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The purpose of the relatively large number of books is to ensure that graduates of the program have a solid basic library of text references and resources to draw from as they build web sites in the future. These books are listed in alphabetical order by the author's last name.
Primary Texts:
Castro, Elizabeth, Perl and CGI for the World Wide Web:
Visual QuickStart Guide, Peachpit Press, 1999; ISBN: 020135358X. Companion Web site: http://beta.peachpit.com/vqs/perl/Honeycutt, Jerry, Using the Internet : Special Edition; Que Education & Training, 1998 (online only at http://docs.rinet.ru:8083/UsingInternet/)
Niederst, Jennifer Learning Web Design: A Beginner's Guide to HTML,
Graphics, and Beyond; O'Reilly, 2003; ISBN: 0596004842Reviews
- Amazon.com Review(s)
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/
0596004842/- Ibiz Books
http://www.ibizbooks.com/book36.htm- Personal Web Pages at About.com
http://personalweb.about.com/library/weekly/aa051401a.htm- Mantex
http://www.mantex.co.uk/reviews/nieder-4.htm- Web Marketing Today
http://www.wilsonweb.com/reviews/
learning-webdesign.htmNiederst, Jennifer Web Design in a Nutshell; O'Reilly, 2001; ISBN: 0596001967
Reviews
- Amazon.com Review(s)
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/
0596001967/- Mantex
http://www.mantex.co.uk/reviews/nieder-2.htm- Web Commerce Today
http://www.wilsonweb.com/reviews/niederst-nutshell.htmTrygstad, Ray, Class Notes; Webmaster Sources LLC, Naperville, Illinois, 2004
Williams, Robin, The Non-Designer's Web Book: An Easy Guide to Creating, Designing, and Posting Your Own Web Site, Peachpit Press, 2000; ISBN: 0201710382
Reviews
- Amazon.com Review(s)
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/020168859X/- Art/Technology at About.com
http://arttech.about.com/library/zbookreviewz
/bkr_020168859X_2923.htm- Design & Publishing Center
http://www.graphic-design.com/Bookshelf/
ROBIN/ndesweb.html- Tim Root
http://www.timroot.com/design-book/thenondesignerswebbook/
Optional Secondary Texts:
Ditto, Christopher, Webmaster Answers! Certified Tech Support, Osborne, 1998; ISBN: 0078824591
Powell, Thomas A., HTML & XHTML: The Complete Reference; Osborne, 2003; ISBN: 007222942X [Download the practice code]
Stein, Lincoln D., Web Security: A Step-by-Step Reference Guide;
Addison-Wesley Pub Co., 1998; ISBN: 0201634899
Optional Texts (free for downloading/printing):
Charuhas, Chris, HTML and JavaScript for Visual Learners; Visibooks, 2000; ISBN: 0970747926
http://itwebmaster.iit.edu/resources/htmljavascript.pdf
Charuhas, Chris, Dreamweaver 4 for Visual Learners; Visibooks, 2000; ISBN: 097074790X
Charuhas, Chris, The Visual Learners Guide to Managing Web Projects; Visibooks, 2000; ISBN: 0970747934
Recommended Texts (not supplied by the program):
Hamilton, Jacqueline D.; CGI Programming 101, Indigo Storm Designs, Austin, TX, ISBN: 0966942604Lynch, Patrick J. and Horton, Sarah; WEB STYLE GUIDE: Basic Design Principles for Creating Web Sites, 1999, Yale University Press, New Haven, ISBN: 0300076754
Neilsen, Jakob; Designing Web Usability: The Practice of Simplicity,New Riders Publishing, Indianapolis, 2000. ISBN 1-56205-810-X.
Reviews
- Amazon.com Review(s))
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/156205810X/- Slashdot.org
http://www.slashdot.org/books/00/04/03/1210217.shtml- Business Week
http://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/mar2000/
nf00302e.htm- Digital Libraries Magazine
http://www.dlib.org/dlib/june00/06bookreview.html- Fairfax I.T. (Australia)
http://www.it.fairfax.com.au/columns/webmechanic/20000404/
A46828-2000Apr3.htmlPowell, Thomas A; Web Design: the Complete Reference, Osborne, 2002; ISBN: 0072224428 [download color chart]
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