Tag: website

THE RESPONSIVE WEB: A ‘mobile-first’ guide to creating websites effective for all devices – #bookreview

by Si Dunn

The Responsive Web Matthew Carver (Manning – paperback) While devices for viewing websites keep getting smaller–web-enabled watches are a recent example–the challenges get bigger and tougher for website designers and developers. How do you create websites that effectively adjust to the size of the devices where they are being viewed, while also delivering essential information … Continue reading THE RESPONSIVE WEB: A ‘mobile-first’ guide to creating websites effective for all devices – #bookreview

WordPress: The Missing Manual – Covers what you need to know & can profit from – #bookreview

by Si Dunn

WordPress: The Missing Manual Matthew MacDonald (O’Reilly, paperback – Kindle) It’s easy to set up and launch a basic WordPress blog. But once you do, it’s also very easy to just keep blogging and ignore the many other options and features that WordPress offers. (I’m guilty of that, which is why I’m happy to see … Continue reading WordPress: The Missing Manual – Covers what you need to know & can profit from – #bookreview

Specificity, Selectors, and the Cascade: Applying CSS3 to Documents – #bookreview

by Si Dunn

Selectors, Specificity, and the Cascade: Applying CSS3 to Documents Eric A. Meyer (O’Reilly, paperback – Kindle) If you know some basic CSS but wonder how the “cascade” part of Cascading Style Sheets works, here is a useful guide. Actually, this is a 73-page, two-chapter excerpt from the upcoming fourth edition of Eric A. Meyer’s CSS: … Continue reading Specificity, Selectors, and the Cascade: Applying CSS3 to Documents – #bookreview

Developing with Google+ –A handy how-to guide for working with the Google+ Platform – #programming #bookreview

by Si Dunn

Developing with Google+ Jennifer Murphy (O’Reilly/Google Press, paperback – Kindle) Ready to integrate Google+ with an existing website? Eager to build your own Google+ social application? This well-written and nicely illustrated how-to guide can get you started. Jennifer Murphy’s new book shows you, step by step, how to become “comfortable digging into Google+” and its … Continue reading Developing with Google+ –A handy how-to guide for working with the Google+ Platform – #programming #bookreview

Head First HTML and CSS, 2nd Edition – An effective and entertaining guide now updated for HTML5 – #bookreview

by Si Dunn

Head First HTML and CSS, 2nd Edition Elisabeth Robson and Eric Freeman (O’Reilly, paperback) As a techie, I am admittedly a bit mediocre. I do know most of the critical differences between a couch and CouchDB. But I don’t speak fluent JavaScript or Klingon. I seldom eat regular expressions for breakfast. And I never brush my teeth … Continue reading Head First HTML and CSS, 2nd Edition – An effective and entertaining guide now updated for HTML5 – #bookreview

Dreamweaver CS6: The Missing Manual – 1000+ pages of good website how-to information

by Si Dunn

Dreamweaver CS6: The Missing Manual By David Sawyer McFarland (O’Reilly,  paperback, Kindle) Dreamweaver website development and management software has been around more than 14 years. This makes it almost ancient by software standards. Yet, with each new release, it keeps steadily evolving, improving and adding more features and capabilities. And it is well-supported and stable. So Dreamweaver remains one … Continue reading Dreamweaver CS6: The Missing Manual – 1000+ pages of good website how-to information

The CSS3 Anthology: Take Your Sites to New Heights – #bookreview #in #webdesign

by Si Dunn

The CSS3 Anthology: Take Your Sites to New Heights, 4th Edition Rachel Andrew (SitePoint, paperback, list price $39.95; Kindle edition, list price $29.95) “The basic purpose of CSS [Cascading Style Sheets],” Rachel Andrew notes, “is to allow the [web] designer to define style declarations — formatting details such as fonts, element sizes, and colors — … Continue reading The CSS3 Anthology: Take Your Sites to New Heights – #bookreview #in #webdesign

Three new specialized how-to books for SharePoint, JQuery & Mac OS X Lion Server – #bookreview #in #programming

by Si Dunn

Here are three new books for those with at least some basic to intermediate experience with Microsoft SharePoint, or web development, or Mac OS X Lion. Microsoft SharePoint 2010: Creating and Implementing Real-World Projects By Jennifer Mason, Christian Buckley, Brian T. Jackett, and Wes Preston (Microsoft Press, paperback, list price $34.99; Kindle edition, list price $27.99) If … Continue reading Three new specialized how-to books for SharePoint, JQuery & Mac OS X Lion Server – #bookreview #in #programming

Webbots, Spiders, and Screen Scrapers, 2nd Ed. – Bots can be tools for good, efficiency, profit – #programming #bookreview

by Si Dunn

Webbots, Spiders, and Screen Scrapers: A Guide to Developing Internet Agents with PHP/CURL, 2nd Edition By Michael Schrenk (No Starch Press, paperback, list price $39.95; Kindle edition, list price $31.95) Bots have a bad reputation on the Web, but when used properly and for honest purposes, they can be tools for good, for better business … Continue reading Webbots, Spiders, and Screen Scrapers, 2nd Ed. – Bots can be tools for good, efficiency, profit – #programming #bookreview

Web Development Recipes – To make life easier for you & your users – #programming #bookreview #in

by Si Dunn

Web Development Recipes By Brian P. Hogan, Chris Warren, Mike Weber, Chris Johnson, and Aaron Godin (Pragmatic Bookshelf, paperback, list price $35.00) “It’s no longer enough,” this book’s authors state, “to know how to wrangle HTML, CSS, and a bit of JavaScript. Today’s web developer needs to know how to write testable code, build interactive … Continue reading Web Development Recipes – To make life easier for you & your users – #programming #bookreview #in