webheavy

*Last updated 19/12/17*
 
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.
 
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 and MySQL Phrasebook - Tiny little book, full of snippets of code. It's a great thing to keep at arms reach.
 
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.
 
 
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