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Aug 07.2007

Good afternoon

Where do I start to learn to hand code?

Having been convinced by earlier posts that I should get off my butt and learn something new I would appreciate advice as to where to start.

It would be great if I could just pop down to the local store and purchase a book from a selection but as English books are not available here that is not possible.

Possibly if I knew the book I wanted I could purchase it on line but without recommendations I would get lost with all the “marketing blah blah” and end up with something useless.

Is there such a book as “HTML for dummies” – I got along well with “DOS for Dummies” years ago.

Advice will be appreciated from anyone who has gone from WYSIWYG to coding themselves – experience is the best teacher they say.

Cheers

Jack
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@LeeUAug 07.2007 — I found that this is a great book for what you want to do as it teaches HTML and CSS AT THE SAME TIME: Integrated HTML and CSS. (That's a review I wrote about it.) Most others teach them separately.
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@ryanbutlerAug 07.2007 — I told a fellow colleague (in the networking field) about this book:

http://www.sitepoint.com/books/html1/

And he seemed to love it, since he had no prior HTML or CSS experience.
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@ray326Aug 08.2007 — Check my sig, Jack.
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@ryanbutlerAug 08.2007 — Nothing personal to ray's signature, but the quick start guide for HTML by Castro is worthless in my opinion. It's reference more than anything else. It provides no practical examples of how to apply HTML or CSS in a realistic setting. I've looked and read samples chapters of both and in my opinion, you'd be better served by Sitepoints, if my opinion matters.
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@cmb28Aug 10.2007 — The problem with a lot of the books out there are that they are somewhat expensive, especially if you get something you don't need or can't use on accident (where the marketing blah–blah gets you).

Personally, when I started out, I went with the sitepoint books. They seemed to be fairly priced at the store in comparison to others and offered me plenty of information to get started. Plus they cover html and CSS in the same book.

Just a couple pennies,

Chase
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@1bigdawg_cox_neAug 11.2007 — Is it possible there you have access to a public library that would have english language books, if so you might have the opportunity to look through several until you find one you like and then could order it.
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@WebJoelAug 12.2007 — I am quite fond of the Eliz. Castro book cited above (and ever-so mildly put off ? by ryan's comment against it), -[U]until[/U] I checked out that book and now, I am in agreement about sitepoint book "Build Your Own Web Site The Right Way Using HTML & CSS"... That is a [U]gotta-havit[/U] book! ? -Thanks for that tip!
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