Sams Teach Yourself Html 4 in 24 Hours Books

Pros: Simply Stated so it's not hard to understand
Cons: Tempting to get ahead of yourself, can be confusing in certain chapters

The book is entitled Teach Yourself HTML 4 in 24 Hours, attainable goal yes, but not likely, you'll want to sleep and eat maybe even shower between some lessons so it'll take longer then 24 hours. However, the book is broken into 24 chapters each with...

Pros: A lot of information at a reasonable price.
Cons: Quite advanced in some chapters

If you read my review titled "Pictures Speak Louder Than Words" about the other HTML book I bought, thank you, and here is the opinion about the second HTML book I bought at Best Buy over the weekend.

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Pros: Easy to Understand, Great Visual Examples
Cons:

Teach Yourself HTML4 in 24 hours is an ideal learning tool for someone with no HTML experience. It's written in very clear and simple language and breaks HTML down into simple steps that anyone can understand and follow. You'll learn how to create...

Pros: Lesson by lesson structure, simplicity.
Cons: Not too advanced (which it shouldn't be for beginners)

This was simply the easiest to understand book I ever purchased. Unlike the dummies series which often had idiotic cartoons that can misguide you, this book is no nonsense. I had taken an HTML course at college, but at the time it was a new course, so...

Pros: Simply the best HTML guide on the market, epsecially for beginners. Excellent layout and expert advice.
Cons: May seem daunting to read all lessons at first, but work can be started after reading only 3 or 4.

Ever since I started learning HTML over a year ago, I've been buying as many books on the subject as I can find. I own over a dozen of them, and this is by far the best. It is simple enough for a beginner to understand, yet detailed enough for even an...

Pros: Easy to Use, great Layout
Cons: Not enough Info on Style Sheets

Well, for those of you who haven’t learned this yet, Basic HTML is easy. You can learn the basics in about twenty minutes.
What is HTML? It’s the base language that all websites, and even some windows aspects are written in. HTML is a very...

Pros: Very well written, easy to follow, concise and complete
Cons: They don't make one of these books for every program ... yet

When I first got signed on with an ISP that offered me web space, I got all excited and began thinking of what I wanted on my web space. I didn't know a lick about HTML so I set up my first presence on the web using little built-in templates on the ISP....

Pros: great explanations and examples of basic HTML, perfect for the beginner
Cons: not the best of reference guides

This is the only HTML book I ever needed to get started in building web pages, and even after several years of web designing, I still open this book every few days.

When I bought this book, it was still in its second edition (but I don't...

Pros: Cheap, easy to understand and good for intuitive users
Cons: Not for the expert

WOW! Sams Teach Yourself HTML 4 in 24 Hours (fourth edition) is about the most straightforward computer book I have ever read. Thank you very much Mr. Dick Oliver!!!

For those of you who have ever thought of trying to learn HTML (the language...

Pros: Lots of good information - somewhere, might make good class textbook
Cons: very poor indexing, scrapes the surface of important topics, 24 hours very misleading

I am not a complete newbie to HTML, but I am not an expert either. So I purchased this book to increase my skills. It looked promising in the bookstore, but proved nearly valueless when I got it home.

First, how many of us are really...

Pros: beginners book.
Cons: none

This is a wonderful book for absolute beginners wishing to learn HTML Web design. This book also includes coverage of XHTML, which is the newest standard of HTML. This author takes you through small one hour sessions on the basics of Hypertext Markup...

Pros: Uses the latest standards in HTML coding
Cons: Somewhat dated.

When asked by computer novices what language they should learn to get started on computers my response is always, “HTML.” It requires no software that is not free and easily available; you can see your results immediately without having to go through a...

Pros: Anyone can learn HTML with these simple instructions
Cons: Not detailed enough for the advanced programmer.

This book is one among many in the 24 hours series. They all cut to the chase, provide simple examples, and cover the subject so completely that you do not feel that you need a more advanced book when you are done.
This book in particular can get...