The textbook for Web Skills Certification is listed below.
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Special Edition Using HTML and XHTML Molly E. Holzschlag © 2002 (May 14, 2002) |
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While the focus of this book is technical, Ms. Holzschlag instructs HTML and XHTML from a design standpoint. She is a designer who became a geek, and her book goes a long in helping us create attractive web pages while we learn proper coding, rather than learning the code to create mediocre web pages. Her approach is readable. Yes, there are some errors, but this is by far the best HTML/XHTML book we'ver ever used. Our students report to us that they actually read it and like it. The textbook is referred to on and off throughout the course, but we do not require that you bring it to class. We do recommend that you read it, and use it as a reference when creating your web site. |
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Books we've used in other courses that we highly recommend: | |
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CSS Pocket Reference Eric A. Meyer © 2001 (June 2001) |
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It's more than just a pocket reference. It has valuable bite-size nuggets of CSS principles and inconsistencies. | |
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JavaScript: A Beginner's Guide John Pollock © 2001 (March 23, 2001) |
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Our students found this book to be a good combination of tutorial, with useful examples, and reference book, with a well-indexed appendix. Useful for beginner and intermediate learner. | |
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Webmaster in a Nutshell, Third Edition Stephen Spainhour, Robert Eckstein © 2003 (December 1, 2002) |
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This book is a great technical resource for non-HTML technologies. We like the chapters on CGI, server-side includes, PERL, PHP, HTTP, and Apache. | |
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Webmastering For Dummies® Daniel A. Tauber, Brenda Kienan © 2001 (December 2000) |
| This is a great book for the small business, whether that business is buying or selling web site design and production services. It addresses many issues that simply are not covered in technical manuals. | |
Handouts
The eightytwenty.com web site pages are on-line hand-outs and are available for you to print before (or after) coming to class, as you see fit. They are available to you on-line from the first week of class (when you receive your user ID and password) for an as yet, undetermined period of time after the course ends.
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