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Books for your brain

by Keegan Jones 3 Comments

You've seen them. The people at Barnes and Noble hopelessly flipping through computer books, looking for something they can learn from. Here is a list of handpicked books that I own & recommended to anyone looking to learn more in the web arena.

Web Standards
Designing with Web Standards by Jeffery Zeldman
Web Standards Solutions by Dan Cederholm
Bulletproof Web Design by Dan Cederholm
Cascading Style Sheets: The Definitive Guide by Eric A. Meyer
CSS Pocket Reference by Eric Meyer


Usability
Don't Make Me Think by Steve Krug
Defensive Design for the Web by 37signals

Flash
Actionscript for Flash MX by Colin Moock
Essential Actionscript 2.0 by Colin Moock
Flash Hacks by Sham Bhangal

Programming
Sams Teach Yourself PHP, MySQL and Apache by Julie C. Meloni
PHP 5 Objects, Patterns, and Practice by Matt Zandstra
Regular Expression Recipes by Nathan A. Good
Agile Web Development with Rails by Dave Thomas, David Hansson, Leon Breedt, Mike Clark, Thomas Fuchs, Andrea Schwarz

There is also a lot of great information on www.w3schools.com and www.alistapart.com.

3 Comments

thinking in java is ok

china flowers

19 May 07 at 4:13am

I happen to have Actionscript for Flash MX (Colin Moock). Good and thorough and about several hundred pages.

Frank White

18 Jun 08 at 8:49pm

This is a nice list. Would you still recommend these books? Have you added any new ones?

Jennifer

6 Nov 08 at 2:44pm

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Keegan Jones is a designer living somewhere between Dallas and Fort Worth, Texas. He can make a tasty bowl of EasyMac, and loves sticking it to the man. After beating Guitar Hero on expert mode, he now acts like a rockstar. Things just haven't been the same since.

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