 | Designing with Web Standards (2nd Edition) by Jeffrey Zeldman
Buy new: $31.49 / Used from: $24.75 If you're building websites, you must read this book. Period. You will love it.
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 | ppk on JavaScript, 1/e (VOICES) by Peter-Paul Koch
Buy new: $29.69 / Used from: $22.50 I bought 6 books on javascript and was still confused. This one showed me the light. If you're using javascript, read this book.
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 | CSS Pocket Reference: Visual Presentation for the Web (Pocket Reference) by Eric Meyer
Buy new: $9.99 / Used from: $6.25 Great little guide; really the only learning tool you need for basic CSS.
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 | The Definitive Guide to Apache mod_rewrite (Definitive Guide) by Rich Bowen
Buy new: $39.99 / Used from: $33.95 The only good book on mod_rewrite; learn how to make readable URLs like "/articles/article_title" instead of "/articles/show.php?id=212"
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 | PHP Cookbook (Cookbooks (O'Reilly)) by Adam Trachtenberg
Buy new: $29.69 / Used from: $22.00 How I went from PHP beginner to PHP intermediate: looking up everything I needed to do in this book.
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 | HTML, XHTML, and CSS, Sixth Edition (Visual Quickstart Guide) by Elizabeth Castro
Buy new: $23.09 / Used from: $16.45 I I didn't use a particular book to learn HTML and CSS, but this is what I recommend to others looking to do the same.
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 | HTML and XHTML Pocket Reference (Pocket Reference (O'Reilly)) by Jennifer Niederst Robbins
Buy new: $10.39 / Used from: $6.49 Think you know every bit of HTML syntax? Hell no. Browse this every once in a while to remember all the tags and attributes you forgot or quickly lookup the one you need right now.
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 | PHP and MySQL Web Development (3rd Edition) (Developer's Library) by Luke Welling
Buy new: $31.49 / Used from: $20.99 This book is uncannily good. Not for a true beginner really, but you will almost always find what you need to do in this book.
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 | Bulletproof Ajax by Jeremy Keith
Buy new: $26.39 / Used from: $23.50 The first book that could adequately explain to me how Ajax worked. Very quick read, very worthwhile.
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 | The Zen of CSS Design: Visual Enlightenment for the Web (Voices That Matter) by Dave Shea
Buy new: $29.69 / Used from: $18.50 Awesome design book! Will get you thinking outside the box (literally) once you have your basic CSS skills in place.
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 | Don't Make Me Think: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability, 2nd Edition by Steve Krug
Buy new: $26.40 / Used from: $23.09 The final word in usability, and one of the most fun "tech" books I ever read. Critical read if you build websites.
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 | PHP for the World Wide Web, Second Edition (Visual QuickStart Guide) by Larry Ullman
Buy new: $19.79 / Used from: $10.00 How I learned PHP; great step-by-step to get you started.
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 | PHP Advanced for the World Wide Web: Visual QuickPro Guide (Visual Quickpro Guide) by Larry Ullman
Buy used from: $1.06 After the Quickstart, this'll get you to an intermediate level.
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