Books

New to web design? Here are some books recommended by Keller Technologies staff to help get you started.

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	HTML for the World Wide Web with XHTML and CSS: Visual QuickStart Guide by Elizabeth Castro It's important for anyone who creates Web sites--even those who rely on powerful editors like Dreamweaver or GoLive--to know HTML. The World Wide Web Consortium rewrote HTML as a subset of XML (dubbing it "XHTML 1.0") and the allowable code will eventually be stricter. Tags that are being phased out are labeled "deprecated"--current browsers can still handle them, but if you want your site to keep up with future browsers, not to mention conform to accessibility requirements, you will want to get on top of XHTML. Of course, Elizabeth Castro manages to write books that not only speak to those who are already fluent in HTML, but are good for newbies too. She makes it a breeze to create sites that are visually stylish and technically sophisticated without the expense of buying an editor. Among the topics covered in her new book, HTML for the World Wide Web with XHTML and CSS: using the (relatively newer) structural tags (like doctype and div); correctly using older tags (like p and img) that have been modified in XHTML; writing XHTML so that formatting is done by the style sheets; writing those style sheets (cascading style sheets, a.k.a. "CSS"); creating a variety of layouts; and dealing with tables, frames, forms, multimedia, a bit of JavaScript (including mouseovers), WML (for mobile device displays), debugging, publishing, and publicizing your site. As with all Visual QuickStart Guides, this one features clear and concise instructions side by side with well-captioned illustrations and screen shots that show both the source code and the resulting effect on the Web page. The index is extremely detailed, making this a great reference. Also great for reference are the outstanding appendices. The first is an extensive list of tags and attributes, indicating which are deprecated and/or proprietary and on which page they are discussed. A similar appendix shows CSS properties and values; given the future of Web coding, this chart alone is worth the price of the book. Other handy charts cover intrinsic events, symbols and character Unicodes, and an expanded color chart that goes way beyond the virtually archaic Web-safe palette. All of which makes this a definite must-have for every Web designer's bookshelf. --Angelynn Grant
	Eric Meyer on CSS: Mastering the Language of Web Design by Eric A. Meyer There are several other books on the market that serve as in-depth technical guides or reference books for CSS. None, however, take a more hands-on approach and use practical examples to teach readers how to solve the problems they face in designing with CSS - until now. Eric Meyer provides a variety of carefully crafted projects that teach how to use CSS and why particular methods were chosen. The web site includes all of the files needed to complete the tutorials in the book. In addition, bonus information is be posted.
	JavaScript Bible, 5th Edition by Danny Goodman, Michael Morrison If JavaScript can do it, you can do it too... Create Web pages brimming with dynamic content. Engage your site visitors with programmed style sheets that respond instantly to user interaction. Take charge of your user interface by controlling CSS, plug-ins, Javaandtrade; applets, and even XML data. Premier JavaScript authority Danny Goodman teams up with developer/inventor Michael Morrison to help you bring your pages to life, whether you re a beginner or a JavaScript pro. You ll find what you need in this extensively revised edition an updated, standards-intensive tutorial for newcomers, and plenty of advanced detail for veterans. Inside, you ll find complete coverage of JavaScript Get up to speed fast on JavaScript basics with an updated tutorial tailored for newcomers Master JavaScript and DOM concepts with Danny Goodman s exclusive interactive workbench, The Evaluator Apply scripting to Web standards XHTML, DOM, CSS, and XML to produce future-compatible pages Implement cross-browser dynamic HTML applications for MSIE 6, Mozillaandtrade;, Safariandtrade;, and other browsers Energize your content with custom objects, XML data, and other client-side techniques Learn in depth from hundreds of fully scripted example HTML pages Bonus CD-ROM includes Full, searchable PDF version of the book 22 bonus chapters covering advanced DOM, XML, and JavaScript objects; dynamic HTML, data validation, plug-ins, and security; techniques for developing and debugging professional Web-based applications, and more Nine complete JavaScript real-world applications Over 300 ready-to-run HTML documents demonstrating most of the Document Object Model and JavaScript terms in the book.

Free Tutorials

Links to some good free web design tutorials.

W3Schools
Adding a touch of style - CSS Tutorial by Dave Raggett