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The Principles of Project Management
Jun 9th
So that is what the first section of the book does: provides a definition that can be summed up as applying tools and skills to complete a project. That then leads to what exactly is a “project”: a set of tasks with a time-frame and goal of somehow adding value. So yes, the introduction does involve a fair bit of terminology that isn’t going to be familiar to many readers coming from a coder’s background, but there’s a helpful appendix that lays out many of the terms. Just as important, the introduction explains what project management is not, some of More >
The Photoshop Anthology: 101 Web Design Tips, Tricks & Techniques
Feb 7th
The first chapter covers the interface and introduces the reader to the basic features (layers, the toolbar) as well as tucking on some new additions in CS2 like Smart Objects that allow linking external image files into a Photoshop document.
The next chapter looks at some basic skills like using layer masks, the blending modes, combining two images together, layer transparency, vector shapes, drawing tools.
The following two chapters then concentrate on creating various button styles, from the Mac-inspired ‘Aqua’ buttons to more conservative web buttons that look good without being too flashy.
In the chapter on backgrounds, the reader is shown how More >
Deliver First Class Web Sites: 101 Essential Check-lists
Dec 26th
The book is broken down into a series of check-lists for developing websites organized into major themes. Usually there is a short point, and explanation and sometimes an example- you might think of it as a stripped-down version of the format used in the O’Reilly Cookbook series.
Chapters are:
- Pre-planning
- Initial questions – target audience, goals and budget issues
- Preparing content
- Managing content
- Usability, focus on the user
- Colour,using colour in your website
- Information architecture, organizing your website
- Navigation
- Coding your site, proper X/HTML, CSS
- Creating accessible websites
- Optimization. JavaScript and CSS, images, minimizing URLs
- Search engine Optimization, avoid being banned
- Design
- Testing, usability,accessibility testing
- Preparing for launch
- Post Launch follow-up, collecting data
- E-commerce Check-lists
This book arrived while More >
