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Need an HTML Book to improve HTML knowledge and skill

Asked by: Caiapfas

I am an intermediate HTML coder but I use FrontPage and that causes several issues. I know enough to get the job done but I need to learn how to get much better. I don't want a book that is going to tell my what a table is. I need one that is going to build on what I know. Can I be an expert HTML coder and use DreamWeaver because that's the plan.

Please send any links or titles or suggestions asap.

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Answers

 

by: callrsPosted on 2006-09-27 at 22:32:14ID: 17616481

 

by: lsavidgePosted on 2006-09-28 at 03:20:41ID: 17617571

Hi,

Pick up any book in the Sams range for teaching yourself HTML is 24 hours. They're very straightforward and quite good as just reference. This is the google search at amazon for such books:

http://www.google.co.uk/search?num=100&hl=en&safe=off&q=html+%2224+hours%22+site%3Aamazon.co.uk&btnG=Search&meta=

Also, for general HTML reference I always use http://www.blooberry.com as it is simple, very well laid out and you pretty much always get what you want. The only thing I have found with it is that it could do with more examples and it could benefit from showing what the examples do rather than you having to cut/paste and run them.

Regards,

Lee


 

by: bpmurrayPosted on 2006-09-28 at 03:22:11ID: 17617578

There are many good books on DHTML, but you'll really need to know three subjects: HTML, CSS and JavaScript. Your personal preferences will determine which books you choose, since there isn't a single source that suits everyone. For example, I could recommend Danny Goodman's JavaScript books, but they might not suit you. Another problem is that the books often don't have solutions for the current problem you're trying to solve (hence te popularity of this site). Instead, try some of the web sites first:

   * http://www.w3schools.com  -  excellent introductory stuff as well as pretty good references
   * http://www.devguru.com/ - similar to w3schools, but covers stuff in a different way
   * http://www.javascriptkit.com/ - topic-based information
   * http://www.csszengarden.com/ - amazing CSS site

If you really want to buy some books, I think the O'Reilly books are the best. In particular look for the "Definitive Guide" series of books. For example, "Dynamic HTML, the Definitive Reference" is a great book, although it is a reference rather than something you would follow.

If you're interested in JavaScript, a book by the same author (Danny Goodman) is "The JavaScript Bible" (published by Wiley). I like this one since it comes with the book text as a PDF, so I can search it on the PC.

Some general things you should probably keep in mind are:
   - Don't learn this stuff so you can use a particular tool like Dreamweaver. Learn it independently of the tooling, and use the tooling to help you develop. There's a lot more to the web than Adobe.
   - Focus on what's needed for the future and adopt appropriate best practices. By this, I mean that you should always write HTML as though it was XHTML, and use DOM manipulations
   - Always keep your document & styles separate (see the effects of http://www.csszengarden.com/ for what can be achieved)

 

by: CaiapfasPosted on 2006-09-28 at 09:25:46ID: 17620647

I'm pretty good with html now. But I do things that kill the site when it comes to validation and proper coding, like put tables within tables within tables. I know most of that tags, so I'm looking for something that will help me learn the right way to do it, not necessairily tell me what a <tr> is.

 

by: bpmurrayPosted on 2006-09-28 at 10:37:34ID: 17621276

I'm very good with DHTML. And I use these sites and books regularly.

I think what you're really after is a book that'll list gotchas and best practices. However, these tend to focus on just one area of DHTML, rather than providing a broad answer. For example, Apress have one on Ajax (http://www.apress.com/book/bookDisplay.html?bID=10069).

However, from your comment about tables within tables within tables, it sounds to me like you really need to learn CSS. If you're confident that your HTML skills are reasonable, your next step must be to learn CSS. Creating web pages in which you embed formatting is simply wrong when you can do it much more easily using CSS. The Dynamic HTML book is a good book for this too.

 

by: CaiapfasPosted on 2006-10-03 at 16:47:36ID: 17655681

Thanks for the help so far. I agree that I need to learn css more. Can anyone recommend a good css book?

 

by: callrsPosted on 2006-10-03 at 18:21:11ID: 17656099

My link given earlier is missing a '/' :  http://www.geocities.com/callrs/learnhtmltips.htm
More on CSS:
http://www.experts-exchange.com/Q_21943869.html   Advice on the ultimate CSS reference source
Good tutorial:
http://www.cssbasics.com/chapter_1_introduction_to_css.html    Introduction to CSS - CSS Basics - Chapter 1

 

by: bpmurrayPosted on 2006-10-04 at 02:22:51ID: 17657868

Well, the CSS Zen site (http://www.csszengarden.com/) is now available as a book: http://www.amazon.com/Zen-CSS-Design-Enlightenment-Voices/dp/0321303474/ref=pd_sxp_f_pt/102-4018200-6187354?ie=UTF8

I'd also recommend anything by Eric Meyer - http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/css/index.html is a good book. In fact, O'Reilly tends to produce books of the very highest quality, so have abrowse through these: http://promosearch.atomz.com/search/promosearch?query=CSS&sp-q=CSS&sp-a=sp1000a5a9&sp-f=ISO-8859-1&sp-t=general&sp-x-1=cat&sp-q-1=&sp-x-2=cat2&sp-q-2=&sp-c=25&sp-p=all&sp-k=Articles%7CBooks%7CConferences%7COther%7CWeblogs&c=&p=

Maybe you should get your introduction on the web and go for a more advanced book or a reference book. In that case, try http://www.w3schools.com/css/default.asp

 

by: LeeKowalkowskiPosted on 2006-12-21 at 03:45:06ID: 18179602

Bulletproof web design: http://www.simplebits.com/publications/bulletproof/

Takes you through the thought process of deciding what HTML best represents a page component, and then how to apply CSS to acheive the desired look with no significant change to the original HTML.

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