Web Design in A Nutshell

This book is a great reference for the beginner or for the experienced user that may need a quick refresher course. The book is well indexed making finding a particular topic easy. Some of the topics include HTML authoring, graphics production and media development. There are discussion on the "standards" and using Cascading Style Sheets has more emphasis in this version of Web Design.

You are taught how to design for various browsers and monitor displays. There is even a chapter devoted for those coming from print design into Web design. Accessibility and even internationalization is covered. Of course the all the important things you need to know about getting your images online is covered. The book then moves into multimedia and interactivity and covers topics such as video on the Web, Flash and an introduction to SMIL. It all wraps up an advanced section including topics such as an introduction to JavaScript, DHTML, XML and XHTML, WAP and WML.

This is a great book for the price, easy to use and packed with valuable information.

Web Design in a Nutshell
By Jennifer Niederst
ISBN 0596001967
618 pages
O'Reilly