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HTML & XHTML: The Complete Reference (Osborne Complete Reference)

HTML & XHTML: The Complete Reference (Osborne Complete Reference)
By Thomas Powell

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Construct awesome Web pages using HTML, XHTML, XML, basic JavaScript, both CSS (style sheet) specifications, and DHTML. This thorough resource provides explanations of why tags work as they do, rather than just giving basic descriptions of them. Plus, use a companion Web site that features layout examples and allows visitors to sample HTML for their own uses.

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  • Amazon Sales Rank: #87005 in Books
  • Published on: 2003-09-01
  • Number of items: 1
  • Binding: Paperback
  • 956 pages

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Synopsis
Construct awesome Web pages using HTML, XHTML, XML, basic JavaScript, both CSS (style sheet) specifications, and DHTML. This thorough resource provides explanations of why tags work as they do, rather than just giving basic descriptions of them. Plus, use a companion Web site that features layout examples and allows visitors to sample HTML for their own uses.

From the Publisher

  • HTML Complete Reference focuses on practical applications of HTML - what the language is and how to put it into use. Reader feedback has widely praised this approach of providing groundwork for WHY tags work as they do and not just basic descriptions of them.
    ·Provides solid background descriptions of what the individual tags are and how to use them, plus gives examples of each.
    Includes several hundred pages of extensive and intelligently designed reference material.
    Author provides a companion website that features examples of layout and allows visitors to 'lift' this HTML for their own uses.

    From the Back Cover
    The Definitive Resource on HTML & XHTML

    Covers HTML, XHTML, XML, CSS1, and CSS2

    This fourth edition of HTML & XHTML: The Complete Reference teaches real world Web markup with a focus on both the standards in use today and the emerging standards of tomorrow. Understand the core elements of XHTML, CSS, and Web development. Learn layout and presentation techniques including multimedia. Study how JavaScript and Server-Side programming can be used to create interactive sites. Learn how to deliver and manage Web sites, handle advanced topics such as XML, and much more. This popular reference is a must-read for serious Web developers.

    -Build Web pages using step-by-step tutorials
    -Learn standards-based markup with HTML 4 and XHTML 1
    -Improve layout with Cascading Style Sheets
    -Manage and maintain Web sites
    -Create interactivity with forms, JavaScript, and server-side technologies
    -Find server selection and hosting advice
    -Develop Web pages that serve a wide range of functions

    • Customer Reviews

    The most useful book I've ever bought.5
    Anyone who builds or maintains websites should have a copy of this book at their disposal. Anyone who wants to learn the basics should follow chapters 1-6, then skip to 10, 11 and 12.

    I have seen a lot of books on HTML in the 10 years I have been building websites, but none of the others come close to this reference. Its Appendix of CSS properties alone makes it indespensible.

    The complete reference sums up this book perfectly5
    I bought this book as an IT student who wanted a concise guide to HTML, CSS, XML and some server-side programming and this book doesnt disappoint. It provides exactly what it says, and then lots more besides. I have done lots of web programming since i bought this book and it's remained indispensable as a desktop reference. That said, this book alone isn't enough for the advanced web programmer who would need a similar reference for Java and possibly Javascript as well. For a Java reference i would highly recommend Java 2: The Complete Reference, as this is an excellent reference (Herb Schildt - this books co-author is and is an excellent programming author, whose books, i would highly recommend).

    All there is to know in one volume!5
    'HTML and XHTML: The Complete Reference' really does offer the beginner a complete course in mark-up, from the basic tags to some advanced techniques. The content is logically organised and covers every aspect of XHTML. The book also touches on such issues as server and client side programming, and delivering your website once it has been written. These sections only represent brief expositions, but that is in no way a criticism since they give the reader a starting point, and there are plenty of books available for these separate topics.

    In all 'HTML and XHTML: The Complete Reference' is an excellent book for the beginner and its rigorous approach really gives the reader confidence in the techniques described. Also, I suspect that experienced programmers would still find this volume useful as a reference work - the appendices contain precise technical information on tags, colours, document type definitions etc.

    If you only by one book on XHTML, make it this one!