HTML & CSS Book: Ages 8 and up?

[superSymmetric]

Well, I know that my son started expressing curiosity in HTML when he was like 10, so I think it would be a very good idea. Especially considering how many kids are getting on the Internet and wanting to create their own pages.

 

[Chris G]

I'm thinking about writing a book teaching HTML, XHTML, and CSS for kids and teens ages 8 to 17.

What do you think the demand for such a book is?
Think it's worth writing or not?
> I agree that there is a ton of stuff out there teaching HTML. I'm just sadly disappointed with so many of them...

And when I was just starting out learning from W3C seems like it took twice as long, lol.

I'd like to make the book as hands-on as possible because I agree that getting in there and actually coding it yourself makes it easier and more desirable to learn.

I see the number of kids and teens these days building their own custom pages on various social networks - and it's all kind of guesswork for a majority of them...

I thought if I were to write a relatively inexpensive book showing the ropes and giving them a valuable point of reference - if nothing else an eBook - that it might help answer quite a few of their questions...
BTW thank you for the valuable input so far!

 

[pardon_my_klatchian]

I first learned HTML when I was around that age, too.

I think it's a good concept - but cheap web design applications that are available would probably reduce the demand for the book, as a lot of children and teens don't have the patience to learn a programming language when there is an easier alternative available (personally I preferred the coding method, but I was probably an exception).

Of course, there might be loads of patient kids out there looking for a book like that; I don't know - but it's a point to consider.

 

[chinkydelights]

I started HTML when I was.. 10 or 11 I think (I'm 14 now). I think a book would have helped out tremendously, but then again, if you learn from a book you don't get that same amount of accomplishment that you do when you figure stuff out on your own. I think that the book would sell if it was cheap enough, but remember, there are a lot of free tutorials and stuff online and people wouldn't really want to waste their money on something they can get for free.

And I know a lot of people who are into coding and programming and stuff (I met them mainly because of this.. ahaha. I'm such a nerd) and they find that using tutorials is more like "cheating". I agree honestly. I have designed a couple of websites out of complete scratch just putting together random pieces of code that I could think of.