Re: Sitepoint Books

Well since I'm busily learning this stuff myself Thomas there is not yet a specific one that I refer to. I've actually been taking the Sitepoint Javascript class partly to cement my understanding of Javascript and partly to study the teaching methods used. Originally done live it is available for $9.95 as a series of recorded classes with a forum for questions to back up the materials. You'll find it here http://www.sitepoint.com/courses/javascript-live and I have been impressed.

They are about to start (July 5th) a CSS class in similar style http://www.sitepoint.com/courses/css-live at the same price.

I tend to prefer books personally and the Sitepoint ones I currently use are "The Principals of Beautiful Web Design" and "Build your own Web Site the right way" - neither of which have yet resulted in me finding the time to beautify my own site - but I live in hope and it is certainly no fault of the books which are excellent. I also have the free chapter from "Sexy Web Design" and intend to buy that when it comes up on sale. Of the ones still in the "Cup" running the only one that interests me is "Simply Javascript" so I'm hoping Holland beat Uruguay so the price will drop below the curent $9.95 (yes - I'm a cheapskate!)

All I can say is that I have several Javascript, HTML and CSS books around the office - most of which cost a whole bunch more that the Sitepoint ones cost even when they are full price. None have proven to be as useful or practical as the Sitepont ones - to me they have redefined the standard in usable, useful technical books. Read a few of the reviews on the site and you'll see I'm not the only one who feels like this.


Jon Paris

www.Partner400.com
www.SystemiDeveloper.com



On Jul 4, 2010, at 1:00 PM, web400-request@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

" particularly the Javascript and CSS stuff"

Jon - Can you name a few titles that cover the fundamentals? What books do
you refer to often? Thanks.