In fact, I should add one more “Done” in there since our friend Gerette in Ohio has jumped on board our web-wagon. A big welcome to her.
So, Chapter 1: “Getting to know HTML” is history, and—pesky printing details aside—we’re excited to have gotten underway. We liked the writing style and appreciate the repetition used in the exercises to really drive the instructions home. The authors emphasize that this book is not simply about showing us how to do these things, but about teaching us. And even though it’s still early in our journey I’m confident it will live up to its promise.
I was happy to discover that some of the HTML basics they go over were not totally foreign to me. I took a class in Dreamweaver about 9 years ago (and as I write this I can’t believe it’s been that long!), and I already use some basic HTML code in my descriptions and comments on Flickr.
The information definitely stayed true to the chapter’s title, and I definitely got to know HTML a bit better. But at the same time I enjoyed that we did not start out as total strangers. And already, I’m starting to think that the web might not be all that scary.
Hooray for you! I’m going to catch up, just ordered the book so I’ll be a week behind. But I’ve been needing to do something about this for a while.
Comment by Marcos Harkness — February 17, 2009 @ 10:31 AM