Description:
While Ian Graham's two excellent Wiley titles (the XHTML 1.0 Language and Design Sourcebook and the companion volume XHTML 1.0 Web Development Sourcebook) have certainly set a high standard for books about HTML's latest incarnation, there is room left for other publications, especially those that are accessible to the beginner and not simply masquerading as such. Books as well written as XHTML by Example are particularly welcome. Ann Navarro, of the W3C XHTML Working Group, has penned a clear and concise yet comprehensive introduction that is sure to be of great value to both newcomers (the book takes little for granted) and the more experienced (it is detailed and thorough). Starting with an overview of the fundamentals of XHTML's new structures, identifying its differences from HTML 4, and then moving on to an introduction to its semantics, Navarro is always a steady guide, providing plenty of example code to help clarify the situation. The book discusses Web essentials such as forms, tables, and frames and goes on to further chapters on XHTML style, CSS and XSL, modularization, and the future of the language. XHTML by Example comes highly recommended to those who like their computer books written clearly and aren't particularly fond of a morass of often tedious detail. --Mark Thwaite, Amazon.co.uk
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