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Posted by phildpickering@googlemail.com on 08/07/06 09:35
Hi,
I've read Head First HTML with CSS & XHTML and highly recommend the
book... with a couple of reservations. If you know HTML already then
the first seven chapters are going to be more of a refresher course.
However, what the authors do is make sure that before you start
applying CSS to your pages you have good, standards-compliant XHTML
markup. The Head First series also take a rather light-hearted approach
to subjects... you have to chill-out and take the cheesy jokes and fun
stuff not too seriously. I've not read the Dietal web book, but if it's
anything like their other books I imagine it is rather dry and
academic; but I do like the way they set many additional
mini-assignments at the end of each chapter, giving you plenty of
opportunity to start practising your new skills.
After reading this book you may want to start tackling some other web
topics, such as JavaScript, but to be honest, I don't think there's one
book out there which covers everything about HTML and CSS. On top of
that, if your learning style is anything like mine, you will need to
read at least a couple of books on the subject before it starts to sink
in... and you'll need some "real" practice in using the technologies
before moving up to the next level.
I don't think there is a shortage of decent books on HTML and CSS
now... sure, there are some real rubbish ones on the shelves in many
bookstores, but if you go on Amazon these are a dozen that I've either
read (or are on my wish list) which appear to teach, modern
standards-compliant methods:
Web Designer's Reference (Grannell - Friends of Ed)
Web Standards Solutions (Cederholm - Friends of Ed)
CSS Mastery (Budd - Friends of Ed)
Build Your Own Web Site The Right Way Using HTML & CSS (Lloyd -
SitePoint)
HTML Utopia, 2nd Edition (Andrew - SitePoint)
CSS Anthology (Andrew - SitePoint)
Designing with Web Standards, 2nd Edition (Zeldman - New Riders)
Bulletproof Web Design (Cederholm - New Riders)
Eric Meyer on CSS (Meyer - New Riders)
More Eric Meyer on CSS (Meyer - New Riders)
The Zen of CSS Design (Shea - New Riders)
Spring into HTML & CSS (Holzschlag - AWP)
And some new books on the horizon, written by highly-respected web
designers:
XHTML & CSS - A Web Standards Approach (Griffiths - New Riders)
Beginning CSS Web Development (Collison - APress)
Transcending CSS (Clarke - New Riders)
Hope that helps you out, and best of luck,
Phil
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