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Format: Paperback
Author: Elizabeth Castro
ReleaseDate: 17 September, 2002
Publisher: Peachpit Press
Rating:

Best of its type under US$40
It is quite simply the best book of its type for under US$40. I use this book for classes and workshops that I teach. There are a couple of excellent titles from Wrox that deliver similar information, but they miss this price point.


Castro's book comes in at just under 500 pages, which is as succinct as one could hope to get with the level of detail that she reaches.

It does an excellent job of not only covering the most basic material but of touching on questions that will arise for intermediate web development students exploring logical "next steps" of web technology learning.

Didn't quite get there.
Whist Castro gives "how to" instructions they are not always clear, and examples are not given for everything. This book was perscribed text for my university class "Introduction to Web Design" and I found it a frustrating experience. Unfortuantely a lot of my class mates shared my frustrations, and I am not looking forward to the next class on advanced web design simply because this is the perscribed text for that one too.

There are much better books on the market, specifically "The Complete Reference to HTML & XHTML" published by Osbourne.

Perfect Introduction To HTML & CSS
HTML experts need not pick up this book, but most others will find this extremely useful. Perfect book for beginners that want to learn HTML and CSS!!!

Elizabeth Castro writes her books (this book has been re-released many a times so you know they are good) in a style that is quick to pick up, hard to put down, and easy easy easy for newbies to learn from! With bold fonts, a great layout, and a snazzy size that fits perfectly in your hands, you simply CANNOT go wrong picking up this book if you want to learn HTML like you are in a classroom and the instructor is right in front of you.

***** HIGHEST POSSIBLE RECCOMENDATION.