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Sv: Books - what are the best references for HTML? Try Ray and Ray's!
Subject:Sv: Books - what are the best references for HTML? Try Ray and Ray's! From:John Norgaard <john -dot- pmail -at- GET2NET -dot- DK> Date:Thu, 16 Jul 1998 21:22:50 +0200
If you know the basics - HTML - you need to have a good
reference/compendium and I have not yet seen any that is comparable to this
one. It graphically shows whether a certain browser/version supports a tag
etc. - It can be viewed online at the following address and it can also be
downloaded. Unzipped it fills about 9MB.
I would also say throw those books about HTML away. Okay many of them are
good, but as said you will find the up-to-date information onlinee.
Instead of buying a site visit
an excellent site (out of thousands) with tutorials on HTML for
beginners/advanced, javascript etc.
You really don't need to buy a book.
Regards
John
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> Emne: Re: Books - what are the best references for HTML? Try Ray and
Ray's!
> Dato: 16. juli 1998 17:37
>
> Ray and Ray's _Mastering HTML 4.0_ (Sybex, 1997, ISBN:
> 0-7821-2102-0) is excellent! It's on my bookshelf, and I refer to it
> whenever I need a quick reminder. The body of the book progresses
> effectively from beginning to advanced techniques and considerations.
Much
> of the book deals with HTML 3.2 (which is essential, since using HTML 4.0
is
> still not always practical on sites that will be visited by users with
older
> browsers) and the examples dealing with 4.0 do a good job of covering
what's
> supported by Netscape vs. what's supported by IE.
>
> At the end of the book, you'll find a great reference section,
> covering HTML elements, Cascading Style Sheets, and JavaScript.
>
> While some argue that one shouldn't buy a book, since it'll be
> outdated by the time it's published, I find it helpful to use a reference
> like this book. I know I'll need to be writing pages in HTML 3.2 for our
> Internet site for quite a while -- so it doesn't matter if my reference
book
> doesn't cover all the latest in the language -- and it's so convenient to
be
> able to thumb to a reference page.
>
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