Re: Sitepoint Books

[Jon Paris <jon.paris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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.