I love the Head First series of books, but this one was very tedious to read. My main complaint is that the book teaches you to do something one way and then later shows you a more efficient way to do the same thing. Why waste my time with 20 some pages of inefficient markup that I'm just going to delete a few pages later and replace with better code? My second complaint is that there is too much repetition. It takes a good 10 pages to make simple changes to the example websites, because the author describes the changes at least 5 different ways. The book is much longer than it should be and with all the "Oops, there's an easier way to do this..." I was disappointed in the quality of this book. However, I did get a good overview of HTML and CSS, enough that I can confidently create a simple website from scratch. Having known nothing about building a website before reading this book, this was the perfect introduction. However, it is much more than just a primer. I devoured this 710 page book in less than two weeks. It was that interesting. Definitely worth the time and money. I just finished building my first website on my own using what I learned about HTML and CSS from this book. The book is visual, user-friendly, and funny as well.
What do You think about Head First HTML And CSS (2012)?
Great format for an educational read. Made learning fun. :)
—Micaiah
Great beginners explanation of HTML and CSS.
—lmullan
