(Part 2) Best products from r/webdesign
We found 13 comments on r/webdesign discussing the most recommended products. We ran sentiment analysis on each of these comments to determine how redditors feel about different products. We found 33 products and ranked them based on the amount of positive reactions they received. Here are the products ranked 21-40. You can also go back to the previous section.
21. HTTP: The Definitive Guide: The Definitive Guide (Definitive Guides)
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25. Williams: Non-Designers Design Bk_p3 (3rd Edition) (Non Designer's Design Book)
- Used Book in Good Condition
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30. Get to the Top on Google: Tips and Techniques to Get Your Site to the Top of the Search Engine Rankings -- and Stay There
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21. HTTP: The Definitive Guide: The Definitive Guide (Definitive Guides)
- O Reilly Media
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▼ Read Reddit mentions25. Williams: Non-Designers Design Bk_p3 (3rd Edition) (Non Designer's Design Book)
- Used Book in Good Condition
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▼ Read Reddit mentions30. Get to the Top on Google: Tips and Techniques to Get Your Site to the Top of the Search Engine Rankings -- and Stay There
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I have this book and a bunch of others on various languages. There are good books around, the thing is though you aren't really going to sit down and just read them and when you're looking for a reference while programming google is 2 clicks away and better then a clumsy book.
Beyond the basics I learnt the majority of the html/css I know from viewing the source of web pages I liked. For the more obscure problems a general resource isn't really going to help you anyway, I generally found my answers by reading other people's posts asking the same questions.
tldr ~ google and a wary eye to be able to sift through the crap.
PHP Solutions by David Powers was really good imo. I learned PHP in about a week with it. Helped me learn a bit about SQL, HTML, and CSS too.
I was in the same boat as you last year. Over the Winter I read a few books that finally made CSS and the DOM click in my head; the two best were
CSS: The Missing Manual
jQuery Animation Techniques
If you have a Safari Books subscription, they're both available there!
Found this book really helpful: http://www.amazon.com/Non-Designers-Design-Book-Robin-Williams/dp/0321534042/ref=dp_ob_title_bk
I am the same way. I can't say that I've successfully made it (I'm getting better), but as I'm working on the same thing maybe I can point you toward some books that I found or were recommended to me. Not sure if these are exactly what you're looking for or not, they're both good introductions to graphic design (colors, layout, positioning, typography, etc.)
http://www.amazon.com/Design-Elements-Graphic-Style-Manual/dp/1592532616
http://www.amazon.com/Principles-Beautiful-Web-Design/dp/0975841963
I'm still looking for good material and such so I'd be anxious to see what others have to add.
The Dummies books are actually very good if you are just starting out. Check out HTML5 for Dummies, or The Missing Manual.
If you can get your hands on Dreamweaver and Photoshop, and work your way through a couple books on HTML5, CSS and JavaScript, you will probably cover everything taught in the class.
You should read Bulletproof Web Design by Dan Cederholm. The expandle rows chapter comes to mind, among others.
Read "The Design of Everyday Things", it's old, but still relevant.
http://www.amazon.com/Design-Everyday-Things-Donald-Norman/dp/0465067107/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1346334935&sr=1-1&keywords=design+of+everyday+things
*App Pillows
*Moleskine Notebooks
*Creative Whack Pack Cards
*Visual Brainstorms
*Rubik's Cube notepad
*Computer window memo pad/mouse pad
*Phone stand