) The three meaty chapters on web server set-up and admin set this book apart, as are the chapters on site marketing and testing. 5) As for the basics, good coverage of text formatting and wrapping 6) Clean, readable writing and layout CONS: 1) The only major shortfall - insubstantial CSS coverage. The future of page design deserves more than one rather generic chapter. Particularly annoying is Lemay's practice in early chapters of introducing classic formatting tags/attributes only to tell you it's deprecated in HTML 4.0. A comprehensive chart of old-vs-new practices at the end of the CSS chapter would have been helpful, as are re-implementations of all previous examples in standard-compliant HTML (especially for tables). 2) There should have been a few color insert-pages - to help explain the Using Colors section, at least! (I am thinking about the Color Wheel model in the old <i
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Sams Teach Yourself Web Publishing with HTML and XHTML in 21 Days, Professional Reference...
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