This book is so easy for learners like me....
Rating:
5 / 5
This book is so wonderful! I thought the "For Dummies" series would be easy enough, but I've found those types of books often have excess information I really don't care about. I will be taking a class in a few weeks that requires knowledge of HTML, so I needed to learn it easily, and quickly. I'm the type of individual who learns best in bulleted or outlined lists and HTML In An Instant is laid out just this way.The book is setup perfectly and takes you from the basic concepts HTML structure, all the way up to Java applications. It's not too big and is consistently formatted throughout. I had previously purchased the Visual Quickstart series and quickly found out these are not so "quick." Frustrated, I finally just sat down in a Borders and pulled out several HTML books and selected this one. I can't rave about it more....
Hit the deck running and dont look back
Rating:
5 / 5
This book is good well designed for someone who has not time to cut through a text book just to find a simple way of coding one thing in HTML. The pictures are clear and precise. You can have a website or any other HTML document up and working before you have to learn the theory behind it. Even for experts a quick reference can help. This book is also the basics behind all the extended languages. Some people use the skills learned in this book just to make their Discussion Boards more colorful and add the dimension of pictures and sound.
Table of Contents:
1. The internet
2. Introduction to Creating Web Pages
3. Getting Started (display Web page in Web Browser)
4. Change Appearance of Text
5. Add Images
6. Work with Images
7. Create Links
8. Create Tables
9. Add Sounds and Videos
10. Create Forms
11. Create Frames
12. Advanced Web Pages (JavaScript and Java Applets)
13. Set up Style Sheets
14. Using Style Sheets
15. Publish Web Pages
16. Summary of HTML TagsThere are thicker books out there but none so graphic.
Good for the basics
Rating:
4 / 5
A good primer on HTML and web publishing in general, if you don't want to get too deep. The tags are laid out clearly, and the methods to achieve certain looks or feels are plainly illustrated, but the book doesn't teach that much theory, so you are generally stuck with the methods they teach. Some of the methods are somewhat non-standard, which worries me, but as a whole the book is sound and easy to read. I would recommend _HTML 4 for the Worldwide Web_, by Elizabeth Castro, instead. It is very clear and basic, but it covers more of the theory so you can be a more powerful designer.
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