Web Development and Design Foundations with HTML5 (8th Edition) 8th Edition

by Terry Felke-Morris (Author)

A Comprehensive, Well-Rounded Intro to Web Development and Design 
Updated and expanded in this Eighth Edition, Web Development and Design Foundations with HTML5 presents a comprehensive introduction to the development of effective web sites. Intended for beginning web developers, the text relates both the necessary hard skills (such as HTML5, CSS, and JavaScript) and soft skills (design, e-commerce, and promotion strategies) considered fundamental to contemporary web development. An emphasis on hands-on practice guides readers, as the text introduces topics ranging from configuration and layout to accessibility techniques and ethical considerations. The Eighth Edition contains updated coverage of HTML5 and CSS, expanded coverage of designing for mobile devices, and more.

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137 FREE ebooks on User Experience, Usability, User Interface Design and more

137 FREE ebooks on User Experience, Usability, User Interface Design and more

Human behavior is amazing. That’s probably why it’s so easy to fall in love with user-centered design. It’s a broad subject that is based on human-computer interaction, psychological triggers, behavioral patterns, and then spits out user interface design, user experience design, web design and more.

It’s a science that pokes into users minds with relentless curiosity. And relentless curiosity is what all creatives have in common.

That curiosity got us to start Userbrain, a user testing service where we help other creatives pick some user brains. Week after week, not just once in awhile. We want to make it a habit.

That curiosity also got us wondering: “What free books on the subjects are spread around the Web that we haven’t found and read yet?”. That is why we went on a wild hunt to gather all the free ebooks that we could find. It took us some time, but the count is in.

135 [now 137] free ebooks are in this library. The topics we found range from Web design, User experience, User interface, Typography, Interaction design, Usability testing, Accessibility and some Marketing & Conversion books.

We invite you to join our hunt and bring your catch to this library. It is an open library so everyone is welcome to take, and everyone is welcome to add.

P.S. We want to salute every one of the authors for taking the effort to write these books and make their knowledge available to everyone.

This list got a lot of “organic” shares. That means the authors efforts are valued, and their knowledge is reaching new curious & creative minds.

So thank you for spreading knowledge, and thank you for sharing this list and adding your finds to it, in the comments, on twitter and everywhere you can.

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HTML5 Guidelines for Web Developers 1st Edition

by Klaus Förster  (Author), Bernd Öggl (Author)

In HTML5 Guidelines for Web Developers, two pioneering web developers provide a comprehensive guide to HTML5’s powerful new elements and techniques through compact, practical, easy-to-understand examples. You’ll discover just how much you can do with HTML5—from programming audio/video playback to integrating geographical data into pages and applications.

This concise, friendly reference is packed with tips, tricks, and samples for making the most of HTML5 with JavaScript and the DOM. The authors present “pure HTML5” examples that are supported by browsers right now, and they share realistic insights into the challenges of leading-edge HTML5 development. All examples are available for download, with links to web resources for new information and specification updates. Topics covered include 

• Browser support: What you can (and can’t) do with HTML5 today
• HTML5 document structure and semantics
• Intelligent forms, including new input types, elements, and client-side validation
• The “video” and “audio” elements, and scripting media solutions
• Advanced graphics with Canvas and SVG
• Geolocation in the browser, including location tracking  via Google Maps
• Web storage, offline web applications, WebSockets,and Web Workers
• Embedding sematic markup with Microdata and the Microdata DOM API
• Implementing drag-and-drop with the “draggable” attribute
• New global attributes: “data-*,” “hidden,” “contenteditable,” “spellcheck,” and more

If you’re a web developer or designer with at least basic knowledge of HTML, JavaScript, and CSS, this book is all you need to masterHTML5—and get to the cutting edge of web development.

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UX A PROJECT GUIDE TO DESIGN FOR USER EXPERIENCE DESIGNERS IN THE FIELD OR IN THE MAKING RUSS UNGER AND CAROLYN CHANDLER PEACHPIT PRESS

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Dreamweaver CS5.5 Mobile and Web Development with HTML5, CSS3, and jQuery Kindle Edition

by David Karlins  (Author)

This book combines accessible, clear, engaging and candid reference material, advice and shortcuts with substantial step-by-step instructions for creating a wide range of HTML5 and CSS3 designs and page content in Dreamweaver. This book is geared towards experienced Dreamweaver web designers migrating to HTML5 and jQuery. It also targets web designers new to Dreamweaver who want to jump with two feet into the most current Web design tools and features. While focused primarily on Dreamweaver CS5.5, the book includes content of value to readers using older versions of Dreamweaver with directions on installing a version of Adobe’s HTML5 Pack that updates those packages.

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Head First HTML5 Programming: Building Web Apps with JavaScript 1st Edition, Kindle Edition

by Eric Freeman  (Author), Elisabeth Robson  (Author)

HTML has been on a wild ride. Sure, HTML started as a mere markup language, but more recently HTML’s put on some major muscle. Now we’ve got a language tuned for building web applications with Web storage, 2D drawing, offline support, sockets and threads, and more. And to speak this language you’ve got to go beyond HTML5 markup and into the world of the DOM, events, and JavaScript APIs.

Now you probably already know all about HTML markup (otherwise known as structure) and you know all aboutCSS style (presentation), but what you’ve been missing is JavaScript (behavior). If all you know about are structure and presentation, you can create some great looking pages, but they’re still just pages. When you add behavior with JavaScript, you can create an interactive experience; even better, you can create full blown web applications.

Head First HTML5 Programming is your ultimate tour guide to creating web applications with HTML5 and JavaScript, and we give you everything you need to know to build them, including: how to add interactivity to your pages, how to communicate with the world of Web services, and how to use the great new APIs being developed for HTML5.

Here are just some of the things you’ll learn in Head First HTML5 Programing:

• Learn how to make your pages truly interactive by using the power of the DOM.
• Finally understand how JavaScript works and take yourself from novice to well-informed in just a few chapters.
• Learn how JavaScript APIs fit into the HTML5 ecosystem, and how to use any API in your web pages.
• Use the Geolocation API to know where your users are.
• Bring out your inner artist with Canvas, HTML5’s new 2D drawing surface.
• Go beyond just plugging a video into your pages, and create custom video experiences.
• Learn the secret to grabbing five megabytes of storage in every user’s browser.
• Improve your page’s responsiveness and performance with Web workers.
• And much more.

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Pro CSS for High Traffic Websites (Expert's Voice in Web Design) 1st Edition, Kindle Edition

by Antony Kennedy (Author), Inayaili de Leon (Author)

Although web standards-based websites can scale effectively—and basic CSS will give you basic results—there are considerations and obstacles that high traffic websites must face to keep your development and hosting costs to a minimum. There are many tips and tricks, as well as down-to-earth best practice information, to make sure that everything runs quickly and efficiently with the minimum amount of fuss or developer intervention. Targeted at "high traffic" websites—those receiving over 10,000 unique visitors a day—Pro CSS for High Traffic Websites gives you inside information from the professionals on how to get the most out of your web development team. 

The book covers the development processes required to smoothly set up an easy-to-maintain CSS framework across a large-volume website and to keep the code reusable and modular. It also looks at the business challenges of keeping branding consistent across a major website and sustaining performance at a premium level through traffic spikes and across all browsers. Defensive coding is considered for sites with third-party code or advertising requirements. It also covers keeping CSS accessible for all viewers, and examines some advanced dynamic CSS techniques.

What you’ll learn

• The value of process


• Making reusable, robust, and modular CSS


• How to maximize the performance of your site


• Integrating with third parties


• How to keep branding consistent


• Best practices for cross-browser and accessible CSS


• Dynamic CSS techniques  

Who this book is for

This book is for Web developers building and maintaining premium, successful, high-traffic websites using web standards. This book will also help team leaders responsible for code that will be shared over multiple projects, as well as project managers with a high churn of contract staff.

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Pro HTML5 Programming: Powerful APIs for Richer Internet Application Development (Expert's Voice in Web Development) 1st Edition, Kindle Edition

by Peter Lubbers  (Author), Brian Albers (Author), Frank Salim  (Author)

HTML5 is here, and with it, web applications take on a power, ease, scalability, and responsiveness like never before. In this book, developers will learn how to use the latest cutting-edge HTML5 web technology—available in the most recent versions of modern browsers—to build web applications with unparalleled functionality, speed, and responsiveness.

• Explains how to create real-time HTML5 applications that tap the full potential of modern browsers


• Provides practical, real-world examples of HTML5 features in action


• Shows which HTML5 features are supported in current browsers


• Covers all the new HTML5 APIs to get you up to speed quickly with HTML5

What you’ll learn

• How the HTML5 specification has evolved


• How to develop cutting-edge web applications using new HTML5 features like WebSockets, geolocation, Web Storage, Canvas, and audio and video


• Which features are available in browsers today

Who this book is for

• Web designers and developers who want to use the latest cutting-edge technology available in current browsers


• Developers who want to create dynamic, HTML5 web applications


• Developers who want to know which HTML5 features are supported in current browsers

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Pro CSS and HTML Design Patterns 1st Corrected ed., Corr. 4th printing Edition

by Michael Bowers  (Author)

Applying design patterns to HTML and CSS allows web developers and designers to improve their work, in terms of efficiency/productivity and end results, so this is an essential book for anyone involved in the industry. As well as information on CSS and HTML best practices, this book provides the reader with all the CSS and HTML design patterns they need, to adapt for their own projects quickly and easily, along with details of exactly how each one works, and how to use them most effectively. The book is up-to-date for modern browser support, and CSS and HTML specs.

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PHP 6 and MySQL 5 for Dynamic Web Sites: Visual QuickPro Guide 1st Edition

by Larry Ullman (Author)

It hasn't taken Web developers long to discover that when it comes to creating dynamic, database-driven Web sites, MySQL and PHP provide a winning open source combination. Add this book to the mix, and there's no limit to the powerful, interactive Web sites that developers can create. With step-by-step instructions, complete scripts, and expert tips to guide readers, veteran author and database designer Larry Ullman gets right down to business: After grounding readers with separate discussions of first the scripting language (PHP) and then the database program (MySQL), he goes on to cover security, sessions and cookies, and using additional Web tools, with several sections devoted to creating sample applications. This guide is indispensable for intermediate- to advanced level Web designers who want to replace their static sites with something dynamic. In this edition, the bulk of the new material covers the latest versions of both technologies: PHP 6 (due out in 2008) and MySQL 5 (available now). The book's publication date is likely to beat the official release of PHP 6, making it one of the first books available on the subject.

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PHP Team Development Kindle Edition

by Samisa Abeysinghe (Author)

This book looks into PHP projects mainly from an enterprise view. The author's experience enables him to give you an overall picture of PHP projects and discuss factors that contribute to project success in a clear and precise manner. Each chapter focuses specifically on how the techniques covered will make team work easier. Examples (rather than abstract best practices) are used to illustrate the practical benefits. This book is for PHP developers who work in teams on complex PHP projects. With this book in hand, it is easy to discover the secrets of successful PHP projects that meet today's complex enterprise demands. This book can also be useful for project managers who are looking to be successful with PHP projects. Those who are stakeholders in PHP projects, such as clients, or those who want to sponsor PHP projects, can also learn what to expect and how to deal with a PHP project team with this book.

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PHP 5 Social Networking Kindle Edition

by Michael Peacock  (Author)

This book is a fast-paced tutorial focusing on creating a Social Networking framework through an ongoing case study. It presents a lot of real-world code, with comprehensive explanation and discussion. With each chapter, the Social Networking framework is extended, with more functionality being added as we progress through the book. This book is primarily aimed at PHP developers, but is suitable for any web developers looking to expand their knowledge and understanding of Social Networking concepts. Intermediate knowledge of PHP and object-oriented programming is assumed, along with a basic knowledge of MySQL.

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PHP 5 CMS Framework Development - 2nd Edition 2nd Revised edition Edition, Kindle Edition

by Martin Brampton (Author)

The book includes extensive discussion of the design issues, and how to overcome them in the framework. Each chapter of the book focuses on a particular requirement of the framework. The book will not present the total code for a framework, which requires many thousands of lines. But it does show the parts that raise critical design or implementation issues. For these, detailed explanation is given, leaving the less problematic parts to the code download itself. If you are a professional PHP developer who wants to know more about web oriented frameworks and content management systems, this book is for you. Whether you already use an in-house developed framework or are developing one, or if you are simply interested in the issues involved in this demanding area, you will find discussion ranging from design issues to detailed coding solutions in this book. You are expected to have experience working with PHP 5 object-oriented programming. Examples in the book will run on any recent version of PHP 5, including 5.3..

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RESTful PHP Web Services 

by Samisa Abeysinghe (Author)

Learn the basic architectural concepts and step through examples of consuming and creating RESTful web services in PHP. This book targets PHP developers who want to build or make use of RESTful web services, or explore the options available to them in PHP. You will need to know the basics of PHP development, but no knowledge of REST is assumed, nor any knowledge of creating web services generally.

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