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DHTML and CSS Advanced: Visual QuickPro Guide
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DHTML and CSS Advanced: Visual QuickPro Guide |
Author: Jason Cranford Teague
Published: 2004-12-25 |
List price: $29.99
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 Not advanced and misses the point
I was greatly disappointed with this book. I have bought many other visual quickpro books which have been great.
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br /This book is not advanced. The examples in this book do not separate content, presentation and function.
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br /Javascript should be separated from the content of the page, not mashed into the (X)HTML as was typically done in early web sites. The javascript hooks in the code examples are invariably hard-coded into onclick=".." attributes. While that may work fine at first, just try updating pages full of onclick attributes and you'll be looking for a better way.
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br /CSS should be used to separate the presentation from the content of the page as much as possible. It seems that the author has 'divitis': there are so many nested divs in some of the examples it's hard to follow the markup.
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br /The book gives lip service to accessibility, but does not follow the concept through: many of the examples will not degrade gracefully in non-javascript enabled browsers. Dynamic html pages _can_ play well with all browsers: this is advanced javascript. If you follow the examples in this book, however, you'll be discriminating against a large part of your audience.
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br /You will get better information in:
br /For css:
br /CSS Mastery: Advanced Web Standards Solutions
br /Web Standards Solutions: The Markup and Style Handbook (Pioneering Series)
br /For javascript:
br /ppk on JavaScript, 1/e (VOICES)
 Outstanding book - a must have for your library
When I first got interested in DHTML I purchased both of Teague's books on DHTML and CSS. They have proved to be invaluable. His writing is easy to understand. The format is easy to follow and consistent throughout. He uses just enough illustrations to demonstrate the subject. His knowledge of JavaScript, HTML, and CSS is exemplary and the examples used in the book are pretty much bug/error free (unlike many books I've read that contain code). If you're just getting started with DHTML, get both of Teague's books. You won't regret it.
 It Flipped the Switch that other books didn't
I've actually been using CSS for about 8 years now. Mostly just for font/color control, as positioning support wasn't wide spread until the last few years.
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br /This book helped flip the switch on just how pure CSS layouts (header, footer, left nav, body) need to be setup to work. I probably just skipped over something in my other books.
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br /The layouts, practical DTHML menus, and a very useful section on making great looking and performing forms, make this book well worth the price.
 Cookbook
This is the sequel to the excellent DHTML and CSS for the World Wide Web. It is merely a cookbook of techniques, whereas the first book is an outstanding introduction to an advanced subject.
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br /This book is worth leafing through to find items of interest but it does not advance the state of the art in the way the first book did.
Good but not what I was expecting...
I was a little surprised that the one chapter on Advanced DHTML techniques could have been titled: "Intro to JavaScript." I was disappointed because there was little on advanced CSS layout (1 chapter) with examples that were difficult to follow.
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br /If you want a book teaching JavaScript and PHP integration this book is for you. If you want a book on advanced CSS techniques that you might want to look elsewhere.
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