Javascript - The Good Parts by Douglas Crockford. Does a great job explaining what awesome bits of js to use and how...and what bits to absolutely avoid because they are nightmares.
I'd also recommend Head First Design Patterns. Not about any particular programming bit, but rather about development patterns. Helps thinking about how to tackle problems. Judah On Tue, Dec 18, 2012 at 12:41 PM, Larry C. Lyons <larrycly...@gmail.com>wrote: > > jQuery in Action > > On Tue, Dec 18, 2012 at 2:34 PM, Bruce Sorge <sor...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > So I have decided to really ramp up my web development skills (not back > end CF or PHP, front end) and I am looking for a good book(s) to help with > this. I am already getting heavy into Photoshop and I figure that with > intermediate Photoshop skills and advanced web design skills I should have > no issues finding work when I retire in a couple years. I will look for > work in my chosen degree field (ISS) but in the event that I can't find > anything in that field, I can always fall back on developing for the web. > > > > And to who recommended Headfirst PHP and MySQL, thank you. That is a > great book and I learned a lot and even rolled out a full blown PHP site, > complete with admin backend for my MC (I did have to buy a nice template > though). > > > > > > Thanks, > > Bruce > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:359291 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
