Best HTML and CSS Books for Beginners
If you are a technical writer, you need to know the basics of HTML and CSS. I guess you’ve already faced some issues creating online technical documentation. For example, you need to insert an information box, a pull-out element, a list, a video, etc. — Do you know how to do that? All these simple things require the knowledge of HTML. And what if you need to style some of your paragraphs? If you are not familiar with coding at all, that will be a big problem for you. Most probably, you’ll have to ask for help, which means you’ll have to wait till the expert finds time to answer your questions and show you how to use code to solve your problems. The best way out is to learn the basics of HTML and CSS. There are a lot of books that can give you all the necessary information:
HTML and CSS: Design and Build Websites — by Jon Duckett
This book was written for those who need to know the basics of coding. You can use these skills both for work and for making your personal blogs more attractive. The greatest advantage of the book is that it is good for non-experts. Its structure will guide you from simple to more complicated information in an engaging way.
Head First HTML and CSS: A Learner’s Guide to Creating Standards-Based Web Pages — by Elisabeth Robson & Eric Freeman
Another nice book for non-experts. It will tell you about the basics of HTML and CSS in a simple manner. It gives a lot of examples and illustrations and makes you practice a lot. You’ll learn not only how to create web pages but also how to maintain and expand them. Your pages will work in all browsers for sure!
A Smarter Way to Learn HTML & CSS: Learn it faster. Remember it longer — by Mark Myers
This book offers you to learn by exercising. At the end of every chapter, the reader is supposed to go to a special site to answer questions. The exercises are free. When you make a mistake, the system will show it. It is a well-known fact that practice makes learning several times more efficient, that is why this book has so many positive reviews.
HTML and CSS: Visual QuickStart Guide — by Elizabeth Castro and Bruce Hyslop
The book is about the latest HTML and CSS best practices. It is simple but at the same time informative due to lots of explanatory materials, illustrations, and task-based instructions. You’ll easily learn how to apply all the latest techniques, test your web pages, and debug your code. This book definitely deserves your attention.
HTML5 and CSS3 All-in-One For Dummies — by Andy Harris
This is a very friendly book for beginners. It explains the fundamentals of HTML and CSS. It allows “dummies” to make their web pages nice-looking and efficient. It contains a lot of information about the latest technologies and changes.
These are just a few books, but they are so useful. I hope they will help you improve your knowledge of HTML and CSS and create great technical documentation!
