JavaScript : the missing manual / David Sawyer McFarland, O’Reilly, 2008
This is a book for newcomers to Javascript, but learn it well and you will be writing top quality code. 500 pages.
April 21, 2009
March 9, 2009
JavaScript step by step / Steve Suehring, Microsoft, 2008
Here is a good introduction to Javascript. It is published by Microsoft, and recommends Visual Studio for an IDE, but Firefox for debugging of course. The CD includes a pdf version of the book.
December 3, 2008
C# 2008 for programmers / Paul J. Deitel, Harvey M. Deitel, Prentice Hall, 2009
Here are 1000+ pages packed with good tutorial material on C#, ASP.NET, WCF, WPF, and Silverlight.
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November 28, 2008
Adobe ColdFusion 8 Web application construction kit / Ben Forta, Peachpit Press, 2008
If you are using ColdFusion, this looks like a useful book.
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November 22, 2008
The essential guide to Dreamweaver CS3 with CSS, Ajax, and PHP / David Powers, Friends of ED, 2007
Here is a good introduction to web app programming using Dreamweaver. 720 pages, mostly well written text, with a few pictures of dialogs. Not many code examples. Recommended.
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September 20, 2008
Professional Web 2.0 programming / Eric van der Vlist, Wiley, c2007
Here is a readable, current book about the web applications stack. It also looks at new projects which are likely to be part of the toolkit in the future.
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July 15, 2008
Professional iPhone and iPod touch programming : building applications for Mobile Safari / Richard Wagner. Wiley, c2008
Here’s how to develop apps for the iPhone. They run in the context of the Safari browser, so you are using HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and AJAX. If you are targeting other smart phones, lots of this info will apply.
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