Web Development

Workflow That Works - Instructional Design Tools

Submitted by Webmaster on Thu, 05/13/2010 - 12:36
Author: 
Kelly Goto, Emily Cotler
Publisher: 
Pearson Custom Publishing
Published Date: 
2005
ISBN: 
0-536-20707-0
Pages: 
281
Rating: 
4

I've been managing projects for a number of years now, so I know how the process works in the real-world in comparison to theory. I read this book looking for flaws since I have seen so much out there that sounds great but adds more overhead and little or no value to a typical project.

This book has a couple of things that truly impressed me:

Using Drupal

Submitted by Webmaster on Sat, 03/20/2010 - 12:58
Author: 
Angela Byron, Addison Berry, Nathan Haug, Jeff Eaton, James Walker, Jeff Robbins
Publisher: 
O'Reilly Media
Published Date: 
December 2008
ISBN: 
978-0-596-51580-5
Pages: 
496
Rating: 
5

Using Drupal - Changing and Configuring Modules to Build Dynamic WebsitesThis book is definitely money well spent. I have been using Drupal since 2007, starting with Drupal 5 and have quite a variety of sites under my belt. With that said, This book provides a lot of information about "Tried and True" modules. This is definitely a timesaver as I can attest to. I've spent countless hours trying out different modules over the years until finally settling on one that is stable and works. This is a must for anyone starting out with Drupal.

Pro CSS and HTML Design Patterns

Submitted by jdgaby on Wed, 02/10/2010 - 12:01
Author: 
Michael Bowers
Publisher: 
Apress
Published Date: 
2007
ISBN: 
1-59059-804-0
Pages: 
500
Rating: 
3

Taking an interesting approach to writing a reference book for CSS and HTML, Michael Bowers writes a highly technical book where he breaks down CSS and HTML into predictable patterns and writes the book following a systematic approach in covering those discovered patterns.  

Pro CSS Techniques

Submitted by Daboo on Wed, 09/09/2009 - 23:02
Author: 
Jeff Croft, Ian Lloyd, and Dan Rubin
Publisher: 
Apress
Published Date: 
2006
ISBN: 
1-59059-732-X
Pages: 
376
Rating: 
4

If your looking for a more advanced CSS book, this one is definitely worth looking into.

As I have mentioned before in other reviews, I always like it when the author tells me up front who the target audience is. In this case, the first sentence in "What this book is not" states "This book is not an introduction to CSS." I like this type of straightforward notice. It definitely helps keep a novice from getting in over their head or a guru from getting bored.

Microformats-Empowering Your Markup for Web 2.0

Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 03/26/2007 - 20:51
Author: 
John Allsopp
Publisher: 
friends of ED
Published Date: 
March 26, 2007
ISBN: 
978-1590598146
Pages: 
368
Rating: 
5

If you’re a web designer/developer Microformats-Empowering Your Markup for Web 2.0 should be on your bookshelf.

Creating Web Sites - The Missing Manual

Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 10/26/2005 - 19:39
Author: 
Matthew MacDonald
Publisher: 
Pogue Press/O'Reilly
Published Date: 
October 26, 2005
ISBN: 
0-596-00842-2
Pages: 
535
Rating: 
5

I'm sure we all have experienced the frustrating incompleteness and illogic of many software manuals. This book is part of an impressive series billed as: "The book that should have been in the box" put out by Pogue Press. It's the first one I have read but I would have to agree with their tag line, and if the others are anything like it I would definitely be interested in checking them out.

PHP and MySQL for Dynamic Web Sites

Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 07/01/2005 - 21:23
Author: 
Larry Ullman
Publisher: 
Peachpit Press
Published Date: 
July 1, 2005
ISBN: 
0321336577
Pages: 
720
Rating: 
5

A book for anyone starting to work with PHP and MySQL. This is my 3rd time using the Visual QuickPro series to learn about a web related topic. Every time I'm impressed with the ease at which the book teaches the given topic.

In the PHP book you start out with an introduction to PHP and MySQL. Which is nice for those of us who are just now diving into web programming. If you are well versed in the topic that's ok too. The book is broken into clear chapters that allow those who don't need to start from the beginning can jump right in on the topic of their choice.
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