Reviews for Foundation Website Creation with CSS, XHTML, and JavaScript: Design with CSS, XHTML, and AJAX

1. How I learnt to stop worrying and started to love code

   Rated 5 out of 5 stars, March 12nd, 2009

   Here's a text that's going tell you all you ever wanted to know (well for starters anyway), about mark-up code but never dared ask in case it made you look too un-nerdy... :)
   
   I must state that I haven't read the whole thing from front to back, but I'm not so sure that's what people who want help and advice about basic website building really need. What you require is to be able to grasp the salient facts quickly and easily. Get a grip on what's what and to be encouraged to get started straight away. "Foundation Website Creation" does just that. It's very clear and you can dip in and out it. It's got a great introduction - the basic premise is that you're already one of them:) a coder, and you're going through the process of designing something from scratch, the text is pitched at just the right level of competence to make you feel you understand and yet you want more. To be honest I've tried reading books about building sites, writing mark-up code and so forth before they either got too complicated too quickly, and/or assumed I knew loads of stuff I didn't or I felt as if I'd never get anywhere as pages rolled on and... So what we have are ten chapter headings divided into small bite sized chunks...And I'm just working my way through. The text is straight forward and often amusing and always keeps in mind that we're in this to make a business model that works... Oh and there's a brilliant index linking everything together.
   
   My sincere appreciation to all three of the authors of this book for making me, an artist/painter, believe I might just be able to learn to stop worrying and love code. Thanks guys.
   

2. Brilliant!!!

   Rated 5 out of 5 stars, December 12th, 2008

   I have read a lot of books regarding web design and this is definitely one of my favorites! Not only does this give you a refresh on how the web started and how web standards have changed the way we work and use the web, but it gives you good tips on project management. What really impressed me was the detailed explanation of the CSS box model and document flow.
   
   Then it goes on to show how to test, publish and maintain a site, which is the one thing that i didn't really know much about.
   
   This is definitely one for the beginner or intermediate web designer and i would even say that this is close to being the web design bible!!!!
   
   Go and buy this and then buy "Bulletproof web design", just to cover all angles!