Reading Now::
Everything You Know About CSS Is Wrong!
By Rachel Andrew & Kevin Yank
Published by SitePoint Pty. Ltd
“Everything You Know About CSS Is Wrong! is an eye-opening exposé on CSS as we know it today. You’ll discover a fresh approach to coding Cascading Style Sheets where old hacks and workarounds are just a distant memory.”
ActionScript 3.0 for Adobe Flash CS3 Professional Hands-On Training
By Todd Perkins
Published by Peachpit Press
“For the first time, the Flash experts at Lynda.com have poured their training expertise into this exciting book release. ActionScript 3 in Adobe Flash CS3 Professional Hands-On Training teaches readers all they need to know to get up and running with ActionScript 3 in Flash.”
Favorite Reads::
DOM Scripting: Web Design with JavaScript and the Document Object Model
By Jeremy Keith
Published by Friends of ED
“The book is aimed at designers rather than programmers. If you've learned the benefits of Web Standards through CSS and you're now ready to move on to the next level, this is the book for you. It will show you how to add stylish, usable enhancements to your web pages using Web Standards that guarantee future compatibility.”
The Art & Science Of CSS
By Cameron Adams, Jina Bolton, David Johnson, Steve Smith, and Jonathan Snook
Published by SitePoint Pty. Ltd
“This book is ideal for anyone who wants to gain the practical skills involved in using CSS to make attractive web sites, especially if you’re not the type who likes to learn by memorizing a formal specification and then trying to work out which browsers implemented it completely (does anyone enjoy reading specifications?).”
The Principles of Beautiful Web Design
By Jason Beaird
Published by SitePoint Pty. Ltd
“Tired of making web sites that work absolutely perfectly but just don’t, well, look very nice? Using The Principles of Beautiful Web Design, you’ll see just how easy it can be to create aesthetically pleasing and usable web site designs.”
Designing With Web Standards
By Jeffrey Zeldman
Published by Peachpit Press/New Riders
“Best-selling author, designer, and web standards evangelist Jeffrey Zeldman has updated his classic, industry-shaking guidebook. This new edition, now in full color, covers improvements in best practices and advances in the world of browsers since the first edition introduced the world to standards-based design.”
Don't Make Me Think: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability
By Steve Krug
Published by Peachpit Press/New Riders
“Yesterday's Web looked far different from today's Web, and tomorrow's Web will look more different still. Amidst all of this change, however, one aspect of Web use remains the same: The sites that offer the best, easiest, most intuitive experience are the ones people visit again and again. To ensure that your sites provide that experience, you need this essential guide from usability guru Steve Krug that distills his years of on-the-job experience into a practical primer on the do's and don'ts of good Web design.”
Zen of CSS Design, The: Visual Enlightenment for the Web
By Dave Shea, Molly E. Holzschlag
Published by Peachpit Press
“Proving once and for all that standards-compliant design does not equal dull design, this inspiring tome uses examples from the landmark CSS Zen Garden site as the foundation for discussions on how to create beautiful, progressive CSS-based Web sites. By using the Zen Garden sites as examples of how CSS design techniques and approaches can be applied to specific Web challenges, authors Dave Shea and Molly Holzschlag provide an eye-opening look at the range of design methods made possible by CSS (Cascading Style Sheets). By the time you've finished perusing the volume, you'll have a new understanding of the graphically rich, fully accessible sites that CSS design facilitates. In sections on design, layout, imagery, typography, effects, and themes, Dave and Molly take you through every phase of the design process--from striking a sensible balance between text and graphics to creating eye-popping special effects (no scripting required).”
Web ReDesign 2.0: Workflow that Works, 2nd Edition
By Kelly Goto, Emily Cotler
Published by Peachpit Press
“If anything, this volume's premise--that the business of Web design is one of constant change-has only proven truer over time. So much so, in fact, that the 12-month design cycles cited in the last edition have shrunk to 6 or even 3 months today. Which is why, more than ever, you need a smart, practical guide that demonstrates how to plan, budget, organize, and manage your Web redesign - or even you initial design - projects from conceptualization to launch.”
