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Dear All,

I am doing some practice in HTML to learn.

Can anybody suggest the name of book, which is useful to learn HTML and CSS from begins.
Please provide the weblink also, if it is free on net.

Thanks and regards,
Nakul

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asked for a beginner book, and several replies pointed to online tutorials and printed references. A practical approach is to use one clear, beginner-friendly book for the learning path, then keep a few authoritative online references for up-to-date details, browser support and examples.

Good, reliable online references:

Recommended books (look for recent editions that cover HTML5, Flexbox and Grid):

  • Jon Duckett — HTML and CSS: Design and Build Websites
  • Jennifer Robbins — Learning Web Design
  • Eric A. Meyer — CSS: The Definitive Guide (for deeper CSS)

Start-learning workflow (practical, step-by-step):

  1. Read basic HTML semantics and build small pages.
  2. Add CSS: layout (flow), then modern tools (flexbox, grid).
  3. Make pages responsive with media queries and mobile-first thinking.
  4. Test in multiple browsers/devices and consult Can I use when a feature looks flaky.
  5. Add accessibility basics (semantic tags, labels, alt text).

Minimal starter template to begin experimenting:

<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width,initial-scale=1">
  <title>Starter</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="styles.css">
</head>
<body>
  <header><h1>Title</h1></header>
  <main><p>Your content here.</p></main>
  <footer><small>Footer</small></footer>
</body>
</html>

Practice projects: a personal landing page, an article layout (typography + images), a responsive navigation, and a simple accessible form. Keep a notebook of patterns you reuse and prefer modern, recent-edition books supplemented by MDN/freeCodeCamp for current behavior.

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Any book is out of date, before it is even published
W3schools::: the w3 consortium is responsible for web standards, the code standards of html xhtml css

or you could be another **expletive deleted** person producing code that

  • fails in half the browsers
  • takes forever to display
  • looks like crap
  • is invisible in hi-res displays
  • doesnt work in handheld devices
    and worst of all from a developers viewpoint
  • is **expletive deleted** difficult to maintain
Member Avatar for drjohn

http://www.sitepoint.com/books/html2/

Also Css Mastery by andy budd.

The difference between a book and a web site is that any fool can throw up a tutorial. And no-one has to approve it before it goes on line, no-one has to check that it is correct, that it reliable and accurate, that it has enough variations to cover most of the things you will do, that it is up to date, that it matches modern standards (much of w3schools doesn't, although they are now, finally, trying to upgrade it).

A book however takes a bit longer to write (unlike a five minute tutorial), then goes to a publisher, where it may get rejected or examined in more detail. If provisionally accepted, it gets examined by technical editors for accuracy and quality, by proof-readers looking for typos and inconsistancies. Then the publisher has to decide if it is good enough and will go down well in the current market, when placed up against other similar books. Then the publisher has to invest in printing thousands of copies. So publishers prefer professional experts.

Online tutorials - well you could write one if you liked as your first web site, couldn't you.

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PS w3schools has absolutely no connection what so ever with w3c, the people who set web standards.

w3schools cashed in on the name and have fooled beginners for many years into thinking their tutorials are somehow w3c approved tutorials. Most professionals with a little bit of experience know this.

Don't believe me? Do a whois check on them both.

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The book I mostly use, is <Web Publishing with HTML and CSS> its by Sams Publishing. Usually has the answers to most of my HTML/CSS questions and has explanations and definitions for why you do things.

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