HTML: Comprehensive Concepts and Techniques

by Gary B. Shelly, Thomas J. Cashman, Denise M. Woods

Part of the highly successful Shelly Cashman series, this text provides a comprehensive introduction to HTML and leads the user through a clear, step-by-step, screen-by-screen approach to learning. Readers learn how to create a Web page using HTML, format the page, add graphics, and more. Benefits: * Contains twelve chapters and five appendices that offer comprehensive coverage of HTML, including the Web development life cycle, Web page creation using HTML, creating lists, creating links, inserting images, and formatting text. * Offers a new Plan Ahead feature which prepares students to create successful projects by encouraging them to think about what they are trying to accomplish before they begin. * Gives students the information they need to know, when they need to know it through enhancements to the step-by-step instructions, a new Q&A feature, and improved call-outs on screenshots. * Engages students with new Experimental steps, which encourage them to go beyond step-by-step instructions to explore and experiment with HTML code. * Increases students' retention with brand new end-of-chapter exercises, including Make It Right, Extend Your Knowledge, and Make It Personal, which emphasize problem-solving and experimentation.

696 pages, Paperback

Published October 3, 2006

About the author

Gary B. Shelly wrote and published his first computer education textbook in 1969. More than twenty million copies of Shelly Cashman Series textbooks have since been sold.

Gary and a talented group of contributing authors have produced books on computer programming, computer concepts, and application software that are the leading textbooks in the computer technology market today. Gary has hosted the annual Shelly Cashman Institute, a week-long training event focusing on the latest topics in technology, for the past 34 years.

Reviews

[Amanda · Rating 4 out of 5]

I used this book for an online class. It was great for learning HTML and XML. However, the Javascript section could have been better, the examples weren't as clear...but JS isn't the easiest to begin with!