HTML Complete
 

Title: HTML Complete
Author: Sybex inc.
Publisher: Sybex inc.
ISBN: 0-7821-2801-7

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/078...lance&n=283155

Review: HTML Complete moves at a steady yet tolerable pace. It begins by thouroughly introducing HTML newbies to the basics, onto basic web deign elements and even optimising for specific browsers. After that, the book even continues onto simple Pearl, DHTML, XML, style sheets, Javascript, and the basics of how web servers work.

The real value of this book really resides in the appendix. There you will find help and instructions for every HTML tag. Great for any HTML coder who needs a quick reference. It has been the most usefull wuick reference for HTML I have ever used. Even quicker than googling the tag.

Conclusion: This book is great for beginners and experience HTML coders alike. I give this book five DaWai beard-stroking smilies out of five.
:beard::beard::beard::beard::beard:

Does it cover HTML or XHTML?

I have looked at that book and it only has an intro to XHTML at the end

Topics covered(from the amazon link):

Site planning
Frames
Graphics
Tables
Web typography
Multimedia
Style sheets
Forms
DHTML
Perl and CGI
JavaScript and JScript
XML
ASP
Introduction to XHTML

How... pointless. XHTML is not the future: it's here now. It should be used now.

It isn't entirely pointless. Are you suggesting that nothing from HTML is present in XHTML, or useful? There is a recent post where a new member asks how to learn to make a web page. Should he (or any other learner) skip all references which are not the latest and greatest, despite any clarity they have or still-valid concepts they introduce or precepts in problem solving that they impart? Shall I throw away my K&R? I would suggest that, as an expert, you are wearing blinkers.

Expert? Me? Nah...

I do, however, think that learning HTML before XHTML now is pretty much pointless. And I do believe all web developers should learn XHTML. Afterwards, learning HTML can provide an insight into how things work, how the language was designed and why things work the way they do.

Perhaps I phrased it wrong: for a newbie, this book is pointless. I wouldn't recommend a newbie pick up K&R either: I'd tell them to get C for Dummies (which I reviewed a while back), and then recommend it as a second or third C book.

Why don't you find and review a really good XHTML book for the novices. That way there wouldn't be any need to recommend good HTML material over bad XHTML material.

Fantastic idea. I'll work on it. If I can get out in the next couple of days, I'll pick one up.

Um... I fail to understand the point. "The C Programming Language" by Kernighan and Ritchie uses modern, standard C. Unless you're talking about an old edition or something.

While the example may not be perfect, I'm sure you didn't really miss the point. I hope not, anyway.