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Cascading Style Sheets for Dummies
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Cascading Style Sheets for Dummies |
Author: Damon A. Dean
Published: 2001-08-15 |
List price: $24.99
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As of: December 04th, 2008 06:16:24 PM
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 Title Should Say "By Dummies"!
This is absolutely the worst book I have ever attempted to read. I agree with the other reviewers' remarks concerning the author's cutesy feeble attempts at humor. More irritating, however, is his failure to describe adequately the topics on which he touches, and the organization of the book is poor. He tells you part of something in one chapter, and maybe another part of it in another chapter - or not at all. When you apply the instructions he provides, the result often doesn't work, and there is nothing in the book to help you figure out why.
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br /Most of the section headings are extremely stupid puns. Now, I have nothing against puns, mind you, but there is an enormous difference between a smart pun and a stupid one. Damon Dean must not be able to get the smart ones. Yet from a navigational standpoint, using puns in headings is really stupid. The headings are what a reader relies on to locate a topic. Any competent writer knows that. When puns are used in the headings, the reader is at a real loss about the subsumed topic, which completely defeats the purpose of the headings in the first place.
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br /The old adage "If you can't dazzle them with brilliance, baffle them with B. S." no doubt applies here. Generally when a speaker or writer succeeds only in confusing the audience, it's because he doesn't know what he's talking about. I would venture to say that that is the case with Damon Dean.
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br /If this were the only book a person had for learning how to use cascading style sheets, he would give up on the subject altogether before he got halfway through. I, for one, will never waste my money on a "For Dummies" book again!
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 Only if you really are a dummy!
While it's true that the Dummies series are supposed to provide a way for the less-proficient to easily get their feet wet, this installment is so annoyingly scripted as to be headache-inducing. The author attempts to lighten the load by injecting humor into the book. But the jokes are bad and they mostly just clutter the author's run-on sentences. The text is so cutesy at times I found myself actually getting fatigued reading it. This book could be simplified and probably cut down by 50 pages if the author would dispense with the "funny" interjections and just focus on the topic.pOf course, it's just a beginner's guide, so the book serves no practical reference purpose after you get through it.
Who edited this book?
The writing in this book is muddy, and like another reviewer here, I had to buy a second book to figure out what this book was saying. Since Dummies books are for beginners, a logical order running from easy to difficult should be used. This author is all over the place.pThe above is bad enough, then add to this the obvious fact that the book was merely spell-checked but never looked at by an editor (or at least by one who knows grammar and syntax).pThe code isn't consistent, and the index has errors.pDon't buy this book. It was obviously pushed out the publisher's door without any attempt to make sure customers get their money's worth. Don't you get ripped off too.
Wow - amazing this ever got published!
The author mingles in many personal remarks which clutters the content substantially, making for a difficult, annoying read. After finding another introductory intermediate CSS book, then comparing the two, I can honestly say CSS For Dummies is not organized well, has examples which do not contain vital information or a variety of applications. Based on other books I've owned read, this book is a poor choice when learning CSS.pWorst of all, there was at least one sample file on the included CD where illegal [chemical] use was cited in the text (see Ch8_fixed.html on the CD - the author writes about "being pissed", and taking [a chemical]). Examples as this clearly make the book an undesirable selection - especially for youth trying to learn CSS. There are simply no reasons for either using offensive language or blatant references to illegal [chemical] use in a book like this.pI'll never buy another "Dummies" book again.
too many mistakes
Full of errors and mistakes -- not only this, but the author is impossible to follow. Had to buy another book on the topic. Stay away.
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