JHON MARREROS GUZMAN said
If you want a simple aproach to design web sites, especially if you are a developer, this book is for you.
Sacramento Book Review said
This book is not for beginners or even those with a decent background in web design and HTML/CSS. The Head First series appears to be a web design version of "Idiot's Guide" or "...for Dummies," but it fails to capture the readability and easy writing style of those best-selling series. The authors state outright that Head First Web Design is not a reference book, but its cover differs little from web design reference books, which will cause a problem for unknowing buyers. The book is full of nice details and informative asides, but the layout negates the "keep it simple" mantra repeated in the text--each page is full of distracting illustrations and vintage photographs with one-liners, and the images switch from color to black-and-white with little cohesion. For a book that is supposedly not a reference book, there is little within the Head First Web Design to justify its nearly 500 pages. The authors' enthusiasm and knowledge comes across clearly on every page, but Head First Web Design reads more like a seminar on web design and less like a book.
Reviewed by Angela Tate
konscept said
Overall this book gave good advice. It was centered in design principles you'll have in a systems design course and adopts many of the same principles that are in design books. Easily explained, assumes you already have knowledge of xhtml, css, javascript although none are required to understand content.
M. Star said
Product arrived overseas in under two weeks. Excellent condition. I really enjoy these books and would by other titles in this series from this seller. Sorry for taking so long to leave a review, moving house and all that jazz. Cheers :)
S. Wichmann said
Don't let the cover deter you... there's a wealth of knowledge beneath it. As a somewhat practiced web-developer, I found this book to be quite a fresh and at times rather humorous approach to a subject many of us tend to marginalize in our work: the design process. From devising color schemes to navigation and content hierarchies, the book covers a lot ground and contains some pretty good exercises (though none too technical) for both novice and experienced web designers/developers. Naturally, it does a great job of illustrating how implementing good design practices in your work will translate into (and improve) your coding. I particularly found the chapter on Accessibility to be rather useful, as it is another thing a lot of us tend to forget about when creating websites...On that count, I am guilty as charged.
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