15 best ebooks for web development

HTML & XHTML: The Definitive Guide (6th Edition)

HTML: The Definitive Guide is aimed at beginners as well as those who have more practice in Web-page creation. The authors assume at least a basic knowledge of computers, including how to use a word processor or text editor and how to deal with files.

Book Author: Chuck Musciano

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CSS The Missing Manual OReilly

To get the most out of CSS, your HTML code needs to provide a solid, well-built foundation. This book shows you how to write better, more CSS-friendly HTML. The good news is that when you use CSS throughout your site, HTML actually becomes easier to write. You no longer need to worry about trying to turn HTML into the design maven it was never intended to be; instead, CSS offers all the graphic design touches you'll likely ever want.

Book Author: David Sawyer McFarland

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Stylin with CSS - A Designers Guide

Stylin' with CSS is all about designing and building Web pages that look stylish and professional, that are intuitive for visitors to use, that work across a wide variety of user agents (browsers, handhelds, cell phones, and so on) and whose content can be easily updated and distributed for other purposes.

Book Author: Charles Wyke Smith

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Beginning Ajax with PHP: From Novice to Professional

Ajax breathes new life into web applications by transparently communicating and manipulating data in conjunction with a server-based technology. Of all the server-based technologies capable of working in conjunction with Ajax, perhaps none are more suitable than PHP, the world’s most popular scripting language.

Beginning Ajax with PHP: From Novice to Professional is the first book to introduce how these two popular technologies can work together to create next-generation applications.

Book Author: Lee Babin

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Learning ASP.NET 2.0 with AJAX: A Practical Hands-on Guide

With this book, web developers can build engaging and interactive sites and applications using Microsoft’s latest web development tools — ASP.NET 2.0 and the new ASP.NET AJAX framework. You learn to create applications that have all the great tricks you see on popular commercial web sites, such as order forms and the ability to interact with a database. And you can build pages that display information interactively without a page refresh.

Book Author: Jesse Liberty

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A Java Library of Graph Algorithms and Optimization

A Java Library of Graph Algorithms and Optimization provides the source code for a library of Java programs that can be used to solve problems in graph theory and combinatorial optimization. Self-contained and largely independent, each topic starts with a problem description and an outline of the solution procedure, followed by its parameter list specification, source code, and a test example that illustrates the usage of the code.


Book Author: Hang T. Lau

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Sams Teach Yourself PHP, MySQL and Apache All in One (3rd Edition)

Sams Teach Yourself PHP, MySQL and Apache All in One is a complete reference manual for all three development tools. You will learn how to install, configure and set up the PHP scripting language, use the MySQL database system, and work with the Apache Web server. Then you’ll take it a step further and discover how they work together to create a dynamic website.

Book Author: Sams

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HTML & JavaScript for Visual Learners

This book provides step by step solution to build first-rate Web sites by using HTML and Javascript. Over 150 screen shots and diagrams guide beginners step-by-step through common tasks.

Some Featured Chapters:
-Set up a Web site 
-Format pages and text 
-Create links and insert graphics 
-Lay out pages with tables and frames 
-Enable interactivity with forms and style sheets 
-Employ practical Javascript to create rollover graphics and open new windows 
- Set up a Web site-Format pages and text-Create links and insert graphics-Lay out pages with tables and frames-Enable interactivity with forms and style sheets-Employ practical Javascript to create rollover graphics and open new windows.

Book Author: Chris Charuhas

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Photoshop CS3 Workflow: The Digital Photographer’s Guide

If you’re like most artists, the idea of structuring your work may seem at odds with true creativity, but you’ll be surprised to learn from digital imaging expert Tim Grey that just the opposite is true. This latest edition of his bestselling guide to Photoshop shows you how proper workflow can free you from the repetitive parts of a project and let you focus on your vision. Discover techniques that streamline processes, reduce your time and effort, and produce striking results.

Book Author: Tim Grey

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The Photoshop Anthology: 101 Web Design Tips, Tricks

The Photoshop Anthology is full-color, question-and-answer book for Web Designers who want to use Photoshop to build Websites and create better looking web graphics more effectively. The book covers:
- Photoshop interface tricks & shortcuts
- Basic Skills: Transparencies, rounded corners, blending images, matching colors and more
- Buttons: Creating buttons and tabs in various shapes and form factors
- Backgrounds: Making various gradient and textured backgrounds
- Creating text effects, texturing and shadowing text, wrapping text around a curve, and more.

Book Author: Corrie Haffly

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Beginning Web Development, Silverlight, and ASP.NET AJAX: From Novice to Professional

Beginning Web Development, Silverlight, and ASP.NET AJAX: From Novice to Professional aims to give you the skills you need to start building web applications with Microsoft’s next–generation technology as quickly as possible. Whether you’re interested in ASP.NET AJAX, Silverlight, or the technologies that support them (WPF, WCF, WF, etc.), this book is the starting point that you need.

Book Author: Laurence Moroney

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Ajax Construction Kit: Building Plug-and-Play Ajax Applications

Ajax Construction Kit lets you put Ajax to work right now, even if you’ve never written a script! Just learn a few essentials, check out a few examples, then run the live CD and discover all the plug-and-play code you need to hit the ground running. Ajax Construction Kit’s built-in applications work right out of the box.

And with easy guidance from Michael Morrison, you’ll gradually deepen your understanding–learn how to customize, extend, and reuse these applications—and even build skills for creating new ones.

Book Author: Michael Morrison

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FileMaker Web Publishing: A Complete Guide to Using the API for PHP

FileMaker Web Publishing offers an unparalleled development strategy for database managers, web designers, and programmers who are interested in getting the most out of FileMaker databases on the web. As the book covers both introductory web publishing and advanced database programming on the web, it is ideal for all skill levels.

Book Author: Allyson Olm

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XML for ASP.NET Developers (Kaleidoscope)

XML for ASP.NET Developers first gives a solid foundation in the basics of MSXML including XML Syntax, XML Schemas, Xpath, Xlink, Xpointer, and other concepts necessary to leverage the power of XML. After the building blocks of XML are thoroughly covered, Dan guides readers through manipulating XML documents using the Document Object Model (DOM) and XSL (Extensible Stylesheet Language) both on the client and the server.

Book Author: Dan Wahlin

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Web Standards Programmer's Reference: HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Perl, Python, and PHP

This book is one-stop reading for all the essential Web standards—XHTML, CSS, JavaScript, CGI with Perl and Python, and PHP. In today’s web environment, professional web coders and serious enthusiasts need to create documents and scripts that comply with published standards so your content can be viewed on as many web-capable platforms as possible. This book teaches the standards and technologies necessary to achieve that desired result.

Book Author: Steven M. Schafer

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