| Big Java® | Cay Horstmann | A fantastic book for learning the Java® programming language. Lots of worked examples, helpful problems, useful tips. Good for beginners & those already familiar with Java®. Briefly covers XML, JSP™ , SQL and servlets in addition to advanced Java® topics. | | DHTML and CSS for the World Wide Web: Visual QuickStart Guide | Jason Cranford Teague | Targeted to designers and content creators, not just programmers. Visual, task-based format to get up and running with DHTML as fast as possible. This revised and expanded second edition is up-to-date on the current Web standards and browsers, and includes all new coverage of using DHTML to get information about the browser environment and adding multimedia to a site, as well as new basic and advanced dynamic techniques, such as making objects appear and disappear, moving objects in 3D, and adding dynamic content. This edition offers full cross-platform and cross-browser coverage. This book does not focus on the more complex aspects of DHTML, but focuses on practical examples of what really works with DHTML and CSS, making it useful for beginners just starting out with DHTML, as well as professional developers looking for a quick reference. | | Dreamweaver® MX: PHP Web Development | Bruno Mairlot, Gareth Downes-Powell, Tim Green | This book is for web professionals who want to use Dreamweaver® MX to produce PHP web sites. It doesn't assume any knowledge of PHP. | | Flash™ MX ActionScript For Designers | Doug Sahlin | From user interactivity and eye candy effects to automated content management, ActionScript gives you the power to take your Flash™ movies to the next level. But what if you’re not comfortable with objects, variables, and all that other programming stuff? Relax! Using plenty of easy-to-understand tutorials and an absolute minimum of technical jargon, Doug Sahlin takes the mystery out of ActionScript – and shows you step by step how to put it to work in real-world Web design. | | Interface Design | Alastair Campbell | A professional journey through every aspect of graphic structure and digital navigation. | | JavaScript™ for the World Wide Web: Visual Quickstart Guide | Tom Negrino, Dori Smith | When Peachpit Press released the debut edition of JavaScript™ for the World Wide Web: Visual QuickStart Guide, it immediately became one of the most useful tools for busy Web developers. Now in its fourth edition, this book has been improved, expanded, and more finely tuned.
Written for Web coders who have at least some familiarity with HTML, the book doesn't necessarily require you to have knowledge of JavaScript™ programming or scripting. The presentation is illustrative and productive, and concepts are introduced via practical examples, explained briefly, presented in code, and then explained line by line. Using judicious screen shots and new code highlighted in red, the authors have made JavaScript™ for the World Wide Web quite intuitive. In this new edition, they point out features compatible with only certain Web browsers using new IE and Netscape® icons. Along with its core content, the text includes an excellent genealogy of the various flavors of JavaScript™, complete with an extensive object flowchart that is colorcoded by browser version. It also steps outside the base language with a chapter on visual development tools that use JavaScript™, like Dreamweaver®, GoLive®, and Fireworks®. There are tons of useful scripts in the book, and the publisher provides a companion Web site where you can get each script, as well as an interface for viewing the code in action. You can download all of the scripts in a single Zip file. This is simply a must-have guide to JavaScript™. | | JSP™, Servlets, and MySQL® | David Harms | JSP™, Servlets, and MySQL® Next-Generation Solutions for Database-Driven Web Content Offering complete control and terrific runtime efficiency, server-side Java® delivers a tightly integrated solution for database-driven Web sites. But how do you implement server-side Java® in the real world? This unique guide shows how. Using plenty of easy-to-follow examples, veteran developer David Harms explains in detail how to put JavaServer Pages and Java® servlets to work with a MySQL® database. From server-side Java® and MySQL®F basics to Tomcat™, JavaBeans, multithreading, and authentication, it's all you need to create a cutting-edge interactive site. Create State-of-the-Art Database Applications for the Web. | | Macromedia® Dreamweaver® MX for Windows® and Macintosh: Visual QuickStart Guide | J. Tarin Towers | Even if you've never used Macromedia® Dreamweaver® before, Macromedia® Dreamweaver® MX for Windows® and Macintosh: Visual QuickStart Guide will have you up and running with Macromedia®'s popular Web authoring program in no time. This completely updated edition of our best-selling guide to Macromedia® Dreamweaver® uses step-by-step, task-based instructions to explain all of the program's basic tools and how to use them to design a Web site. The book covers the program's existing features as well as its new ones, including its site setup wizard, context-sensitive toolbar, snippets, and enhanced coding tools. Whether you're using Macromedia® Dreamweaver® MX as a WYSIWYG page-layout tool and never want to write HTML, or if you're a hand coder who prefers using a sophisticated text editor, you'll find Macromedia® Dreamweaver® MX for Windows® and Macintosh: Visual QuickStart Guide indispensable. | | Macromedia® Fireworks® MX for Windows® and Macintosh: Visual QuickStart Guide | Sandee Cohen | A fantastic book for learning everything you need to know about this invaluable and powerful new graphics tool. Fireworks® can literally double the number of creative possibilities for already talented web designers with all kinds of graphic design tools and easy-to-use features. Fireworks® is highly recommended for use in 21W.785 for students to create original graphics and complex effects in DHTML. The book is an easy read, with lots of helpful graphical examples, and Fireworks® can be mastered inside of a single week! Take a look at this book and Fireworks® MX if you get a chance. | | Macromedia® Flash™ for Windows® & Macintosh: Visual Quickstart Guide | Katherine Ulrich | Ulrich covers it all-from the basics of vector animation to sophisticated interaction and transition effects-in the clear, concise prose readers have come to expect from this popular series. Covers Flash™ MX. Softcover. | | The MIT Guide to Teaching Web Site Design | Edward Barrett, Deborah A. Levinson, Suzana Lisanti | Most books on Web design focus on the appearance of the finished product and pay little attention to the ideas and processes involved in intelligent interactive design. This book is based on the premise that the principles that have defined good communication design in the past apply equally well to the Web. The basic process is one of defining the purpose, audience, and style appropriate to one's objectives. Another premise is that effective Web site design is an inherently collaborative process requiring not only technical skills but more traditional written and oral communication skills. Hence, this book stresses a social, process-oriented approach both to design and to classroom instruction.
This book is written by Prof. Barrett himself and contains a lot of invaluable information for succeeding in the class. It even contains details of your assignments, and of his expectations for your projects! Worth looking at. | | Open Source Web Development with LAMP: Using Linux, Apache™, MySQL®, Perl, and PHP | James B. Lee, Brent Ware | Open Source technologies are providing contemporary developers with a range of more cost-effective and robust alternatives to commercial software for building dynamic, data-driven Web applications. This practical guide presents a comprehensive survey of LAMP (Linux, Apache™, MySQL®, Perl, and PHP), and it shows how these solutions can be implemented efficiently and securely while improving reliability and dramatically cutting costs. | | Perl & CGI for the World Wide Web: Visual Quickstart Guide | Elizabeth Castro | New edition of a resource that shows how to create useful new scripts or adapt existing ones to individual needs. Castro (author of several books about the Web) tells how to set up and install a local server in order to learn Perl and test scripts without signing up with a commercial Web host; place forms on Web sites that collect and process user input such as product orders and comments; use CGI.pm, the standard Perl module for analyzing incoming form data; and how to debug and use security techniques. | | PHP for the World Wide Web Visual Quickstart Guide | Larry Ullman | Designed for developers, this guide and reference covers the key concepts of PHP and explains the features of PHP version 4.04. Beginning with a basic overview, it moves on to cover syntax, testing scripts, working with variables, and creating Web applications. Along the way, sample scripts and projects illustrate major points. Ullman is a PHP programmer and Web designer. | | The Web Design WoW! Book | Jack Davis, Susan Merritt | Case studies concentrate on how to resolve the particular challenges of interactive on-screen communication. Contains hundreds of design ideas for drawing people in and calling them to action; targeted solutions for marketing, promotion, education, sales, applications, entertainment, and publishing; tips for organizing project work flow, communicating with clients, coordinating with technical experts, and getting sites notices; and real-world reports on what it takes to create sites and CD-ROMs. The included CD-ROM contains WYSIWYG and HTML editors as well as full working versions of browsers, plug-ins, and utilities. |
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