"Perhaps the best-written HTML tutorial ever." This book occupies a unique spot in my opinion. It's "the competition." All other HTML/Web page learning or how-to books are trying to knock the crown from this book's head. While it may not be for everyone， it just does such a superb job that it defines the field. Congratulations， Elizabeth. This is what I could classify as a true intermediate or advanced book. Elizabeth Castro doesn't waste time or steps trying to teach a newbie how to click here or create a text file. In fact， so much is assumed that this really can't be called a beginner book at all. So， if you know what you're doing or what you want， this book will serve you well. The whole HTML thing is broken down into tasks: formatting， text， layout commands， cascading style sheets--the whole nine yards. Then individual HTML commands or tasks are illustrated one to a page. The steps fall down the outside of the page; illustrations line the page's inside. While this is all a great way to learn HTML， I can still find room for improvement--though not at the expense of the format. For example， a reference or tear-out card would have been handy. And some topics， especially JavaScript， are glossed over too quickly to be useful. From personal experience， I know that some topics， such as FTP， could use even more hands-on examples. If you "get it" when it comes to computers， and are ready to do some down-and-dirty HTML coding (and I'm not talking lame-old FrontPage here)， this book will teach you the basics in no time. It will provide a firm foundation upon which you can easily build your Web pages for the future. --Dan Gookin From Library Journal Peachpit's "Visual Quickstart" guides are real meat-and-potatoes works for beginners. Nothing fancy to be found here， just one annotated screen shot after another. An advanced user will finish one of these books during a two-hour airplane ride; beginners will need a day. But everyone will welcome the purely practical approach.Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information， Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. See all Editorial Reviews