Best Books for Learning the Basics of Web Site Design (XHTML + CSS)
As mentioned earlier, I've been delving more seriously into the subject of web site design (development), starting with » XHTML, CSS & Dreamweaver.
I'm finding the design aspects offered by CSS more interesting than XHTML, which (tho necessary) seems boring by comparison. CSS is cool, cuz it lets you do cool things.
Most agree it's best to learn HTML/XHTML first. W3Schools lists both these topics before their tutorial on CSS. Many books (such as this one) tie the topics together, feeling they go hand-in-hand.
During academic years, my strategy was to master the basics. Advanced topics then come more easily. That's still my strategy.
While researching what books might be helpful, I found *two* stood out:
- Head First HTML with CSS & XHTML, by Eric & Liz Freeman, Dec 2005, 694 pgs
- HTML, XHTML, and CSS, 6th Ed, by Liz Castro (Barcelona), Aug 2006, 456 pgs
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