Product Description

Tired of reading HTML books that only make sense after you're an expert? Then it's about time you picked up Head First HTML with CSS & XHTML and really learned HTML. You want to learn HTML so you can finally create those Web pages you've always wanted, so you can communicate more effectively with friends, family, fans and fanatic customers. You also want to do it right so you can actually maintain and expand your Web pages over time, and so your Web pages work in all the browsers and mobile devices out there. Oh, and if you've never heard of CSS, that's okay - we won't tell anyone you're still partying like it's 1999 - but if you're going to create Web pages in the 21st century then you'll want to know and understand CSS.

Learn the real secrets of creating Web pages, and why everything your boss told you about HTML tables is probably wrong (and what to do instead). Most importantly, hold your own with your co-worker (and impress cocktail party guests) when he casually mentions how his HTML is now strict, and his CSS is in an external style sheet.

With Head First HTML with CSS & XHTML, you'll avoid the embarrassment of thinking Web-safe colors still matter, and the foolishness of slipping a font tag into your pages. Best of all, you'll learn HTML and CSS in a way that won't put you to sleep. If you've read a Head First book, you know what to expect: a visually-rich format designed for the way your brain works. Using the latest research in neurobiology, cognitive science, and learning theory, this book will load HTML, CSS, and XHTML into your brain in a way that sticks.

So what are you waiting for? Leave those other dusty books behind and come join us in Webville. Your tour is about to begin.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #9897 in Books
• Published on: 2005-12-08
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 694 pages

Synopsis
Tired of reading HTML books that only make sense after you're an expert? Then it's about time you picked up "Head First HTML with CSS & XHTML" and really learned HTML. You want to learn HTML so you can finally create those Web pages you've always wanted, so you can communicate more effectively with friends, family, fans and fanatic customers. You also want to do it right so you can actually maintain and expand your Web pages over time, and so your Web pages work in all the browsers and mobile devices out there. Oh, and if you've never heard of CSS, that's okay - we won't tell anyone you're still partying like it's 1999 - but if you're going to create Web pages in the 21st century then you'll want to know and understand CSS. Learn the real secrets of creating Web pages, and why everything your boss told you about HTML tables is probably wrong (and what to do instead). Most importantly, hold your own with your co-worker (and impress cocktail party guests) when he casually mentions how his HTML is now strict, and his CSS is in an external style sheet.

With "Head First HTML with CSS & XHTML", you'll avoid the embarrassment of thinking Web-safe colors still matter, and the foolishness of slipping a font tag into your pages. Best of all, you'll learn HTML and CSS in a way that won't put you to sleep. If you've read a "Head First" book, you know what to expect: a visually-rich format designed for the way your brain works. Using the latest research in neurobiology, cognitive science, and learning theory, this book will load HTML, CSS, and XHTML into your brain in a way that sticks. So what are you waiting for? Leave those other dusty books behind and come join us in Webville. Your tour is about to begin.

From the Publisher
Tired of reading HTML books that only make sense after you're an expert? Then it's about time you picked up Head First HTML with CSS & XHTML and really learn HTML. You want to learn HTML so you can finally create those Web pages you've always wanted, so you can communicate more effectively with friends, family, fans and fanatic customers. You also want to do it right so you can actually maintain and expand your Web pages over time, and so your Web pages work in all the browsers and mobile devices out there. So what are you waiting for? Leave those other dusty books behind and come join us in Webville. Your tour is about to begin.

About the Author
Eric Freeman is a computer scientist with a passion for media and software architectures and coauthor of Head First Design Patterns. He just wrapped up four years at a dream job-- directing internet broadband and wireless efforts at Disney--and is now back to writing, creating cool software, and hacking Java and Macs.

Eric spent a lot of the '90s working on alternatives to the desktop metaphor with David Gelernter (and they’re both still asking the question, "Why do I have to give a file a name?"). Based on this work, Eric landed a Ph.D. at Yale University in 1997. He also co-founded Mirror Worlds Technologies (now acquired) to create a commercial version of his thesis work, Lifestreams.

In a previous life, Eric built software for networks and supercomputers. You might know him from such books as JavaSpaces Principles Patterns and Practice. Eric has fond memories of implementing tuple-space systems on Thinking Machine CM-5s and creating some of the first internet information systems for NASA in the late 1980s.

When he’s not writing text or code you’ll find him spending more time tweaking than watching his home theater and trying to restore a circa 1980s Dragon’s Lair video game. He also wouldn’t mind moonlighting as an electronica DJ.

Elisabeth Freeman is an author, software developer, and digital artist. She’s been involved with the internet since the early days, having co-founded The Ada Project (TAP), an award-winning website for women in computing now adopted by the ACM. More recently, Elisabeth led research and development efforts in digital media at the Walt Disney Company, where she co-invented Motion, a content system that delivers terabytes of video every day to Disney, ESPN, and Movies.com users.

Elisabeth is a computer scientist at heart and holds graduate degrees in Computer Science from Yale University and Indiana University. She’s worked in a variety of areas including visual languages, RSS syndication, and internet systems. She is a coauthor of O'Reilly's Head First Design Patterns. She’s also been an active advocate for women in computing, developing programs that encourage woman to enter the field. These days you’ll find her sipping some Java or Cocoa on her Mac, although she dreams of a day when the whole world is using Scheme.

Elisabeth has loved hiking and the outdoors since her days growing up in Scotland. When she’s outdoors her camera is never far. She’s also an avid cyclist, vegetarian, and animal lover.

Customer Reviews

Excellent learners book for designers and code newbies
Oh I wish I'd bought this book first! I've numerous HTML and CSS books on my shelves, but this is the book for learning just how to. It teaches good practice from the start, providing an excellent foundation for an area that is going to demand cleaner and compliant code.

It isn't a reference book: it's mission is to teach and it does so very well indeed. If you prefer to learn visually and actively, you will find this book particularly engaging.

Buy the pocket O'Reillys for reference, or the O'Reilly CSS and XHTML tomes (which are actually very accessible once you've worked through this book).

Reaches the parts other books can't
I have just finished working through the book. I've created my first Web Site, and it's validated as XHTML 1.0 Strict with good CSS styling and accessibility! I didn't have had the expertise or confidence to do this previously, but I can do it by hand now with only a text editor (and a little bit of help from the book).

This is my first Head First book. The quirky style helps to get the information into your head and the numerous worked examples give confidence and a reluctance to stop at just ordinary, when extraordinary is not much further along. Top marks!

Brilliant!
I love this book. I am new to this and bought 3-4 books and this is the one that has helped me the most. It explains the basics claerly, without jargon, and structures the leerning in a way that really suited me. The puzzles and 'interviews' seem irrelevant until you do them and realise later that you have remembered what you learnt from them. Highly recommended for those new to HTML and CSS.