{"id":850,"date":"2010-02-01T20:54:06","date_gmt":"2010-02-01T10:54:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eisabainyo.net\/weblog\/?page_id=850"},"modified":"2016-01-28T20:48:35","modified_gmt":"2016-01-28T10:48:35","slug":"recommended-web-development-books","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/eisabainyo.net\/weblog\/recommended-web-development-books\/","title":{"rendered":"Recommended Web Development Books"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Many developers often ask me what books I read and what books I recommend in regards to web development and web technologies such as AJAX, Javascript, CSS, xHTML, and so on.   Therefore, I have compiled a list of Web Development Books for the aspiring web developers wanting to read, learn and fill gaps in their knowledge.  <\/p>\n<p>Books are categorised into 4 main categories: Mobile Web Development, CSS, Javascript & AJAX and API & Web Services.<\/p>\n<div id=\"mobile-web-development\">\n<h3>Mobile Web Development<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Mobile Design and Development: Practical Concepts and Techniques for Creating Mobile Sites and Web Apps<\/strong><br \/>\n<iframe src=\"http:\/\/rcm.amazon.com\/e\/cm?lt1=_blank&bc1=FFFFFF&IS2=1&bg1=FFFFFF&fc1=000000&lc1=0000FF&t=outtheintersec0f-20&o=1&p=8&l=as1&m=amazon&f=ifr&asins=0596155441\" style=\"width:120px;height:240px;\" scrolling=\"no\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Mobile Web Development: Building mobile websites, SMS and MMS messaging, mobile payments, and automated voice call systems with XHTML MP, WCSS, and mobile AJAX<\/strong><br \/>\n<iframe src=\"http:\/\/rcm.amazon.com\/e\/cm?lt1=_blank&bc1=FFFFFF&IS2=1&bg1=FFFFFF&fc1=000000&lc1=0000FF&t=outtheintersec0f-20&o=1&p=8&l=as1&m=amazon&f=ifr&asins=1847193439\" style=\"width:120px;height:240px;\" scrolling=\"no\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Professional iPhone and iPod touch Programming: Building Applications for Mobile Safari<\/strong><br \/>\n<iframe src=\"http:\/\/rcm.amazon.com\/e\/cm?lt1=_blank&bc1=FFFFFF&IS2=1&bg1=FFFFFF&fc1=000000&lc1=0000FF&t=outtheintersec0f-20&o=1&p=8&l=as1&m=amazon&f=ifr&asins=0470251557\" style=\"width:120px;height:240px;\" scrolling=\"no\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Building iPhone Apps with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript: Making App Store Apps Without Objective-C or Cocoa<\/strong><br \/>\n<iframe src=\"http:\/\/rcm.amazon.com\/e\/cm?lt1=_blank&bc1=FFFFFF&IS2=1&bg1=FFFFFF&fc1=000000&lc1=0000FF&t=outtheintersec0f-20&o=1&p=8&l=as1&m=amazon&f=ifr&asins=0596805780\" style=\"width:120px;height:240px;\" scrolling=\"no\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"css\">\n<h3>CSS<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Web Standards Solutions: The Markup and Style Handbook, Special Edition<\/strong><br \/>\n<iframe src=\"http:\/\/rcm.amazon.com\/e\/cm?lt1=_blank&bc1=FFFFFF&IS2=1&bg1=FFFFFF&fc1=000000&lc1=0000FF&t=outtheintersec0f-20&o=1&p=8&l=as1&m=amazon&f=ifr&asins=1430219203\" style=\"width:120px;height:240px;\" scrolling=\"no\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>CSS Mastery: Advanced Web Standards Solutions, Second Edition<\/strong><br \/>\n<iframe src=\"http:\/\/rcm.amazon.com\/e\/cm?lt1=_blank&bc1=FFFFFF&IS2=1&bg1=FFFFFF&fc1=000000&lc1=0000FF&t=outtheintersec0f-20&o=1&p=8&l=as1&m=amazon&f=ifr&asins=1430223979\" style=\"width:120px;height:240px;\" scrolling=\"no\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Bulletproof Web Design: Improving flexibility and protecting against worst-case scenarios with XHTML and CSS (2nd Edition)<\/strong><br \/>\n<iframe src=\"http:\/\/rcm.amazon.com\/e\/cm?lt1=_blank&bc1=FFFFFF&IS2=1&bg1=FFFFFF&fc1=000000&lc1=0000FF&t=outtheintersec0f-20&o=1&p=8&l=as1&m=amazon&f=ifr&asins=0321509021\" style=\"width:120px;height:240px;\" scrolling=\"no\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Zen of CSS Design: Visual Enlightenment for the Web<\/strong><br \/>\n<iframe src=\"http:\/\/rcm.amazon.com\/e\/cm?lt1=_blank&bc1=FFFFFF&IS2=1&bg1=FFFFFF&fc1=000000&lc1=0000FF&t=outtheintersec0f-20&o=1&p=8&l=as1&m=amazon&f=ifr&asins=0321303474\" style=\"width:120px;height:240px;\" scrolling=\"no\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Art and Science of CSS<\/strong><br \/>\n<iframe src=\"http:\/\/rcm.amazon.com\/e\/cm?lt1=_blank&bc1=FFFFFF&IS2=1&bg1=FFFFFF&fc1=000000&lc1=0000FF&t=outtheintersec0f-20&o=1&p=8&l=as1&m=amazon&f=ifr&asins=0975841971\" style=\"width:120px;height:240px;\" scrolling=\"no\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"javascript-ajax\">\n<h3>Javascript & AJAX<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Simply JavaScript<\/strong><br \/>\n<iframe src=\"http:\/\/rcm.amazon.com\/e\/cm?lt1=_blank&bc1=FFFFFF&IS2=1&bg1=FFFFFF&fc1=000000&lc1=0000FF&t=outtheintersec0f-20&o=1&p=8&l=as1&m=amazon&f=ifr&asins=0980285801\" style=\"width:120px;height:240px;\" scrolling=\"no\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>DOM Scripting: Web Design with JavaScript and the Document Object Model<\/strong><br \/>\n<iframe src=\"http:\/\/rcm.amazon.com\/e\/cm?lt1=_blank&bc1=FFFFFF&IS2=1&bg1=FFFFFF&fc1=000000&lc1=0000FF&t=outtheintersec0f-20&o=1&p=8&l=as1&m=amazon&f=ifr&asins=1590595335\" style=\"width:120px;height:240px;\" scrolling=\"no\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Ajax Bible<\/strong><br \/>\n<iframe src=\"http:\/\/rcm.amazon.com\/e\/cm?lt1=_blank&bc1=FFFFFF&IS2=1&bg1=FFFFFF&fc1=000000&lc1=0000FF&t=outtheintersec0f-20&o=1&p=8&l=as1&m=amazon&f=ifr&asins=0470102632\" style=\"width:120px;height:240px;\" scrolling=\"no\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Bulletproof Ajax<\/strong><br \/>\n<iframe src=\"http:\/\/rcm.amazon.com\/e\/cm?lt1=_blank&bc1=FFFFFF&IS2=1&bg1=FFFFFF&fc1=000000&lc1=0000FF&t=outtheintersec0f-20&o=1&p=8&l=as1&m=amazon&f=ifr&asins=0321472667\" style=\"width:120px;height:240px;\" scrolling=\"no\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Ajax Hacks: Tips & Tools for Creating Responsive Web Sites<\/strong><br \/>\n<iframe src=\"http:\/\/rcm.amazon.com\/e\/cm?lt1=_blank&bc1=FFFFFF&IS2=1&bg1=FFFFFF&fc1=000000&lc1=0000FF&t=outtheintersec0f-20&o=1&p=8&l=as1&m=amazon&f=ifr&asins=0596101694\" style=\"width:120px;height:240px;\" scrolling=\"no\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"api-web-services\">\n<h3>API & Web Services<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Facebook Cookbook: Building Applications to Grow Your Facebook Empire<\/strong><br \/>\n<iframe src=\"http:\/\/rcm.amazon.com\/e\/cm?lt1=_blank&bc1=FFFFFF&IS2=1&bg1=FFFFFF&fc1=000000&lc1=0000FF&t=outtheintersec0f-20&o=1&p=8&l=as1&m=amazon&f=ifr&asins=059651817X\" style=\"width:120px;height:240px;\" scrolling=\"no\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Twitter API: Up and Running: Learn How to Build Applications with the Twitter API<\/strong><br \/>\n<iframe src=\"http:\/\/rcm.amazon.com\/e\/cm?lt1=_blank&bc1=FFFFFF&IS2=1&bg1=FFFFFF&fc1=000000&lc1=0000FF&t=outtheintersec0f-20&o=1&p=8&l=as1&m=amazon&f=ifr&asins=0596154615\" style=\"width:120px;height:240px;\" scrolling=\"no\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Beginning Google Maps Mashups with Mapplets, KML, and GeoRSS: From Novice to Professional (Beginning from Novice to Professional)<\/strong><br \/>\n<iframe src=\"http:\/\/rcm.amazon.com\/e\/cm?lt1=_blank&bc1=FFFFFF&IS2=1&bg1=FFFFFF&fc1=000000&lc1=0000FF&t=outtheintersec0f-20&o=1&p=8&l=as1&m=amazon&f=ifr&asins=1430216204\" style=\"width:120px;height:240px;\" scrolling=\"no\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Web Development Solutions: Ajax, APIs, Libraries, and Hosted Services Made Easy <\/strong><br \/>\n<iframe src=\"http:\/\/rcm.amazon.com\/e\/cm?lt1=_blank&bc1=FFFFFF&IS2=1&bg1=FFFFFF&fc1=000000&lc1=0000FF&t=outtheintersec0f-20&o=1&p=8&l=as1&m=amazon&f=ifr&asins=1590598067\" style=\"width:120px;height:240px;\" scrolling=\"no\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>PHP Web 2.0 Mashup Projects: Practical PHP Mashups with Google Maps, Flickr, Amazon, YouTube, MSN Search, Yahoo!: Create practical mashups in PHP grabbing ... 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