HTML 4.01 Weekend Crash Course

By Greg Perry

The Weekend Crash Course series consists of 30 sessions over a period of three days. Each session is designed to take 30 minutes to complete, so the Crash Course is an intense 15-hour learning period beginning on Friday evening and ending on Sunday afternoon. Naturally, you can adapt your learning to whatever schedule best suits your needs. HTML 4.01 Weekend Crash Course is written to meet the needs of the reader who is new to HTML and new to scripting and mark-up languages. However, through the use of carefully constructed roadmaps at the beginning of each session as well as pre- and post-assessment software on the CD-ROM, the book is also quite accessible to the reader who already has some knowledge of HTML or another scripting language.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0764547461
• ISBN13: 9780764547461
• Release Date: August 2000
• Publisher: Wiley
• Length: 480 Pages
• Weight: 1.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.3" x 1.3" x 7.5"

Customer Reviews

Excellent

I didn't know what HTML was before this book. Now I can write my own simple webpages. Excellent.

Great Book

I have absolutely no knowledge of programming and was able to easily read the material and understand it. The graphics are also great. I would recommend this book to anyone.

It did the job

This book took me from knowing absolutely nothing about HTML to being able to create a basic web page. It was very clear about using text and basic graphics. The CD-ROM included the code covered in the book as well as .gifs and .jpgs to practice with. After completing this book I was able to move on to more advanced HTML as well as JavaScript with a good understanding of the basics. I would recommend this book to anybody who has no prior knowledge of HTML, although I would suggest they take a little more time than a weekend to learn it.

Good for beginners

If you're looking to get up and running with HTML, and have no prior experience, this is a great book. You'll be introduced to the basics with an approach that gives you the confidence to learn web design. Topics are arranged in a sensible order, and the overall tone of the book is straightforward and won't fighten off a beginner by plunging headlong into a lot of jargon. This book is an excellent starting point for anyone interested in learning HTML.

Become familiar with HTML, instantly, GUARANTEED

My goal was to learn HTML quickly. I was a little skeptical buying a book that could teach HTML in a weekend, but this book delivers! In 30, one-half hour sessions, you can learn the fundamentals of HTML coding. Since it is an accelerated course, you only learn the most important HTML commands used to create Web pages. Finishing this book in a weekend might be challenging. The approach I used was to read each session and highlight the important tags and information. Some of the lessons took me longer since I wanted to experiment with the code. The first 20 sessions provide step-by-step guidance on constructing proper text, graphics, hyperlinks, e-mail links, tables, forms, frames, special audio/video effects and cascading style sheets. Along the way, you'll learn valuable Web page design techniques. But it doesn't end there; this book has a twist! In Sessions 21 through 27, you'll actually create a Family Web site, including the home page and related Web pages! The book goes through the entire process, including planning, designing, building and maintaining the Web site. It's a great way to reinforce all the HTML information from the previous sessions. This will launch you into creating your own specialized Web pages for all to see. There is a lot of competition in the HTML market, and I'm glad I found this book to jumpstart my HTML skills.