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Review categories > Website Design Books > HTML 4 No Experience Required
By: Charlie Morris Review for 'HTML 4 No Experience Required'
Rating: 5 of out 6
Written By: Stephen Mack
Page Count: 677
Cover Type: Softcover
Published By: Sybex
Date Published: 10/1997
List Price: $29.99
Author's Site: http://www.webdevelopersjourna...
It's a new world
out there, a 4.0 world, shining with the promise of a
more flexible, more powerful, just-plain-better HTML,
and there is glory (and cash) for those developers who
can quickly master the new tools. This brave new world
has spawned a new crop of HTML books, and HTML 4.0
(No Experience Required) is a good 'un.
As
the title implies, this book starts at the beginning, so
even if you know nothing of HTML, it would be a good
choice. However, it takes you through the intermediate
stages, all the way into the arcane world of dynamic
HTML, style sheets, and all the other nifty new tools
that HTML 4.0 offers. HTML 4.0 (No Experience
Required) is not as in-depth as the thicker (and
more expensive) Mastering
HTML 4, but even old dogs will find a few new
tricks here, especially about the new stuff.
The
20 chapters address the following subjects:
- HTML, the Web, and the Internet
- HTML Basics
- Head Section Elements
- Formatting
- Links
- Graphics
- Multimedia
- Tables
- Frames
- Forms
- Cascading Style Sheets
- Applets, Active Scripts and CGI
- Dynamic HTML
- Designing and Promoting Web Sites
It's
all here, and it's all well-organized and
well-presented. HTML 4.0 (No Experience Required)
is well-written, reasonably well-edited, and
comprehensive. Issues of browser compatibility and sound
code-writing procedures are well addressed. It is highly
recommended for beginning and intermediate Web
designers.
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