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HTML, XHTML & CSS For Dummies (For Dummies (Computer/Tech))
$29.99
HTML, XHTML & CSS For Dummies brings everything together for website developers. I started and stopped teaching myself CSS at least three times. This website design book has given me the motivation, encouragement and clarity of purpose to stick with it this time.

Easy to understand examples, definitions and illustrations make this book an enjoyable read and an excellent reference to return to, time and again.

Stephanie Walsh
www.go-to-lady.com

Learning Web Design: A Beginner's Guide to (X)HTML, StyleSheets, and Web Graphics
$44.99
I felt the need to express how well written this book is for the beginning web designer. The author doesn't bog the reader down with overly complex examples of code. I've been designing web pages using Dreamweaver for a few years now and never bothered with the code. I've always created my content in Photoshop and just dropped the images into the software. After reading through this book, I am not only able to simplify my web pages through code editing, but also, was able to optimize my graphics content.
Right now, I am now trudging through a book to learn JavaScript. I am getting through the book, but not nearly as easily as I did the Learning Web Design book. To be fair, the subject is a bit more complex, but the way that the JavaScript book is written causes me to have to constantly look up unexplained technical terms and syntax of the code examples to figure out why they work. I never had to do that with the Learning Web Design book.

HTML, XHTML, and CSS: Your visual blueprint for designing effective Web pages
$29.99
Nice text, I am using for an introduction to web development class. However, in the next edition, PLEASE make the font size in the notepad screen shots larger !! I'm getting old - and even with glasses the text is difficult to read.

Thanks

HTML, XHTML, and CSS All-in-One Desk Reference For Dummies (For Dummies (Computer/Tech))
$34.99
The title of this book is actually too limited: not only does it teach HTML, XHTML, and CSS, it then goes on to teach JavaScript, PHP, MySQL, and Ajax. In other words, it's everything you need to go from a complete novice to an intermediate-level professional web developer who knows their stuff.

Beyond teaching the programming languages, it also has a big focus on standards-compliant code, and gives you a ton of advice on what kind of freeware programs you can download to help you out along the way. In other words, it won't leave you with any bad coding habits, and it doesn't have any agenda to sell you one of the unnecessary $300+ programs like Expression Web or Dreamweaver.

Bottom line is that I've used it as my bible for the past year and it has yet to let me down.