Thank you all for your help. I am wondering which up to date css/xhtml/php/javascript html5/css3 books you would recommend.
I would say I am intermediate/advanced level in all except javascript, But without real experience. I have never had a big project to use them. has just been a bit of a hobby with years in between, but I am really liking and getting into this stuff now.
also photoshop gimp books I am horrible with graphics
sorry for sloppy post I stayed up all night reading completely through
Learn HTML Learn HTML5 Learn CSS Learn CSS3 Learn TCP/IP on http://www.w3schools.com/ website. reading Javascript now :)
just for the sake on continuity i'm pasting in what i wrote in the previous thread:
@JustinBeaird, your second round of questions would probably be better off as a new thread, but since you asked nicely i would recommend you avoid w3schools as much as possible. a lot of their info is out of date or just plain wrong (see: w3fools).
instead of that bookmark Mozilla's webdev docs, and save yourself a lot of headaches.
as for up to date books on web development, imo you should try to read everything that ABookApart publishes.
i also just recently got Aaron Gustafson's Adaptive Web Design, and its full of great info on the many ways to apply progressive enhancement to your work.
You should buy "Introducing HTMl5" of Remy Sharp and Bruce Lawson. It's an eye-opening book. I've also got all the books of abookapart.com, but i'm not crazy about them.. (haven't read them all, but the first three where a bit disappointing).
To the JavaScript rec list, I'd like to add JavaScript: The Definitive Guide by David Flanagan, once you've got at least a beginner's grasp of JS. Eloquent JavaScript is also worth a look, imho.
I recommend Dan Cederholm's books. Just recently got his Bulletproof Web Design (Third Edition).
While it's about 75% a repeat of earlier versions (the remainder touches on using CSS3 features), it's still one of the most valuable books I've come across.
I would say I am intermediate/advanced level in all except javascript, But without real experience. I have never had a big project to use them. has just been a bit of a hobby with years in between, but I am really liking and getting into this stuff now.
also photoshop gimp books I am horrible with graphics
sorry for sloppy post I stayed up all night reading completely through
Learn HTML
Learn HTML5
Learn CSS
Learn CSS3
Learn TCP/IP
on http://www.w3schools.com/ website. reading Javascript now :)
http://w3fools.com/
As for books;
"The good parts" by Douglas Crockford
"DOM scripting" by Jeremy Keith
I couldn't agree more with avoiding w3schools. A lot of their javascript examples are not cross-browser compatible.
Here is a good one.
http://designingfortheweb.co.uk/
@JustinBeaird, your second round of questions would probably be better off as a new thread, but since you asked nicely i would recommend you avoid w3schools as much as possible. a lot of their info is out of date or just plain wrong (see: w3fools).
instead of that bookmark Mozilla's webdev docs, and save yourself a lot of headaches.
as for up to date books on web development, imo you should try to read everything that ABookApart publishes.
i also just recently got Aaron Gustafson's Adaptive Web Design, and its full of great info on the many ways to apply progressive enhancement to your work.
While it's about 75% a repeat of earlier versions (the remainder touches on using CSS3 features), it's still one of the most valuable books I've come across.
Here is a list:
Designing with Web Standards, 3rd Edition.
Introducing HTML5
Designing for Emotion
Responsive Web Design
HTML5 - http://www.abookapart.com/products/html5-for-web-designers
CSS3 - http://www.abookapart.com/products/css3-for-web-designers
and Andy Clarke's Hardboiled Web design is one i find myself constantly grabbing for -http://hardboiledwebdesign.com/