Practical HTML 4

Rating:
Summary: Good Starting Point for Beginners
Review: I recently bought this book because I'm very interested in making my own web pages and didn't know anything at all about HTML. Right from the introduction, I felt comfortable with my decision to buy the book. It was definitely made with the beginner in mind and it even says so. With close to 700 pages you'd think you were taking on a task that was next to astronomical but I assure you, you'll have fun learning with this book and value it's information.

Rating:
Summary: Good Starting Point for Beginners
Review: I recently bought this book because I'm very interested in making my own web pages and didn't know anything at all about HTML. Right from the introduction, I felt comfortable with my decision to buy the book. It was definitely made with the beginner in mind and it even says so. With close to 700 pages you'd think you were taking on a task that was next to astronomical but I assure you, you'll have fun learning with this book and value it's information.

Rating:
Summary: Poorly tested and formatted
Review: I'm not sure why other people are giving this book such a high mark because my experience with this book is that it's written in haste without much check to the codes that are featured in this book. I would say that in many case using the example off the book would not yield the effect that is shown in the figures. For instance on page 272, the source has a typo where its supposed to say IMG src=" is written as IMGsrc=". With the example of this page the logo image will appear with borders ( an effect you don't want with your company logo ) but the figure in the book shows logo with no borders. I also find the format of presentation to be sketchy and not to be clear about what code produced what effects. The author presents a block of code and boom, this is how the page looks is the way things are explained (?). This is unhelpful especially if the code contains bugs. Readers who have minimal exposure to HTML will no doubt find the gap bewildering. The book also lacks scenario for gradually building up for practical application of each tags. (...)

They probably can lead you in a more concise step by step introduction to each tags and publishing on the web. If you're looking for a list of HTML 4 tag reference, you probably can find a better book than this.

Rating:
Summary: Poorly tested and formatted
Review: The layout and straightforward presentation of Practical HTML 4 allows the reader to efficiently absorb information very smoothly and quickly. It is a joy to read and cleanly organized with a nice amount of white space to jot down notes, etc. The dissected PARTS into smaller topics are especially helpful. A reader may skip an entire portion without loosing necessary information to move forward through the book. This book claims to be for beginners. This is true but it will also be useful as a reference book for those more experienced. You do not have to look further. Enjoy!

Rating:
Summary: Practical and Efficient
Review: The layout and straightforward presentation of Practical HTML 4 allows the reader to efficiently absorb information very smoothly and quickly. It is a joy to read and cleanly organized with a nice amount of white space to jot down notes, etc. The dissected PARTS into smaller topics are especially helpful. A reader may skip an entire portion without loosing necessary information to move forward through the book. This book claims to be for beginners. This is true but it will also be useful as a reference book for those more experienced. You do not have to look further. Enjoy!

Rating:
Summary: Practical HTML 4 is a good book to learn HTML
Review: This book is well layed out and has interesting examples that anyone who has never used HTML can follow. I would recomend it as an HTML text or reference book.

The more advanced sections of the book are an ok overview of concepts. Unfortunately, I found that there were a lot of type-o's and some of the javascript examples simply don't work with out being fixed. If the reader has never seen C++ or Java before I don't know how they will figure out what needs fixing.