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Review: CSS: The Missing Manual

Wednesday, September 23, 2009

by Web Teacher product CSS: The Missing Manual (Amazon.com affiliate link) ★★★★ CSS: The Missing Manual by David Sawyer McFarland is from O’Reilly (2009). The books in the missing manual series are always dependable resources, and this book is no exception. The book isn’t a big wow. It isn’t bad. It’s somewhere in the middle [...]

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Useful links: Teach Naked, eBook format, Trust Agents, Retweet

Friday, August 14, 2009

Teach Naked. What do you think about this idea as a way to teach web design or web development classes? You definitely need a computer lab, but how about the idea for lecture delivery and class discussion? Sony Plans to Adopt a Common Format for eBooks. This may finally bring the lower priced competition to [...]

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Review: Foundation Website Creation

Thursday, June 25, 2009

by Web Teacher product Foundation Website Creation with CSS, XHTML, and JavaScript (Amazon affiliate link) ★★★★★ Foundation Website Creation with CSS, XHTML, and JavaScript by Jonathan Lane, Meitar Moscovitz and Joseph R. Lewis is from Friends of ED (2008). I recommend this book. It is not the usual heavy dose of XHTML and CSS that [...]

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Review: HTML and CSS Web Standards Solutions

Tuesday, May 19, 2009

by Web Teacher product HTML and CSS Web Standards Solutions: A Web Standardistas’ Approach (Amazon affiliate link) ★★★★ HTML and CSS Web Standards Solutions: A Web Standardistas’ Approach by Christopher Murphy and Nicklas Persson is from Friends of ED (2009). The thing I like most about this book is also the thing I like least [...]

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Review: Build Your Own Web Site the Right Way Using HTML and CSS

Wednesday, March 4, 2009

A review of Build Your Own Web Site the Right Way Using HTML and CSS by Ian Lloyd is from Sitepoint (2008). More . . .

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Useful Links: Neuro web design, Web design update, HTML 5 differences

Friday, February 20, 2009

Links to a review of Neuro Web Design, the latest issue of the Web Design Update newsletter, the difference between HTML 4 and HTML 5.
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Review: Head First Web Design

Wednesday, February 18, 2009

A review of Head First Web Design from O’Reilly. More . . .

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Decoding Design

Thursday, January 22, 2009

Design, logo design, and how universal shapes and the meaning of numbers relate to logo design. More . . .

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Review: Universal Design for Web Applications

Saturday, December 27, 2008

by Web Teacher product Universal Design for Web Applications: Web Applications That Reach Everyone (Amazon affiliate link) ★★★★★ Universal Design for Web Applications by Wendy Chisholm and Matt May is from O’Reilly (2008). This is a great little book. It manages to take a new approach to accessibility that includes HTML, CSS, scripting, AJAX, RIAs [...]

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Review: Adobe Photoshop CS4 One-on-One

Friday, November 28, 2008

by Web Teacher product Adobe Photoshop CS4 One-on-One (Amazon affiliate link) ★★★★★ Adobe Photoshop CS4 One-on-One by Deke McClelland is from Deke Press | O’Reilly (2008). This is a full-color book with excellent illustrations for every step of instruction. In addition, there are 4 hours of video lessons from lynda.com with Deke McClelland. Deke McClelland [...]

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