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As a kid, I had a fascination with computers and the Internet, and even taught myself a little bit of HTML out of a book so I could play at making my own website. I never pursued coding in adulthood, so I'm unsure if it's a field I would enjoy. I decided to pick up this beginner's textbook, run through it, and just see how I feel. (And yes, I'm aware HTML is only the tip of the iceberg nowadays.)

Very useful.

done.

Almost done.

Great book

This book is amazing and I'm so glad I'm finally reading after years of just beating my head against the site-designing walls in frustration. Packed with information but delivered so concisely. All the displays of code side-by-side with how it looks in a browser are so helpful.

The person that is reading the book is the dynamic “character” because they are changing because they are gaining knowledge on a new subject. Meanwhile if I didn’t read the book I would be static since I didn’t gain any new knowledge on the subject.

This is for people that are interested in learning HTML & CSS language and the rules that follow. It instructs with instances of code to explain how it is constructed.

This book was written to developers, designers, to help teach them how to devolve their own websites without needing to pay $100’s of dollars to other separate developers for a simple website you can make your self. The reader of this book is someone who is interested in getting better or learning how to code in html and css.

The hard part about buying a book like this is that technology changes so rapidly. A fair amount of things I've encountered while reading this book were either updated or invalidated, and sometimes the information was just plainly presented wrong.

Good book. Covered the basics and I'm comfortable coding using reference materials for CSS and html objects that I don't have memorized.

Helpful for a beginner so far.

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So far so good with my revision on CSS. This could be the start of great opportunities.

94

Finally learning CSS

Does what it says on the tin.

I’ve never been so excited to read a textbook? And it’s not required for my classes? I’m actually being studious for once

Very light reading, wonderful way to spend a Thursday night.

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Want latest standard CSS info? CSS 3 is divided into independent documents, such a mess! Terminology changes from version to version, CSS 4 is still in the works. I now treat MDN as a standard with peeks at W3C. Stopped at https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/d..., added 116 cards.

Info on selectors:
https://www.w3.org/TR/selectors-3/
https://www.w3.org/TR/selectors-4/

I hate the mismatch between standards and popular works. Jon calls 1‒6 numbers in h1‒h6 “levels” (in quotes), where W3C calls them ranks. HTML is so ubiquitous, people don't care about the standard. Also, DreamWeaver still exists‽

“Brackets” on p77 are weirdly misplaced. P108: GIMP not being mentioned is a disgrace. It is however mentioned on p113, huh? P207: Flash, lol.

The book is *beautifully* typeset, looks like a glossy magazine, but God its discussion of CMS/e-commerce is outdated. It was published while HTML5/CSS3 were still in progress! Microsoft Word screenshot also doesn't feature the ribbon (introduced in 2007), which is strange.

The colors are very pleasing, I wonder if I should take my images for Anki from it. And the pictures are gorgeous!

I never get bored while studying
its design is extraordinary
everybody can study it
it contains all essential information to learn