HTML Black Book (Little Black Book S.) - Softcover

Holzner, Steven

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1576106179 ISBN 13: 9781576106174

Publisher: Coriolis Group,U.S., 2000

Synopsis

Explains how to use HTML to create interlaced and animated GIF images, add multimedia effects to Web pages, write self-modifying pages, create Java applets, develop XML documents, and determine browser type in code.

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Review

There are plenty of HTML tutorials available, but this one has several distinctive features. It does not assume previous knowledge, but gets into nitty-gritty detail early on, so that intermediate users will find plenty of content. When a tag is introduced, all of its attributes are fully explained, so the book works well for reference as well as learning. It takes a hands-on approach, with plenty of answers to real-world problems and lots of example code.

With over 1000 pages, this is a substantial volume that covers a lot of ground. The author begins with HTML essentials such as handling text, images, lists, tables and frames. Next come intermediate topics including multimedia and style sheets. The second half of the book covers dynamic features, starting with JavaScript and going on with forms and controls, Dynamic HTML, Java applets and XML. Finally, there is a useful introduction to CGI scripting with Perl.

Each chapter follows the same pattern. It begins with a table of solutions. For example, if you want to know how to use images in table cells, you will find it listed here. Next comes a section called "In Depth", which explains the topic, and following that a section of "Immediate Solutions" with examples. Some problems are introduced by a question-and-answer format, with a supposed novice programmer asking the questions. As a literary device this is annoying, but the actual topics are relevant and the explanations good. --Tim Anderson

About the Author

Steven Holzner (Cambridge, MA) is a former contributing editor for PC Magazine and has authored more than 60 books ranging in subject from assembly language to C++. His books have sold over a million copies and have been translated into 15 languages. Steven was on the faculty of Cornell University for 10 years, where he earned his Ph.D., and has also been on the faculty of his undergraduate school, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Edition details

• Publisher: Coriolis Group,U.S.
• Publication date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1576106179
• ISBN 13: 9781576106174
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 1300