BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS

These are books that I have used while both teaching IT & developing web sites. I bought most of them off Amazon and would recommend that as the place to go to purchase any book simply & probably more cheaply. Click on any Amazon link or book picture for a quick link to Amazon site and that book.

There are basically two types of books you can get.

  • How to basic guide books. THe best place to start if you want to learn is with a book that will hold your hand and guide you through the learning process with simple and easy examples and tests and good explanations with as little jargon as possible.
  • Reference books. Once you are up & running your How to Dummies guide will be frustrating in its lack of detail and more advanced information. A refgerence guide is not a learning tool but the best tool for someone who has got to grips with basics and needs something to refer to now and then for help, tricks or tips or information on something you have forgotton..

Dreamweaver Hands on Training by Lynda Weinman. Years ago I used the HOT Training book when I first started to put together web pages and wanted to move from FrontPage to Dreamweaver. Its a very good hands on book and reference guide. This is a how to book & a good one.

The definitive guide to JavaScript - O'Reilly

O'Reilly are the definitive when it comes to IT programming reference guides and this book is no exception. A must have bible if you are into Javascript.

Keeping Ahead - Javascript and VBScript.

This is a good book if you are moving from DHTML to working with server side technologies. You have possibly like me gone for ASP written in VBscript. This is a comparison between the two and a great reference if you are switching from one to the other.

ASP in a Nutshell. O'Reilly

O'Reilly again and once again the best reference book on this subject that I have found.

Web Design in a Nutshell - O'Reilly. This book is great for designers who have covered the basics but want a guide that will list information. If you seriously having a go at building a website then you must learn HTML. You cannot just get away with using a WYSWYG forever. The lists of colour names & codes and HTML tags & their attributes in here is great.

Dreamweaver in a Nutshell - O'Reilly

Once again this is a reference guide not a learn how to book but its amongst the best there is.

 

WebMaster In a Nutshell - O'Reilly

This is more for people who are going to be looking after a web server or website. It includes information on the technical spect of web sites likes security etc.

Creating Killer Websites by David Siegel.

To be honest it's quite out of date now but nevertheless I found it interesting to read about 3rd Generation websites and how the web has moved on. It gave me some good ideas & I think the key point is that when you approach a project get ideas from wherever you can.

Creating killer websites buy it at Amazon.co.uk

HTML for the WWW - PeachPitt Press

These books are an alternative to the O'Reilly ones. Not quite as good as a total reference guide but they also include lots of examples and you can access the website to download the examples too.

DHTML for the WWW

I have the older version of this and it was great when I was learning cascading style sheets (CSS).

XML for the WWW - PeachPitt Press

I am a fan of their books so when I started to do XML I looked for and bought this book. I wasn't dissapointed.

XMLIn a Nutshell - O'Reilly

This is the best reference guide I have used for XML. Its been updated since I bought mine and now has a lot more information about Schema's etc in it than mine did.

Access 97 Further Skills - Letts Educational If you are fetting to grips with Access and need a book to take the next step up from the very basics I have not found a better book. Access hasn't changed that much functionally so this book isn't really out of date yet you just have to remember that the dialogue boxes look slightly different thats all. Its still the best book around.

Access 2000 An advanced Course for Students This is written by the same authors who wrote Access 97 Further Skills but I didn't think it was as good. Still its a bit more up to date.

ECDL Made Simple The best ECDL Handbook around by a mile.

MS Frontpage If you are using MS Frontpage instead try this one.

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