Reviews for HTML in Easy Steps

1. A quick read but I wasn't that impressed

   Rated 3 out of 5 stars, November 12th, 2009

   If you want a quick overview this book is OK in my opinion. A good proportion of the book is taken up with exercises, and each one includes the same initial steps which use up a lot of page space. However it is well laid out, clear and includes some useful tips.

2. Not recommended

   Rated 2 out of 5 stars, October 12th, 2009

   I do know HTML and have written a few dozen websites in the past 10 years. I bought this to brush up on newer tags as I haven't written any websites for a couple of years, I don't think this is particularly well written for beginners and even as an intermediate user it is very difficult to read.
   
   I am also shocked that any HMTL book would teach readers 'frames' and not indicate what a poor choice for web site design these are, I don't know any web designer worth their salt that would even consider using frames even a couple of years ago for web site layout.
   
   I would give this book 2 - 3 out of 5, personally stay clear, there are so many better books out there such as HTML by Elizabeth Castro (I used this 10 years ago to learn web design although there are much newer updated editions).

3. A good book to get started with

   Rated 4 out of 5 stars, October 12nd, 2008

   I worked my way through this book as a complete notice and found it quite easy to pick up. Can even be read before going to sleep, it is that easy going. The best part of the book is the actual page quality and feel, they have a way of making quite technical pages seem straight forward.
   
   I recommend this book, and myself bought the css one.
   
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4. Best introductory HTML book

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

   This, in my opinion is the best introductory guide to HTML that I have seen. I have been using HTML for a while, and have in fact taught HTML on an Access to HE course. Even so, there were a number of things that were new to me. As a consequence, I checked all my HTML books, many of them far bigger than this, and found that I could not find these topics. I can only conclude that the book is right up-to-date.
   
   
   What I like is the clear presentation, and the modern emphasis of doing everything in a style-sheet if at all possible.
   
   Each topic is broken up into simple chunks / steps that last for 1 or 2 pages. There are nice simple examples that involve a few lines of code, a very clear explanation and a screen-dump depicting what you would expect to see on the screen.
   
   I only wish I had this book a number of years ago. I certainly could have put together a better HTML course if I had.

5. IN EASY STEPS???????????

   Rated 1 out of 5 stars, May 12th, 2006

   This book is a nightmare for anyone trying to learn html from scratch,. This is the purpose I bought it for, and it is absolutely hopeless. There is no easy steps, and nothing is explained properly. It instantly starts using complicated terms which mean nothing to me - this is fine, but they don't go on to explain them. I don't understand where the steps are, there are none. Waste of money!