Web Design Books
A list of what I consider to be mostly good books pertaining to web design and/or programming...
PHP
PHP Advanced for the World Wide Web
This is the second of Larry Ullman's PHP books and provides some great examples. Ideal for someone who's read his first book and liked it and wants to learn more without being thrown in at the deep end. If you're fairly experienced with PHP, this book may be a bit basic for you but as always, you'll learn something from it whoever you are.
PHP Cookbook
Written in a kind of question and answer style, this book is suited to web designers already familiar with PHP and is the kind of book you always keep near by...
PHP for the World Wide Web
This book is a great start for web designers new to PHP. Follow it up with PHP Advanced by the same author.
PHP Graphics Handbook
Creating images on the fly with PHP - There are some good bits in this book but on the whole it's a little thin on the ground and bit outdated now.
PHP Pocket Reference
An indespensible desktop reference to common PHP functions providing quick examples.
Apache Web Server Administration
Apache the Definitive Guide
Apache runs over 60% of the existing websites on the net. This book covers getting and compiling the server, configuring and running it on Windoze and Unix, and really good advice on security and numerous additional modules. It comes with a great desktop reference card for all the configuration directives too...
MySQL
MySQL Reference Manual
An invaluable complete reference to MySQL - administration, usage and all the functions...
HTML and CSS
Designing With Web Standards
Jeffrey teaches you to- Slash design, development, and quality assurance costs (or do great work in spite of constrained budgets) Deliver superb design and sophisticated functionality without worrying about browser incompatibilities Set up your site to work as well five years from now as it does today Redesign in hours instead of days or weeks Welcome new visitors and make your content more visible to search engines Stay on the right side of accessibility laws and guidelines Support wireless and PDA users without the hassle and expense of multiple versions Improve user experience with faster load times and fewer compatibility headaches Separate presentation from structure and behavior, facilitating advanced publishing workflows
DHTML and CSS for the World Wide Web
A good primer on CSS and DHTML, this book also has good apendices with detailed reference material.
Eric Meyer on CSS
This book covers a lot of ground and provides practical examples from the basics and beyond. An invaluable reference. Check out Eric Meyer's site meyerweb.com for more.
Perl
Learning Perl
If you want to learn Perl, start here! Countless copies of this book have been sold over the years. Examples and 'Homework' is clearly explained and it's also a great read!
Programming Perl
After you've read "Learning Perl", read this.
General Web Design
Google Hacks
From Amazon: "If you're a programmer--or even just familiar with an HTML or a scripting language--Google opens up even further. A large part of Google Hacks concerns itself with the Google API (the collection of capabilities that Google exposes for use by software) and other programmers' resources. For example, the authors include a simple Perl application that queries the Google engine with terms specified by the user. They also document XooMLe, which delivers Google results in XML form. In brief, this is the best compendium of Google's lesser-known capabilities available anywhere, including the Google site itself."