The best introductory book on HTML and CSS I’ve read so far. It focuses on (X)HTML and CSS, with a short chapter on graphics and barely a mention of scripting or other web topics. So it’s not as broad as Learning Web Design: A Beginner's Guide to HTML CSS Graphics and Beyond, but it covers things in much more depth, and I understood and retained more from this book. I credit the informal writing, cheesy pictures, “handwritten” explanatory notes, reader question sections, repetition, and visuals.

The book is from late 2005 and somewhat dated, but the basics of HTML and CSS presented here are essentially the same as today. The explanations of floating and positioning, which can be confusing, are very clear and understandable.

I flipped through several chapters before I encountered unknown material and had to slow down, so apparently I’ve actually learned something from my recent self-training in HTML and CSS!

Font sizes
Specify the body font size with a keyword (such as small or medium), then specify all other font sizes as ems or percentages.

Floating and positioning
The HTML for floated elements must be directly below the element you want them to float below. With absolute positioning, the order of the HTML doesn’t matter.
The top and bottom adjacent margins of block elements collapse to the size of the larger margin.
Floated elements are removed from normal flow and placed to the left or right.
Block elements ignore floated elements, but the inline elements flow around them.
Absolutely positioned elements are positioned relative to their containing element (the sides of the page, if not nested). They can be layered using a z-index.
Fixed position elements are positioned relative to the browser window and don’t move when the page is scrolled.
Relatively positioned elements are flowed into the page, then offset to leave the space they would have occupied empty.

This is a great starter book for those people who'd love to make a web page, but don't have the knowledge of a web designer. I already know these coding languages. But I've still have been keeping this book handy if I ever run into a design problems. This book is helpful for both me, the web design guru, and the you, the beginner.

I like the Head First style of O'Reilly technical books, they are more fun to read and stick in your memory better. I read this book to relearn the correct way to write webpages, rather than the old way which was only used when there barely was a web. It's interesting the improvements in standard style available, but that there's still more variation than some people would desire on how it shows up on the page.

The "Head First" method is a reasonably good way to learn HTML & CSS. Coverage of material is thorough, with excellent examples and solid explanations.

Отличная книга для старта изучения html и css

This book is really easy to understand and well-organized. It has a lot of info in it. It took me a couple of months to get through it all (and I skipped the last two chapters on tables and forms), so I'm not sure how much I remember of it. I think there should be a cheat sheet in it somewhere because there is a TON of little stuff to remember.

The only book that can give you all that you need to start writing your front-end pages

The chapter on layout and position is key to your web designing, must read especially for backend engineers trying to learn

One of the most fun technical books I've read. As it promises, it takes you properly through every concept. It doesn't jump from telling you what HTML stands for to DIVs for example. Overall it's a great resource. Highly recommended to anyone who want's to know how to markup and style their own page.

Interesting Book!

A bit basic if you already know HTML, but I think this would be a great primer for someone just starting. In addition, I like the visual layout and friendly, open writing style.

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The Head First books are the best I know. They teach programming from Java to C++. They teach it in a conversational manner that is easy to read and understand. I was able to learn HTML in only a couple of weeks and took off on building websites or reworking ones that I already had. It was a great book that I highly recommend.