Finally. An HTML book worth buying. If you write or design for the Web you’ll quickly find this book the only paper-based guide to HTML worth keeping. Written by Chuck Musciano and Bill Kennedy, the style and tone of the work is refreshingly crisp and painstakingly accurate.
O’Reilly & Associates is one of the few computer book publishers that doesn’t get caught up in sacrificing quality for bulk in its titles. At almost 400 pages, HTML: The Definitive Guide isn’t a lightweight, but there is absolutely no fluff or coverage of tangential issues in this work. The book is an authoritative treatment of the HTML markup language; you won’t find general Internet or Web information here. Readers of other O’Reilly titles will find the book’s interior design and layout familiar; HTML: The Definitive Guide is easily navigated and best treated as a reference guide.
In the three years since the creation of HTML, the markup language has grown in both power and complexity. HTML: The Definitive Guide manages this complexity effectively by providing generous examples and an integrated style guide. This is the first HTML reference I’ve seen that refers to the non-existent HTML 3.0 as what it is: a marketing gimmick. Moreover, this is the first book I’ve seen that provides a clear and concise discussion of how non-standard and pseudo-standard HTML tags are handled by various Web browsers. This information is crucial for serious Web authors and designers.
HTML: The Definitive Guide covers the HTML 2.0 standard and the Netscape 2.0 extensions. That may sound outdated, but it’s not. The work includes complete coverage of the most recent HTML constructs including forms, tables, font handling, frames, and dynamic documents (server push/client pull).
HTML: The Definitive Guide
By Chuck Musciano and Bill Kennedy
1st Edition April 1996
ISBN: 1-56592-175-5
US$27.95
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