Your Literature Recommendations

[kvarnerexpress 0]

I can't do the online tutorials anymore. They're just too succint, they gloss over things that I have to go to a different tutorial to find out, and I just don't think that they are teaching me at the level that I want to be taught.I'm a broke student, and this html/css addiction is up to me to feed. So, if you know any good books, preferably with both html and css covered, or with web design in general covered, and I won't need to sell my clothes to afford it, please recommend it. I need my clothes, it's cold outside. Or if you know a book that ain't cheap, feel free to mention it too. I do plan on getting some money some day.

[Tyssen 0]

I can't do the online tutorials anymore. They're just too succint, they gloss over things that I have to go to a different tutorial to find out, and I just don't think that they are teaching me at the level that I want to be taught.

Same could be said of books too - they might include examples that you find aren't relevant to your situation. Each person is different but I find the easiest way to learn is to have a certain project in mind and then go out to find out how to do it. I've learnt just about everything know about web related stuff online and have only ever bought one book which was about javascript (and which I probably know the least about).

[Lozbo 0]

I can also say that in my experience you are better off reading from the web, and thats what we all end up doing, jumping on from one tutorial to another, thats the way we learn... it can be a real pain in the azz but its worth it. I can point to a few tutorial web sites:

 

http://www.w3schools.com/ (basics about xhtml, css, js and others)

http://alistapart.com/ (advanced but really well explained tutorials about things you didnt even know you were looking for, hehe)

http://www.pixel2life.com/ (lots and lots of tutorials, not all of them have the top quality but its because of the ammount of things it holds, eventually you find something worth)

 

I hope they work for you, though you might just already know about those.

 

By the way, i have also never bought any book about html or css, actually, by the time they come out, they are already obsolete, so you'll find out anyway the latest stuff online. I have also a lot of bookmarked tuts and stuff about xhtml, css, and general web design (among other personal, geek and crazy stuff) on delicious... you can browse it at:

 

https://del.icio.us/ slash Lozbo

Edited February 28, 2006 by Lozbo (see edit history)