I've been searching for some books on basic Web Programming a such and came across some book series I have enjoyed reading, also very well explained for any type of experience level. Some of these series are the Visual QuickStart Guides and the Real Word series.

I am wondering if anyone else has enjoyed some Book Series that you would like to share. I have spent sometime now searching for quality written books that are actually well written. Books are not cheap so I would appriciate it if you suggested some books or brands.

Thanks

Aside from the fact I've moved this from the lounge ;)

Originally posted by Potemkin
I've been searching for some books on basic Web Programming a such and came across some book series I have enjoyed reading, also very well explained for any type of experience level. Some of these series are the Visual QuickStart Guides and the Real Word series.

I am wondering if anyone else has enjoyed some Book Series that you would like to share. I have spent sometime now searching for quality written books that are actually well written. Books are not cheap so I would appriciate it if you suggested some books or brands.

Thanks

I don't own many programming books (maybe close to a dozen... well, that kinda sounds like a lot though for some reason :blush: )

I've never heard of the series you are referring to so I can't comment on those. But from someone like me with mediocre-to-advanced level of programming experience within the past 10 years, the Wrox books are great for learning about programming techniques and also as a quick reference guide. I am not sure how it compares to a 'well-written' book. The Wrox books are certainly something you need to sit down and think about while reading or read while being hands-on. But those books I own surely make me gravitate toward the similar-looking books published by Wrox when I go to a bookstore.

As far as the price - yes, books are expensive. Here's what I do: most of the books I buy nowadays are from clearance sections in bookstores or computer stores. Especially for web programming, if I want to start programming a language I don't know at all, what's it matter if you buy a book that is 4 years old as opposed to the ones that was published yesterday? (Of course, programming techniques might change but the basics/semantics/syntax of a programming language never does).

The last one I bought was when I visited a friend in California, went to Fry's bought "Professional Perl Programming" published by Wrox. The book was like $11 but the cover price said $49.99 or something like that. I also owned "Professional PHP Programming" by the same publisher so I didn't even bother flipping through the $11 book before reaching for my wallet.

I like O'reilly books.
I really dont use them much, but they are good as a reference.
Just head down to your local library. They have plenty of those books. You can check them out and if you really like them, buy it.

Try the Safari online bookshelf (there is a free 14 day trial) and you can check out as many books as you like.

ye i need some books about this stuff.

i like O'reilly too.

Some books I have:

Dynamic HTML, The Definitive Reference by Danny Goodman

Web Database Applications with PHP and MySQL by Hugh E. Williams & David Lane

Essential ActionScript 2.0 by Colin Moock