Training Guide Programming in HTML5 with JavaScript and CSS3 (MCSD) (Microsoft Press Training Guide)

I've been a developer for 3 years, but very little exposure to client-side programming. I always had difficulty with CSS and JavaScript. I primarily used this book as my study material and studied for 2 months about 4 hours a day. I passed the 70-480 exam on my first attempt with a score of 812. NOTE: there are some topics on the exam that aren't covered in the book such as, Flex grid, mobile gestures. This book provides really good tutorials and progressively builds on topics. I strongly recommend this book for anyone looking to pass the 70-480 exam.4 stars instead of 5, because I think the book needs updated to cover a couple missing topics that are on the exam.

If you're an experienced .NET developer, but new to HTML5, JavaScript and CSS this book provides the perfect introduction to those topics. The author explains each topic with simple coding examples and then builds on the examples to explain more complicated material. There is a lot of code in this book - I loved that. I ran most of the examples in Visual Studio and didn't have any issues. I am very glad the author used the test driven development approach because this is a solid approach used to build and design solutions, by writing tests first.

Having been working on web development projects about two years, I'm certainly not a beginner to web development. I bought this book for two reasons: (1) to help me pass the 70-480 exam and (2) to tie up all the loose ends of web development. Being self-taught, there's a lot of ground you miss, but with this book it has put together all the loose ends for me, and has really made things "click".The pace of the book is good, there are quite a bit of details, but I've never thought to myself that I would rather stab myself with a number 2 pencil. By no means is this considered light reading, but if you want a solid foundation then this book is for you.

I've read, studied, and used html5 before reading. It's a good book for 70 480 preparation, but some of the jQuery is a little difficult to follow if u have no knowledge of programming. I would strongly suggest reading a different book before jumping into this one if u don't know html. One note is the jQuery they use is outdated, so make sure when referencing jQuery in your scripts, you're including two references instead of just one. Otherwise when doing the exercises they will fail. Happy programming!

I did the exam yesterday and passed, and I can proudly say that this book was the core of my knowledge. By no means would I say that using this book alone is sufficient and I'll go as far as to say that some of the content provided is not strictly apart of the exam objectives. However, that additional knowledge can be used when applying to the real world. Great book for beginners!

I cleared the 70-480 exam this week and this book has been very helpful. The material covered was relevant to the exam and the practice exercises were very good. I learnt a lot about CSS3 and JavaScript objects especially. And all the HTML5 features were covered, though not in depth, but enough for the examination point of view. I would definitely recommend this book for anyone taking the exam, or even for one who wants to find out what the buzz about HTML5 is all about.

Pros: If you are self motivated, this is the right book for you. The exercises are helpful and can help you prepare for Exam 70-480 (for which the actual book still has not arrived and keeps on getting postponed by its lazy author). I didnt know VS had such great IDE for JS support - and this book explains that well.Cons: 1) There were many times when I tried to pick it up for reading, and always ended up falling asleep. You have to realize that it is a training guide (the boring book) and if you are already familiar with some concepts, it might trigger your interest for learning the whole material.Also, the examples sometimes dont work in IE10.

Well, I bought this book as a preparation for the MCSD exams. It is a nice book but the author wrote a lot of redundant sentences in the exercises for example stating the same exact instruction on each exercise which doesn't make any sense. Another thing with the book is the errata I found plenty of it, e.g page 128, 129 in the sample code forgetting to declare the variables, also in page 372 having two different names for the same call back function in JavaScript AJAX example.But I gave it three stars because I like it, I'm still reading it and I've gained some nice knowledge so far

This is a great reference guide for the 480 exam. But be warned; not everything you will encounter in the exam is covered here. Most aspects of the exam are definitely touched on, but I found that there was a lot of emphasis on things that were unlikely (and indeed did not) to appear in the test and which were alluded to but not really delved in to which did come up.This is a well written book with lots of useful information and a worthwhile addition to training towards 480. When used in conjunction with a practice test it will serve well.

I wanted to make sure that I got towards the end of this book before making any kind of review. The book is amazing! It is a must read, and it certainly precludes all the other content I have read on HTML5/CSS3 and JavaScript.If I lost this book today, then I would buy it again in a heartbeat. This is one of the best training guides that I have ever read. My wife even commented on how much I seem to be enjoying this book.I am giving it a 5 star even though there are, exceedingly, minor: grammatical, programming-language syntax, and programming style errors. They aren't really substantial errors in anyway, and anybody with the most elementary understanding of programming would be able to quickly adjust the code to get a working result. However, the solution material, to the best of my knowledge, is spotless.I read a review that said there were not any results, but that is not the case. Mr. Johnson has gone the extra mile and had a complete solution set to all exercises posted online at the site listed on the back of the book. I think its in the index and/or introduction somewhere as well.

Als Ergänzung oder Vorbereitung zum MOC 70-480 hervorragend geeignet. Es bietet einen leichten und einfachen Einstieg in die HTML 5 Programmierung. Das Buch geht naturgemäß nicht sehr in die Tiefe. Wer Webseiten entwickeln möchte, benötigt allerdings weitergehende Literatur.

Being a backend developer, I bought this book to get up to speed with HTML and JavaScript.I am halfway through and thus far every topic is covered well, providing ample information and also providing the reasoning why HTML5 differs from its predecessor. The author provides many ways to accomplish some tasks giving explanations, tips and best practices which is always useful starting out in a new technology.For reference I like that the author provides a description of most, if not all, elements.

Como bien dice el Título es una Training Guide. El aprendizaje es un poco obtuso y no se hace fácil de leer y seguir. Contiene ejercicios de entrenamiento, nada creativos ni útiles. Quizás para un programador veterano en html5 o c223 le venga bien, pero para aprender no lo recomiendo.