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Simply HTML5: How To Visual Guide
Simply HTML5 is written to help you learn the very basics of HTML5 to help you create your very first basic web page as well to help you advance you the next level of web design by providing you with easy to learn step-by-step visually illustrated tutorials. Learn the ins and outs of creating a basic web page today. This book will mainly focus on HTML5 with a couple of very quick introductions on how to add CSS and JavaScript to your web pages using HTML5.
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207 pages, Paperback
Published September 29, 2020
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November 19, 2020
Vanilla Intro to HTML 5
The title of this book states it is “Simply HTML,” but the authors do include more information about things like CSS and scripting at the back of the book. Not much, just an introduction. I'm not quite sure why they call it a visual guide, as I usually think of a “visual” guide as being something more colorful than just basic text. Yes, they do show how certain HTML tags render, but that doesn't make it a visual book to me. The language of the book itself is simple and frankly not that interesting to read. I have been working with HTML since 2.0, so I have read a variety of HTML books over the years. I found this to be one of the least engaging I've read.
I received a free copy of this book, but that did not affect my review.
The title of this book states it is “Simply HTML,” but the authors do include more information about things like CSS and scripting at the back of the book. Not much, just an introduction. I'm not quite sure why they call it a visual guide, as I usually think of a “visual” guide as being something more colorful than just basic text. Yes, they do show how certain HTML tags render, but that doesn't make it a visual book to me. The language of the book itself is simple and frankly not that interesting to read. I have been working with HTML since 2.0, so I have read a variety of HTML books over the years. I found this to be one of the least engaging I've read.
I received a free copy of this book, but that did not affect my review.
December 9, 2020
Simply HTML5 is simple as in survey not as in easy. The book covers most of the features and tags of HTML5 - not in-depth but by giving a starting point for self-learners or as a quick reference for experienced users. Occasionally the author assumes that an illustration adequately explains the meaning of a tag or attribute.
For example, he gives no clear meaning of the tag
Similarly, he ends a brief discussion on “Boolean Attributes” by saying, “I think you get the point of what is a valid and not a valid boolean attribute from the above example.”
The book does not teach the use of CSS or JS, but it does include a chapter on weaving each into the development of a web page using HTML5. I found it interesting that examples were provided for a number of browsers (Firefox was the most common example, throughout the book), but Chrome's use on a PC was omitted.
The book may be useful as an ancillary text for a course, but not as the main text - no problem sets or programming tasks are given for students.
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This review is based on a free electronic copy provided by the publisher for the purpose of creating this review. The opinions expressed are my own.
For example, he gives no clear meaning of the tag
- leaving the reader to see the examples and trying out examples in their own code to understand what it controls and accomplishes. The author says that "dir" specifies the direction of the text, though clearly it does not if the language used is English.Similarly, he ends a brief discussion on “Boolean Attributes” by saying, “I think you get the point of what is a valid and not a valid boolean attribute from the above example.”
The book does not teach the use of CSS or JS, but it does include a chapter on weaving each into the development of a web page using HTML5. I found it interesting that examples were provided for a number of browsers (Firefox was the most common example, throughout the book), but Chrome's use on a PC was omitted.
The book may be useful as an ancillary text for a course, but not as the main text - no problem sets or programming tasks are given for students.
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This review is based on a free electronic copy provided by the publisher for the purpose of creating this review. The opinions expressed are my own.
November 13, 2020
Everything you wanted to know about HTML 5 in an easy to read and useful guide
Simply HTML5: How To Visual Guide is an easy to understand book that is well written. It has a lot of information about HTML with good explanations and then examples of each code/command. There are a lot of topics covered and I have not made it though this entire book in detail yet. But what i have read so far I really liked and found useful. I am not a programmer but have done a few things so this will be very useful.
I received a copy of this book and am leaving my honest review. My opinions are all my own.
Simply HTML5: How To Visual Guide is an easy to understand book that is well written. It has a lot of information about HTML with good explanations and then examples of each code/command. There are a lot of topics covered and I have not made it though this entire book in detail yet. But what i have read so far I really liked and found useful. I am not a programmer but have done a few things so this will be very useful.
I received a copy of this book and am leaving my honest review. My opinions are all my own.
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