Sam's Teach Yourself HTML 4 in 10 Minutes...or so.
Written: Apr 04 '02 (Updated Apr 04 '02)
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Pros: Easy to read and understand, lots of figures and examples
Cons: Hard to use as a reference
The Bottom Line: I suggest this book for those wanting to dabble in webmastering or those who simply want to make a personal page.
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| tortillaboy's Full Review: Sams Teach Yourself HTML 4 in 10 Minutes |
Sams Publishing has been around for a long time. I remember using (and liking) their text books when I was studying Audio Engineering in the 80's. Today they are focused primarily on the computer industry and are still producing high-quality tutorials and reference manuals for programmers, developers and system administrators.
"Sam's Teach Yourself HTML 4 in 10 Minutes" is simply a condensed version of the "Sam's Teach Yourself HTML 4 in 24 Hours" and is written for budding webmasters at the beginner and intermediate levels. It is written by Tim Evans who has authored a couple other books for Sam's and has been involved with the internet from the early stages.
My copy of this book is very weathered. I've had it for a few years and have always kept it close by when coding, for reference sake. While the book is not structured in such a way as to be an efficient reference book, I have it dog-eared, highlighted, and full of little slips of paper. "Sam's Teach Yourself HTML in 10 Minutes" is formatted in short, supposedly 10 minute sections, each focusing on a particular topic (listed below). The book reads easy, having large enough print, plenty of margin space, and lots of figures and examples. No color pictures are found here, and no real artistic help. It simply teaches the nuts and bolts of the HTML language. It gives a nice introduction to Style Sheets, but just enough to make you wonder if you really need it. CSS now, can do much more.
Normally I would shy away from recommending a technology book written four years ago, but the version of HTML (HTML4.0) taught here is still very much applicable. I suggest this book for those wanting to dabble in webmastering or those who simply want to make a personal page. Those wanting to seriously pursue web authoring should look into the more recent standards. While this book may not be able to answer every issue you come against while coding your HTML, it will do a great job introducing it to a beginner.
Contents
1. Overview of HTML
2. Understanding Web Servers
3. Understanding Web Browsers
4. Creating a Simple HTML Document
5. Introduction to HTML Style Sheets
6. Creating Headlines, Typeface Styles, and Paragraphs
7. Creating Documents with URLs
8. Using Anchors and Links
9. Creating Lists
10. Creating Tables
11. Adding Images to Your Document
12. Creating Clickable Image Maps
13. Helper Applications and Plug-Ins for Multimedia
14. Fill-In Forms and CGI Scripts
15. Creating Frames
16. HTML Style Sheets in Action: Color in Your Web Pages
17. Active Web Pages with Java and ActiveX
18. Scripting on HTML Pages
19. Cascading Style Sheets
20. Introducing Dynamic HTML
21. HTML Editors
22. Preformatted Text and HTML Math in Your HTML Documents
23. Other Aspects of HTML 4.0
24. Announcing Your Web Pages to the World
Publisher's Site: http://www.samspublishing.com/
Copyright Date: 1998
Recommended:
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