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Best and Newest HTML5 Books (and Some CSS3 Books)

Yang Yang — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 04:04:46 +0000

HTML5 and CSS3 are becoming a reality. To be better prepared and armed with the latest technologies of the web so that we stay on the cutting edge when creating stuff, I have found some of the best book titles at Amazon about HTML 5 and CSS 3. Note that several of these books have not been released yet. You can pre-order and receive them when they are out.

Web Developers / Designers’ Books:

HTML5: Up and Running

Here’s a godsend online book for learning HTML5 written by Mark Pilgrim as well.

HTML5: Designing Rich Internet Applications (Visualizing the Web)

Beginning HTML5 and CSS3: Next Generation Web Standards

Pro HTML5 Programming: Powerful APIs for Richer Internet Application Development

Introducing HTML5 (Voices That Matter)

Beginning iPhone Web Apps: HTML5, CSS3, and JavaScript for WebKit

HTML5 Now: A Step-by-Step Video Tutorial for Getting Started Today (Voices That Matter)

HTML5 Straight to the Point: Using HTML5 with CSS3 and JavaScript

CSS3: Visual QuickStart Guide (5th Edition)

Web Application Security Books (PHP, MySQL, Apache), the Best at Amazon

Yang Yang — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 11:31:09 +0000

Security may not make you but it sure can break you. As modern web applications become more and more complexed puzzles and filled with thousands of features catering to a spectrum of user preferences and tastes, the developers are burdened with ever-going responsibilities to keep them sound and safe. There are people (crackers) out there who are trying to make a name by breaking into your backyard or otherwise messing around in any way possible to make your day interesting. Your application or website is potentially vulnerable by simply being online. Everyone including innocent users can mess things up if yours is designed without security awareness. These books of web security are hand selected from Amazon that will get you a strong start on building secure websites applications and avoid being hacked. They are both new (published no more than 5 years ago) and well received (rated no less than 4/5 by the readers).

General Website / Web App Security

Web Security Testing Cookbook: Systematic Techniques to Find Problems Fast

The Web Application Hacker’s Handbook: Discovering and Exploiting Security Flaws

How to Break Web Software: Functional and Security Testing of Web Applications and Web Services

Foundations of Security: What Every Programmer Needs to Know (Expert’s Voice)

PHP Security

Essential PHP Security

Pro PHP Security

Apache Security

Database / MySQL Security

The Database Hacker’s Handbook: Defending Database Servers

MySQL Administrator’s Bible (Bible (Wiley))

Other Security Related Books

Ajax Security

Web Application Architecture: Principles, Protocols and Practices

HTTP: The Definitive Guide

To learn more about these specific areas and build better web applications, Amazon has the best PHP books, best MySQL books and best Apache Books.

Best CSS Books to Learn CSS Web Design

Yang Yang — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 07:19:45 +0000

While HTML is the concrete of all web pages and websites, CSS is the spirit. It specifies the aesthetic aspect of all the web pages by design through presentation, conveying the ideas and sensations by visual languages. The first class of all web designers start with CSS.

These are some of the best CSS books out there reviewed indispensable for those who want to be a web designer or / and developer.

Web Developers / Designers’ Books:

CSS: The Missing Manual

CSS: The Definitive Guide

CSS Mastery: Advanced Web Standards Solutions, Second Edition

Stylin’ with CSS: A Designer’s Guide (2nd Edition) (Voices That Matter)

CSS Pocket Reference: Visual Presentation for the Web (Pocket Reference (O’Reilly))

Pro CSS and HTML Design Patterns

The Ultimate CSS Reference

Transcending CSS: The Fine Art of Web Design (Voices That Matter)

Beginning CSS Web Development: From Novice to Professional

Bulletproof Web Design: Improving flexibility and protecting against worst-case scenarios with XHTML and CSS (2nd Edition) (Voices That Matter)

Handcrafted CSS: More Bulletproof Web Design

The Zen of CSS Design: Visual Enlightenment for the Web

More Eric Meyer on CSS (Voices That Matter)

Designing with Web Standards (2nd Edition)

Best Books of HTML and XHTML to Learn How to Create Web Pages / Sites with HTML and CSS

Yang Yang — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 05:05:52 +0000

HTML is the language of the Web and all websites are written in HTML (XHTML). To learn creating website, the first thing you will need to learn is HTML. Period.

Some of the selected books below are for beginners and some are for intermediary coders to consolidate your knowledge of HTML and CSS and practice along reading the books.

Web Developers / Designers’ Books:

HTML, XHTML, and CSS, Sixth Edition (Visual Quickstart Guide)

Head First HTML with CSS & XHTML

Build Your Own Web Site The Right Way Using HTML & CSS

HTML, XHTML, and CSS All-in-One Desk Reference For Dummies (For Dummies (Computer/Tech))

The Ultimate HTML Reference

HTML and XHTML Pocket Reference (Pocket Reference (O’Reilly))

HTML A Beginner’s Guide (Beginner’s Guide (Osborne Mcgraw Hill))

HTML & XHTML: The Complete Reference (Osborne Complete Reference Series)

Creating a Web Page with HTML: Visual QuickProject Guide

Best JavaScript Books for Learning JavaScript Programming and Development

Yang Yang — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 04:22:24 +0000

Thanks to the computer scientists who set the standards of JavaScript, in the arena of event programming and behavioral manipulations of windows and objects, it is the one programming script that is so powerful that you can virtually build any possible interactive applications with it.

That said, learning JavaScript to the mastery of it takes lots of time and practice. These are some JavaScript books I have selected from Amazon that may be a good guide to you when you are learning JavaScript front end programming.

Web Developers / Designers’ Books:

JavaScript: The Good Parts

JavaScript: The Definitive Guide

Professional JavaScript for Web Developers (Wrox Programmer to Programmer)

JavaScript: A Beginner’s Guide, Second Edition, Third Edition

Murach’s JavaScript and DOM Scripting (Murach: Training & Reference)

JavaScript(TM) Step by Step

Pro JavaScript Techniques

JavaScript & DHTML Cookbook (2nd edition)

Object-Oriented JavaScript: Create scalable, reusable high-quality JavaScript applications and libraries

Pro JavaScript Design Patterns (Recipes: a Problem-Solution Ap)

Beginning JavaScript

Best Books of Apache Web Server to Learn Apache and Use It

Yang Yang — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 02:14:22 +0000

As the most popular web server for hosting websites, Apache is second to none. It thrives for a reason, that is, it’s versatile and adapts to all situations and answer to even the slightest demands of a website. Below are some books from Amazon about administering Apache that may give you a new perspective and upper hand in handling the web server.

Web Developers / Designers’ Books:

Apache Cookbook: Solutions and Examples for Apache Administrators

Apache 2 Pocket Reference: For Apache Programmers & Administrators (Pocket Reference (O’Reilly))

Apache Security

Apache Administrator’s Handbook (Developer’s Library)

Linux Apache Web Server Administration, Second Edition (Craig Hunt Linux Library)

Best MySQL Books to Learn MySQL Database Programming and Development (+ PHP Applications)

Yang Yang — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 01:48:50 +0000

MySQL is by far the most popular and widespread database on the entire planet. It’s used in a wide array of industries and the Web is probably the most prominent scenario, websites database. Below are some hand selected books for you to learn MySQL: both database administration and database SQL programming, for both professionals and beginners.

Web Developers / Designers’ Books:

MySQL Crash Course (Sams Teach Yourself in 10 Minutes)

High Performance MySQL: Optimization, Backups, Replication, and More

MySQL (4th Edition) (Developer’s Library)

Learning MySQL

MySQL Cookbook

MySQL in a Nutshell (In a Nutshell (O’Reilly))

MySQL 5.0 Certification Study Guide (MySQL Press)

Pro MySQL (Expert’s Voice in Open Source)

PHP 6 and MySQL 5 for Dynamic Web Sites: Visual QuickPro Guide

Understanding MySQL Internals

Web Database Applications with PHP & MySQL, 2nd Edition

MySQL Pocket Reference

Best PHP Books for Learning PHP Development and Programming (with MySQL)

Yang Yang — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 00:34:35 +0000

PHP is by far the most popular and easiest to use web programming language in the world. If your goal is to enter PHP programming and development as a novice beginner and start from the very basics, these books are reviewed the best by actual readers. Some of the books contain chapters dealing with MySQL, the most popular database system in the world that is usually combined with PHP to create websites or web applications.

Update: I have also hand picked a few PHP security books for people who develop web applications.

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Best and Newest HTML5 Books (and Some CSS3 Books)

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