Type of bind: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 005.72
EAN num: 9780672317217
ISBN number: 0672317214
Label: Sams
Manufacturer: Sams
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 230
Printing Date: 1999-09
Publishing house: Sams
Sale Popularity Level: 1703885
Studio: Sams
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Product Description:
Sams Teach Yourself HTML 4 in 10 Minutes, Second Edition, is a compact, task-oriented tutorial that shows you how to perform the most common tasks involved in designing, creating, publishing, and administering Web pages and sites. The book covers only those HTML tags and technologies that are likely to be used on a beginner's Web page, and it is organized in a logical step-by-step order. This edition of the book has been completely rewritten to make it more accessible for the beginning Windows or Macintosh user, and to include more easily accessible reference material.
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Although I like the writing style of the author, this book has just too many errors (especially when you consider its audience--beginners). I'm a beginner too, and found the mistakes while working through the book. Granted, a lot of these mistakes are minor, but as there are so many, I found myself not trusting the rest of the book. So what are the mistakes? Here is a sampling (and again they're minor but to a beginner they may just be enough to make one quit altogether from frustration):
--Page 25 and 87/The closing "/head" tag is in the wrong place(should be after the style ending tag) --Page 43/The word "line" probably is supposed to be "link." --Page 75/Table 9.1 the plus/minus symbol is incorrect as well as the special character code to display it. The book has "&plusmin;" (without the quotes of course)when it should be "±" (again without the quotes).
I quit reading the book at that point so there are probably many more errors.
Few technical books go to print without some errors being found later but most reputable publishers have a web site listing the errors. If there's a page ... for this book's errors I missed it.
Too bad because this book has a lot of potential.
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If you look at some other HTML books, there are parts that are lacking. This book should not be the only HTML guide in your library if you're serious about building a site, but it is definitely great for filling up those potholes from other books. It was especially helpful with the "back end" of forms and the frames section was very concise. I started my web site with books like HTML 4 For Dummies by Ed Tittel, et. al., I finished it with SAMS Teach Yourself HTML 4 by Deidre Hayes.
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This was the very first teach-yourself tech book I had ever read, and it really gave me a desire to learn other skills; this coming from a recent highschool grad thats just about burnt out on dry-as-whole-wheat-toast text books. This book gave me the foundation to attack javascript and other web design elements. Heck, in a couple a days reading time you can learn the cornerstone langauge of the web. Convienently laid out and organized, promotes learning while doing, and makes a quick reference while not diving too deep into the intricacies of HTML.
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if you need to create a website and you need to do it NOW - no time to plow through the bigger books that you bought and planned to read one day - then this is the book for you! Great self-contained primer but also great intro for other books such as Sams teach yourself web publishing with HTML 4 in 21 days. But use this one very first and do that website!
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Awesome, to say the least. This book covers the information quickly & precisely. Though you will most likely need another book for more reference, this book will get your feet wet and get you ready to "mark-up" HTML. Touches on some important topics and is an ASSET to anyone who is in a rush. I read the book in 3 days in my spare time.
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