Internet and World Wide Web: How To Program

As a Sophomore Computer Science student in College one of my classes requires this book.I'm glad the professor decided to use this book as it is a very easy read and contains a lot of information that is useful in web design. However, this isn't something that you can learn by reading through it in its entirety. I find it most beneficial to read the sections that I want to actually work on. If you want to actually practice JavaScript, then read the section, or else you'll forget everything if you just try to absorb all the knowledge without applying any of it.I recommend skimming the chapters as you'll know what's possible. That way, when you think of something you can refer to the pages that contain that skill to learn.Highly recommended!

Good code examples. Not boring to read like you might imagine most technical books. Also useful for skimming like a reference. Not a book I’d keep on a shelf forever, considering how rapidly we can use websites to reference.

I have used several Deitel books and I like the high level approach they take to instructing. It gives you an intro to web programming but it certainly won't make you an expert. They provide a lot of resources for deeper dives into many of the programming topics and you will definitely need to use them to get proficient with HTML5, CSS3 and especially Javascript.My one major disappointment with this book is that it is not in color like the other Deitel books I have used. I find the color coded text very helpful when looking at the code samples. For $100 I would expect better production quality for the book. You can download all of the code samples and your HTML editor will color code the files, but I would like to see it in the book as well.

Great book to learn web development for a semi- beginner. This was actually a college textbook, and the only textbook I have actually liked! I even utilized chapters not covered in class. I would definitely recommend this book.

This is not the ideal book for self study. The text does not contain sufficient information to complete all the assignments, I had to do external research. I wouldn't have chosen this text if it wasn't required class material.

The book is in great condition

LECTURERS PLEASE DO NOT USE THIS AS A COURSE BOOKI have lots of problems with this book.First at least 5-10% of these PEARSON books are so badly manufactured that their covers disintegrate. Mine started to go about a week after I bought it. The plastic lamination (the stuff that makes it shiny) starts to peel off. I have NEVER seen this before and both my lecturer's copy and mine suffered this problem (in fairness most did not). This means that my copy is now so tatty I cannot resell it at my university's buyback. I contacted PEARSON (a huge and honorable old British company) and heard nothing back.But that is not all. The book itself is at best a 2.5 star (the cover drags it down).The worst authoring problem is Deitel introduces concepts out of order.In chapter 5 or 6 he will use code that is not explained until chapter 9 or 10 - almost without any explanation so you copy code by rote..He uses ludicrously complex multi-page scripts to explain a simple points (he has an affinity for dice rolling that gets in the way hysterically in one place). Really daft.The worst learning problem ( and this is NOT just a problem with this book) is the poor choice of variable names. This might sound trivial but can increase your study load by 30-120%It is sooooo confusing when you are learning a computer language when variables are named like functions/methods etc - Is "pageview" a variable or a function or method etc. On some occasions he forgets to define variables in Javascript (haven't we all) which makes things even more confusing.My "favorite" bad variable was when the author used "canvas" as a variable for a table he was drawing in the very chapter before he was introducing the concept of the HTML Canvas (an HTML 5 replacement for most of Flash's functionality). Given his habit of introducing things out of order - I wondered what was going on.I could go on - lots of small errors not in the errata, the web Bonus Material all being out of date (some 10 YEARS out of date), etc.But enough is enough.If you are setting a course book PLEASE do a bit more research.If you are buying this for yourself I would STRONGLY suggest you buy three or four $20-30 books around the subject area. All have strengths and weaknesses and you can fill in, or emphasize any areas with the many very good resources on the internet.You have been warned.

Deitel & Deitel make the best programming books, period. They are easily understandable and easy to read. I've been a fan of their books for almost 20 years.