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Sams Teach Yourself HTML and CSS in 24 Hours
Feb 24th
A while back a friend asked me for some advice on getting into web-design. Now that’s a pretty broad question, kind of like saying you want to “get into cars”, but besides taking a course, which I usually suggest recommend for someone totally new to a subject, there are a few books around, so I suggested he pick up this one.
The reasons I liked this book are mainly that it’s focused on HTML, doesn’t try and teach PHP or another server language, yet still covers things people need to know like how to organize a website, choose an ISP and More >
Adobe AIR Programming Unleashed
Feb 9th
Adobe AIR Programming Unleashed teaches readers how to create applications using the Adobe Integrated Runtime (AIR). Readers will learn three things: what AIR is and what it offers to developers, the process of creating an application and some good practises for developing your applications.
In a nutshell AIR lets developers write cross-platform applications in ActionScript or JavaScript- though ActionScript is given most of the coverage in the book. If this sounds a bit like Java’s “write once, run (or test) anywhere,” the comparison is a valid one– in fact, with the new 3D animation support and UI toolkit, AIR could be More >
Ajax for Web Application Developers
Dec 5th
The book starts off with some examples and quickly moves through XML and JSON to get you up to speed. Chapter 5 covers object orientated Javascript. The speed is good, if you know a bit of Javascript and have a familiarity with object orientated languages, this is quite straightforward. If not, it’s a good introduction to Javascript’s OO features.
Chapter 8 gets into debugging scripts with the web browser. It shows the tools available for Internet Explorer, Safari and an extended look at the Firebug extension for Mozilla Firefox. Oddly, for Firefox, there is no mention of the Venkman Javascript debugger, More >
