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Kelly Murdoch's
Master Visually HTML 4 and XHTML 1 is a useful addition to the HTML corpus, but one that comes with reservations. The "One Picture is worth a thousand words" tag line on the book's back cover is a wonderful cliché but one that does not always hold for computer books. A picture, even when broken down into "captioned, step-by-step screen shots", shows you an end result and, unless you are familiar with HTML already, the limited amount of text and code (incorporated into the screen shots) accompanying the effect is not really enough to teach how a language works. Another disadvantage is the coupling together of HTML 4 and XHTML. While the two languages share a great deal, the syntax is slightly different and as such separating them can be a good idea. The author does not confuse the two but the structure of the book tends to blur the distinctions.
The book's breadth is impressive: it contains over 300 illustrated tasks involving CGI, adding embedded objects, JavaScript, Style Sheets and DHTML. These help to make it a useful reference--and a book to dip into--but not the clearest guide for the beginner. --Mark Thwaite
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With over 1,200 annotated screenshots, this is the only comprehensive HTML/XHTML reference that presents information using a visual approachóincluding coverage of JavaScript, Java, XML, and other cutting–edge technologies. This step–by–step reference starts you off with the basics of formatting text and adding images and then moves on to cover streaming video, VRML, and other advanced topics. The CD–ROM contains a searchable PDF of the entire book.
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