[webriq]

Thank you for sharing the list of books
I have a web design site webriq.com
These books are very useful for us

[Designers' Shack]

Thanks for the list.It will help the new learners.

[MyshMash]

Great list, I've just received the HTML & CSS Visual Quickstart giude through the post.

Any more additions welcome

[seaniemacc]

Great list of books here. I could be reading for a while....

[MyshMash]

Dan C, on 23 March 2008 - 11:38 PM, said:

Don't make me think by Steve Krug is an awesome usability book I'd recommend every web designer/developer reads.

I have just finished this book, very interesting and helpful!

[markthedoc]

MyshMash, on 27 January 2010 - 12:34 PM, said:

I have just finished this book, very interesting and helpful!

I'm due to get this for my birthday off my other half.

I'm looking forward to getting stuck into it.

[p2mob]

I have just left the bookstore with two books I purchased

1st: Adobe Dreamweaver CS4 on Demand by Steve Johnson. - Includes: Workshops, ACE Exam Objectives, More than 600 Essentai Dreamweaver CS4 Tasks.

2nd: Getting StartED with CSS by David Powers.

Now I am noob in web design/development, I have never took any classes what so ever, So I thought I would start with these books, they seem very interesting, the next one I plan to get is "The Principles of Beautiful Design" and some from photoshop CS4 series.

[Luis Clark]

Its amazing ...I want to have at least one copy of that books,can I borrow one from you ?

[perry15]

Hello Friends......

Thanks for sharing this list with all of us.Keep sharing more in the future.

Good Luck for future.

Thanks

adi

[TNT]

Thank you very much.

[sunwukung]

thankyou for this list - my company www.indiancompanyspammingforumsforwork.com - is finding this very useful.

[SteveQ]

The Missing Manual CSS
The Missing Manual DreamWeaver

[moodey-aimee]

thanks for the great list of website design books, I have a Website design book, thats called Website design html xhtml and css for dummies

[merry smtih]

Really useful book for everyone. It is very helpful to me also regarding web design principles. Thanks for posting such a useful tips to lots of people. Keep going on..

[clarkpaul111]

Hello,
How to do everything with php & mysql - should be called 'how to make a shopping cart or simple cms with php mysql, in a poorly explained fashion'
I did learn the basics of php using this book, but it was badly thought out IMO, and thank god I got it from the library instead of buying it.
Thank You.






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[GeneralGrin]

This is extremely helpful. I was actually going to ask what the best books are for web design but it looks like I won't have to. The only web design book I own at the moment is The Web Designer's Idea Book. It's exactly what the title says. It doesn't teach you how to design... it's mainly for inspiration and showing the latest trends.

There's actually a second one coming out later this year. I hope to grab it when it releases!

[damonebrice]

I'm even to find a in truth nice php book for departure straight from the origin to more encouraged stuff as I'd like to have the choice to go back in my learning. As a address the official php reference is great.I've lately started reading the Beginning CSS Web growth: From Novice to Professional by simon collinson so far its fairly great really .

[Rajendra]

Hi Dan C,
can i get it? if plz i need it. Actually i'm seeking for it.

[Andrei Raileanu]

I recommend Magento 1.3 Theme Design book for those who want to learn about Magento...

[venkateshtwdm]

Nice one.. And also i have found one more directory for Web Design Companies.. http://www.thewebdesignmarket.com

in this website you can add your web design company details whether if you are a freelancer also you can add your details to get more clients

http://www.thewebdes...ory-listing.php

[ayoungh]

Has anyone got any cool ebooks for download (maybe free ones?)

[devmatt]

ayoungh, on 15 September 2010 - 11:32 AM, said:

Has anyone got any cool ebooks for download (maybe free ones?)

The Code Project had a link to 10 free PDF eBooks today.

http://www.codeproje...517617370653959

Some useful reading

[patsycannon85]

Has any person read Learn to Program by Chris Pine? The online tutorial is outstanding, but haven't got round to buying the book yet.

[Mahesh10]

Rob, on 22 March 2008 - 07:53 PM, said:

Note: I posted this in another thread, but I thought it might be useful to everyone as a single post. It will be much easier to find that way.


I'm a big fan of learning through books, so I will share with you some of my recommended titles on web development.

I will update this list periodically.


Web design theory
The Priciples of Beautiful Web Design - This book will teach you all the basic theory of design, in relation to web design. You'll learn how to lay solid foundations to a website, that will allow you to create 'sound' designs, way before you even think about how it is going to look.

HTML
HTML 4 For The World Wide Web - This book was one of the first I bought on the subject, over 8 years ago now! It covered the basics of HTML, and after about a week I was confident at writing up, and understanding, my very own website from scratch. I'm not sure this book is being published any more, so you might need to find something similar.

CSS
I taught myself CSS from practice, tutorials and articles online, but I have, and highly recommend the following CSS reference book: The Ultimate CSS Reference

Javascript
Javascript - The Definitive Guide - The book on Javascript. It covers absolutely everything you could possibly want to know, and it is heavy to boot!

Javascript Phrasebook - Tiny book, packed full of snippets of code for various problems.

PHP/MySQL
PHP and MySQL for Dynamic Web Sites - This was my first book on PHP, and it lays the groundwork for you to create some simple scripts, using databases.

PHP & MySQL Bible - Extremely thick book, covers most of PHP. Is a great reference book.

PHP Cookbook - Packed to the brim with excellent and useful snippets of code, for common coding problems. I constantly find myself going back to this book for advice.

PHP Phrasebook - Tiny little book, full of snippets of code. It's a great thing to keep at arms reach.

MySQL Phrasebook - Same as above, but covering MySQL.

PHP 5 Objects, Patterns, and Practice - This is quite a complex and laborious read, but it will help you step into more advanced coding practices, such as Object Oriented Programming (OOP), and Patterns.

Web development practices
Pragmatic Version Control Using Subversion - This is a must if you want to get serious with web development. Version control is basically a history of everything you've done, which allows you to revert back to things you've done in the past, which in turn acts as a great backup tool. Think Apple Time Machine, but for text/programming files.


I could recommend a tonne more; my bookshelf actually fell off once because of the amount of web development books! What I've suggested here will be more than adequate for beginning, though.

Rob

Hi,
This was very useful to me thank you very much

[Mahesh10]

Hi,
Can i get j query book so that i can learn for website animation

[nimiety]

Hi,

I have been just started and look at this post and really found something very helpful post regarding the list of books. Nice sharing.

[Mahesh10]

Rob, on 22 March 2008 - 07:53 PM, said:

Note: I posted this in another thread, but I thought it might be useful to everyone as a single post. It will be much easier to find that way.


I'm a big fan of learning through books, so I will share with you some of my recommended titles on web development.

I will update this list periodically.


Web design theory
The Priciples of Beautiful Web Design - This book will teach you all the basic theory of design, in relation to web design. You'll learn how to lay solid foundations to a website, that will allow you to create 'sound' designs, way before you even think about how it is going to look.

HTML
HTML 4 For The World Wide Web - This book was one of the first I bought on the subject, over 8 years ago now! It covered the basics of HTML, and after about a week I was confident at writing up, and understanding, my very own website from scratch. I'm not sure this book is being published any more, so you might need to find something similar.

CSS
I taught myself CSS from practice, tutorials and articles online, but I have, and highly recommend the following CSS reference book: The Ultimate CSS Reference

Javascript
Javascript - The Definitive Guide - The book on Javascript. It covers absolutely everything you could possibly want to know, and it is heavy to boot!

Javascript Phrasebook - Tiny book, packed full of snippets of code for various problems.

PHP/MySQL
PHP and MySQL for Dynamic Web Sites - This was my first book on PHP, and it lays the groundwork for you to create some simple scripts, using databases.

PHP & MySQL Bible - Extremely thick book, covers most of PHP. Is a great reference book.

PHP Cookbook - Packed to the brim with excellent and useful snippets of code, for common coding problems. I constantly find myself going back to this book for advice.

PHP Phrasebook - Tiny little book, full of snippets of code. It's a great thing to keep at arms reach.

MySQL Phrasebook - Same as above, but covering MySQL.

PHP 5 Objects, Patterns, and Practice - This is quite a complex and laborious read, but it will help you step into more advanced coding practices, such as Object Oriented Programming (OOP), and Patterns.

Web development practices
Pragmatic Version Control Using Subversion - This is a must if you want to get serious with web development. Version control is basically a history of everything you've done, which allows you to revert back to things you've done in the past, which in turn acts as a great backup tool. Think Apple Time Machine, but for text/programming files.


I could recommend a tonne more; my bookshelf actually fell off once because of the amount of web development books! What I've suggested here will be more than adequate for beginning, though.

Rob

Hello,
this post is very nice i too prefer to learn online instead of loading shelf with books its easier to learn from online which will enrich our knowledge with latest trend in the particular technology but books speaks about older versions of technology. this is great keep posting

[Sarah Jones]

I always prefer video tutorials instead of books, as that will be a kind of live and understandable.

[jasbery]

There are so many books I should read on PHP, im now considering buying the PHP & MYSQL Bible when the next student loan comes in.

Anyhow, I am studying a Human-Computer Interaction unit for my degree, which covers GUI/User Experience design. Some of the books I would recommend on the subject are;

The Elements of User Experience: User-Centered Design for the Web and Beyond
by Jesse Garrett
- Good as an overall look at the subject of user centred design, doesn't go into much detail on each subject but it definitely helped my understanding of the subject. you can take a look at one of the chapters here: http://www.jjg.net/e...ements_ch02.pdf

Graphical User Interface Design & Evaluation
by Redmond-Pyle & Alan Moore
- Pretty old now(released in 1995), but has a lot of interesting information in it, some of which is out of date, but a lot of it is quite useful! You can pick it up for next to nothing second hand on Amazon or Waterstones marketplace.

Information Architecture: Blueprints for the Web
by Christina Wodtka
- A great book on information architecture, 'organizing web site content so that it can be found, designing web site interaction so that it's pleasant to use and creating an interface that is easy to understand'.

Take it easy,

Jasbery

[RyanQM]

a List of jQuery learning resources would also be great

[tompatrick]

I didn't find any of the free services for learning designing if there are any please let me know

[vishal]

thnks for providing list. Realli Informative Post

[samparker]

thanks for information
its really good for designer

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[Mankind80s]

Hi,

I have read “PHP and MySQL for Dynamic Web Sites”. It contained detail information about PHP. Especially the example source codes are really awesome.

[gustin]

cool stuff

[Mani Inkfield]

Awesome list of Books for starting a Web Design profession , very much helpful for Beginners Web Designers .

[fergsi]

Got this book and I think it is awesome "The Principles of Beautiful Web Design"

[mittin]

Thank you for these resources, they are veyr helpful.

[RhysLucas]

if it contains anything about Divs?, was reading the description on play.it tells you some basic feature which programmer are not working on.

[Mahesh10]

Wonderful collection.Thanks for giving time to post this.Its really very useful.When we are starting in some field we need lots of guidance and help.It happened with me also.These are very good books for reference.Thanks again.