Last updated 2/22/2006
Head First HTML with CSS & XHTML
Head First HTML with CSS & XHTML
Authors: Elisabeth Freeman & Eric Freeman
Publisher: O'Reilly
699 pages .... $34.95
ISBN 0-596-10197-X
A Brain-Friendly Guide to HTML & CSS
A learner's guide to creating standards-based Web pages
I am not sure whether I should say, I resented interruptions,
or that my brain did, while I was studying Head First HTML with CSS & XHTML by Elisabeth and Eric Freeman. As the announcement says, Head First HTML with CSS & XHTML by Elisabeth Freeman and Eric Freeman (O'Reilly) treats your brain to something different.
I do know that when I finished, I remembered a lot more than from any other computer book I have ever read, and had a better understanding of how and why to use HTML and CSS.
Head First is designed to appeal to your brain in ways that help you to learn. HTML engages the brain with important concepts repeated in different forms that keep your brain interested. I doubt if there is any other book for learning HTML that grabs your attention better, or from which you will learn more the first time through.
The authors trick you into learning. You think you are learning HTML, the traditional language of Web communication. Later they show you that you have been learning XHTML, the new and future version of the language. They provide you with what you need to choose between which of these two versions you want to use now.
In friendly conversations, HTML and CSS debate their roles, so that you understand the advantages of HTML for structure and of CSS for style, and how together they give you control over your Web pages. By concentrating upon what is important to learn, Elisabeth and Eric Freeman are able to teach you the essentials of CSS and XHTML with all the detail you need to create effective professional looking Web pages in one hard-to-put-down book
This book is for learning HTML, CSS and XHTML, and it works. The authors recommend other O'Reilly books for HTML and CSS references.
I intend to convert our Northern Vermont Macintosh User Group site to make full use of CSS and the Strict version of HTML. After reading Head First HTML with CSS and XHTML
I am sure that I can do it, and I will not need expensive programs.
The only problem is that, after being engaged by Head First HTML, it may be more difficult getting my brain to go back and concentrate on the manuals I have been trying to feed it.
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