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Title: Essential CSS and DHTML for Web Professionals (2nd Edition) by Dan Livingston ISBN: 0-13-064995-3 Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR Pub. Date: 16 July, 2001 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $29.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.75 (8 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: Not really essential
Comment: I found this book quite dissapointing. I thought from what I read in the book summary that it would be a book on more advanced techniques, but it was really quite basic. Not a good beginning point for learners, and too basic for people who know more than the basics. Also, about 40% of the book is made up of reference appendices, disappointing, since the book isn't all that long (7 chapters, only 3-4 of which actually address real DHMTL). I would not have purchased this book if I knew before hand what I know now.
Rating: 2
Summary: Serious flaws--I'm disappointed by my fellow reviewers.
Comment: The author uses browser version sniffing to achieve cross-browser DHTML, which means your code WILL break in the future if you follow his advice. Object detection is the way to go. I'm angry about the way this joker discusses CSS2 positioning properties such as float, clear, and position. He simply says, "These aren't supported the same way in all browsers, so just avoid them for now." I guess he has no faith in his own flawed cross-browser techniques! Hah! There are a couple good examples for beginners on how to hide and animate menus, but they are all heavily based on his terrible cross-browser javascript code. Finally, this book is very short. To make things worse, the pages are small, and the font-size is big. I recommend the 1400 page "Dynamic HTML - The Definitive Reference" second edition by Danny Goodman.
Rating: 4
Summary: Great Refresher - Good starting place
Comment: Great place to start CSS and dHTML or refresh your memory plus a handy reference. This book tells you exactly how to create the nice little dHTML menus that you see at places like eddiebauer.com and others. Missing a few things. For you beginners, this does not directly cover the difference in Class vs. ID in the div tag but more hints at it. You're supposed to take what he's doing as gospel. Might be missing a few of the cool tricks from dHTML but overall it's great.
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Title: Dynamic HTML : The HTML Developer's Guide by Jeff Rule ISBN: 0201379619 Publisher: Addison-Wesley Pub Co Pub. Date: 02 December, 1998 List Price(USD): $39.95 |
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Title: Essential XML for Web Professionals by Dan Livingston ISBN: 0130662542 Publisher: Prentice Hall Pub. Date: 15 January, 2002 List Price(USD): $34.99 |
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Title: Sams Teach Yourself Active Server Pages in 24 Hours by Christoph Wille, Christian Kollier ISBN: 0672316129 Publisher: SAMS Pub. Date: 14 June, 1999 List Price(USD): $19.99 |
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Title: Active Server Pages 3.0: Your visual blueprint for developing interactive Web sites by Ruth Maran ISBN: 0764534726 Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Pub. Date: 01 July, 2000 List Price(USD): $24.99 |
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Title: JavaScript: Your visual blueprint for building dynamic Web pages by Kelly L. Murdock ISBN: 0764547305 Publisher: Visual Pub. Date: 01 July, 2000 List Price(USD): $24.99 |
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