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Introduction |
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Obviously, there are tons of books about HTML. To make it a little digestable, I've divided this section into three separate bookshelves: HTML 4 about 'classic' HTML, with HTML 4.01 the current standard, XHTML the new W3C standard which is an implementation of HTML 4.01 as an XML language, and Dynamic HTML, the combination of (X)HTML, CSS, the Document Object Model and client-side scripting. |
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When I started this site, the HTML 4 standard had just appeared and most books about HTML 4 were simply rehashes
of HTML 3.2 books with HTML 4.0 extensions added. By now, HTML 4 is the standard that is
still used the most even though XHTML has already
replaced it. Obviously, there are many books about HTML 4, but many of those are not really very good: they will tell you what's available, but
often not what will work in which browser, much less what is required according to the W3C
standard.
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XHTML |
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XHTML, essentially a reimplementation of
HTML 4.01 as an XML language, has
been the W3C's "HTML" standard
since January 2000; it opens up the path to extensible and semantic markup, and presentation adapted to different client devices. It's amazing
then that only now tools like HomeSite 5 and Dreamweaver 5 are appearing with specific XHTML support built-in. Since this is such an important subject, and
XHTML is rather fundamentally different from HTML in many respects, I took a really close look at books available about XHTML. I considered books for three target audiences: those new to markup ("how do I make a web site"),
those who already know (some) HTML but want to learn how to apply the new standard
("how is XHTML different from HTML"), and those faced with converting an existing HTML web site to
XHTML in order to take advantage of the new possibilities and future extension
("how do I get from here to there"). Obviously there will be some overlaps, both in audiences, and in books aimed at them.
Wherever possible, I have reviewed the actual books, spending hours in the local bookstore(!); some books that were not available there yet will
have more informed reviews later.
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Dynamic HTML |
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These are books I recommend about Dynamic HTML (HTML). Please note
that I don't own any books about Dynamic HTML, so I'm recommending these based on readers' reviews and comments about these books in on-line discussion
forums.
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Finding other books |
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