Head First Series HTML, CSS and XHTML

I have always felt difficult to understand HTML elements and most importantly the attributes. HTML basics have never been my core strength even though i have tweeked html’s many a times without knowing them in detail.

Last Saturday i decided to get deep in to html and know the basic of structuring the document. I remember Vijay asking me to give Head First Design Patterns a try. So went to landmark city center to look for some good html books. I thought a little odd about my idea to buy a html/css book in the world of tiddley wikis. But still i thought i must try one book rather than just visiting websites and w3schools site.

I bought Head First Series of HTML, CSS and XHTML. Just in one night i am almost done with half of the book. I never felt like reading a technical book. It is an interesting way of writing and with lot of pictorial explanations. Even though it looked like a lighter read, i must tell, there is one section called “No Dumb Questions Please” where the author lists all possible FAQ’s and makes us think. It’s not just reading but also understanding in detail. And there is a cross word section every topic. It’s a pretty good model to quiz.

I would suggest all readers to try this book. And you don’t need to be fundu in web. Because each and every element is well explained with neat pictures. And i remember my father quoting program learning methodology in which the reader is asked about a unknown scenario and is made to think about it. Later in some part of the essay the reader is given the answer. So that he gets the point right on his head.

I would suggest Ranga to give this book a try. One can even read this book like a novel and what is needed is a pencil to answer crosswords.

If you want to read a chapter as trial, visit http://www.headfirstlabs.com/ and look for some free chapter(s)