 | HTML and CSS Web Standards Solutions: A Web Standardistas' Approach by Christopher Murphy
Buy new: $26.39 / Used from: $9.98 this book has just replaced Ian Lloyd's book as the first book I tell people to read to learn standards-based markup. I like to be able to point people to books to get started, and THIS ONE is it! it reads like a textbook, teaches in order and explains well, what is being done and why it should be done that way. excellent beginner book and potential mini-reference.
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 | Web Standards Solutions: The Markup and Style Handbook, Special Edition by Dan Cederholm
Buy new: $23.09 / Used from: $21.20 new edition of previous book. updated.
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 | Web Standards Solutions: The Markup and Style Handbook (Pioneering Series) by Dan Cederholm
Buy new: $29.91 / Used from: $0.54 new edition available. but then you can get this one for under a buck now. one of the first books you should read anything by Cederholm should be on your list.
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 | Bulletproof Web Design: Improving flexibility and protecting against worst-case scenarios with XHTML and CSS (2nd Edition) by Dan Cederholm
Buy new: $26.39 / Used from: $19.95 another of the first books you should read... perhaps get a good base of html/css understanding, but don't let this sit too long, it'll get you thinking outside the box sooner than you would on your own
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 | HTML Mastery: Semantics, Standards, and Styling by Paul Haine
Buy new: $23.09 / Used from: $2.84 reminds you again that semantics are the roots of good web design. get it and keep it
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 | CSS Mastery: Advanced Web Standards Solutions by Andy Budd
Buy new: $22.04 / Used from: $2.00 another great read and reference, great ideas come from this book every day
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 | Handcrafted CSS: More Bulletproof Web Design by Dan Cederholm
Buy new: $26.39 / Used from: $23.30 great book in that it works on the theory of not fixing everything for older browsers, but making things better for browsers that are ahead of the game and adopters of early (even pre-spec) standards... it's dan cederholm, can't go wrong reading it.
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 | DOM Scripting: Web Design with JavaScript and the Document Object Model by Jeremy Keith
Buy new: $23.09 / Used from: $12.60 wow. just wow.
normally, i'd put a book like this much further down on the list in terms of when you should read it, but honestly, even if you don't get it all, you understand that it puts the intentions of good markup ahead of the cool, and proper stuff that it builds. that's a seed that should be planted early.
see my review for more...
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 | Designing with Web Standards (2nd Edition) by Jeffrey Zeldman
Buy new: $31.49 / Used from: $0.25 this is a bit more theoretical, but one you'll refer to again and again
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 | HTML 4 Bible (with CD-ROM) by Bryan Pfaffenberger
Buy used from: $0.70 you need a complete html reference. this books has the complete spec, syntax, and good explanations. plus, the appendixes are great for quick ref.
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 | Eric Meyer on CSS: Mastering the Language of Web Design by Eric Meyer
Buy used from: $6.00 more great css ideas and examples, a god on the tpoic
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 | More Eric Meyer on CSS (Voices That Matter) by Eric Meyer
Buy new: $35.04 / Used from: $3.26 again, eric meyer, read it
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 | CSS: The Definitive Guide by Eric A Meyer
Buy new: $29.69 / Used from: $24.50 many free online css references out there... but if you like a book beside you it might as well be this one
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 | Getting the Perfect Website (Voices That Matter) by Andy Budd
not out yet, but with the author line-up that this one has, it'll sure be ending up on this list
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 | Build Your Own Web Site the Right Way Using HTML & CSS by Ian Lloyd
Buy used from: $9.26 I used to point people to this book first, but finally re-read it again recently and decided it's not quite what I'd recommend. for a much better book to get started... look at Christopher Murphy's Standardistas' Approach book...
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