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Posted by Jack on 08/05/06 13:19
Stan McCann wrote:
> mouse@house.spam wrote in
> news:fl07d25arhp4mr2p89aq31o2l4gannfuci@4ax.com:
>
>> I have some knowledge of HTML but almost none of CSS, only a little
>> of Javascript etc. Basically I am looking for a book to solidify
>> my knowledge of web design technologies. The two books which stood
>> out at the bookshop today were;
>>
>> Head First HTML with CSS & XHTML by Freeman Internet & World Wide
>> Web How to Program by Deitel
>
> I've seen neither book; I have looked at numerous books however while
> searching for appropriate textbooks when I was teaching (retired
> now). I'll warn you that most textbooks, even those published very
> recently, teach 1995 methods rather than modern. It was very
> frustrating trying to teach modern methods with these books.
>
> Instead of books, why not:
>
> HTML: http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/ XHTML: http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/
>
>
You can't use either of those as teaching resources! Even as reference
documents they are hard to read!
> CSS: http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/
The W3C material on CSS is better - but still not really suited to teaching.
The Oh Really "Rhino" book on Javascript (Flanagan) is very good. Some
would argue that it's the best. The reference sections are second to
none. It's a fat book, but the subject is complicated.
I can't speak for any books on HTML or CSS; I've never seen a good one.
In that respect I concur with Stan, although I've inspected only handful
of books on those subjects. I have found web-research to have been a lot
more helpful.
> PHP: http://us3.php.net/manual/en/index.php
I don't like PHP as a server-side scripting language; all PHP systems
I've seen have been a mess, and I think the fault lies with the
language. I don't want to start a debate on that; but I think that a
newbie web-developer doesn't want to be getting into server-side
programming at all, really. That can wait.
If what you are talking about is specifically web design as graphic
design and UI design, as distinct from engineering design, I know there
are good books on that subject, because I have seen them. I can't give
any references, and would welcome recommendations from others.
--
Jack.
http://www.jackpot.uk.net/
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