Murach's HTML5 and CSS3

Have a long history with HTML as well as CMS (like WordPress). Have been using on-line sources such as w3schools and others. However, a book like this is necessary as it organizes all those tidbits of html and css that one picks up online.It is a stand alone reference and you don't need to go to those online references to learn html and you can do it completely from this book. However it's very difficult to do things completely online as you just end up with many clips you put in a loose leaf book.Also it shows the latest methods in flexbox, floating columns, lists &etc. It's organized around building a website using HTML5 and CSS3 with each chapter dealing with different design concepts. Then the last 30% of the book deals with pick & choose advanced topics.A really necessary guide for anyone using html to develop & support websites. Also the book is nicely printed on clean white paper in a nice easy to read font. Complete with many B&W illustrations. I bought several books on HTML & CMS (not css) during this time and returned the other ones. A disclaimer: the colored index tabs are my own, added after purchase.

The writing and exposition in this book is unusually good, and the formatting (text on the left, examples and pictures on the right) works very well. The book is a joy to read, and the concepts they cover, they cover very clearly. This book is excellent for someone first learning HTML or CSS, and it covers how to combine the basic concepts to build the most common things one will want to put on a web site, such as multi-tier menus.The coverage is not really adequate for a working professional (or someone aspiring to be). For example, the "display" property is not adequately described, and the flexible box model is not covered at all. For responsive menus, they punt the design to an external jquery library: fine for getting a tiny web site off the ground, but not going to help you understand how an existing company did it in-house. I think if you combine this book with Gasston's CSS3 book, you'd have a winning combination which collectively cover what you need to know.

Before I bought the book, I had learned some HTML5 and CSS3 from free tutorial sites. This book supercharged my skills and taught me plenty I did not know. I am now much better at getting the page layout I want, making it look the same across browsers, and getting my site to look and function correctly on different devices.Whenever I had a question or encountered an error, either in the book or its companion files, the Murach family has been very helpful to me. I have conversed with Joel Murach in particular a number of times via e-mail. He handles feedback with enthusiasm and has a good sense of humor.You do need to download the companion files from the Murach site to get the most out of the book. But that's a small price to pay for what you'll get out of it.I ended up purchasing a number of Murach books, and my experience has been excellent each time.

Murach seems to have it all together. They teach much of the subject, stay on the subject, and treat it well as well as include everything you need to be able to use the learning to accomplish something. Well done.After going through chapter 6, I am now a firm believer that even though Murach books are a little more expensive, the price is worth it. It's Not about cost, it's about Quality materials. Murach's books are high quality teaching material. Therefore, I'm now willing to pay the price, because of the thoroughness Murach takes to ensure every book has the quality in it he claims. Excellent learning books.

Needed to learn how to make web pages. Took a class and this was the required textbook.Finished with the class but I still use this book as reference material. There is so much here and it has helped me a great deal.

This is a really good book on HTML. Most technical book have typos and this has a few, but that is to be expected. Highly informative and worth the money. Well put together. I also believe in using as many books as possible because this covers 90 - 95% of what you need, get it. I've never found one source about web development that covers all areas but this one does a pretty good job.

I'm a software engineer but haven't touched CSS/HTML since 2008. This book was awesome. I read it in a week and it gave a refresher to everything and brought me up to speed on new things like flexbox and flex grid. Buy it.

I read this before taking a web design class at my local community college. But reading through this book was WAY more worthwhile than the class, which I ended up dropping because the professor was teaching things that I realized were completely outdated and flat out wrong after reading this book.

This book is all you need to learn html and css and it is well structured the information you get from this book is of the same quality As what I received from my lecturers at university.

Everything you need is in there, as an example at least. A bit short on discussion of principles, like characteristics of HTML boxes, but up to date and gives good advice on what site features give the web crawlers an easy time. Best book I've found on this topic so far

Hi first impressions are this book difficult to read with big blocks of poorly formated text and appears to have some admissions for example no mention of important concepts such as box-sizing at least not in the index... It is also quite pricy. I'm an experienced web developer who wanted a good reference book but not sure that I have found it.

I found this book very helpful. Take the time to do all of the exercises and the book will help you to move forward and learn html5 and css3 very well. It explains and links the the html and css together well.

Great book as always from Murach. Simply the best!