(Part 2) Best web development programming books according to redditors

I don't even know where to begin....except here

You really need to learn how to use HTML/CSS. Its extremely easy to build a great looking very simple site like yours with some basic skills.

Learn how to reduce the size of your images. Images should be as tiny as possible. (In file size, not in resolution or quality)

You have no navigation other than using browser forward/back buttons. Good navigation is a key to a decent site.

Yellow background? absolutely not.

The above should give you a start, but I would honestly get a good book and start the site over from scratch.

Hello all! So about a year ago, I actually wrote and self published a small HTML guide, The Dark Wizardry of Coding. It haven't done much for it by way of marketing, but from today until Monday, October 2nd, it's free!

Web design is a good skill to have, so if you're interested in learning the basics of HTML and CSS, but would rather have a more to the point guide that gives you the info in plain english, please check it out! :D

The best MobX resource I've found is MobX Quick Start Guide, which is conveniently written by Michel Westrate himself.

First book written about Nestjs!

Covers lots of the documentation with detail with a GitHub repo to follow along with.

Nestjs a Progressive Nodejs Framework

Here's a few links, I have all these in a folder and I try to make a habit of right clicking and opening all in tabs being the first thing I do when I open my web browser, before I get distracted with reddit.

http://sixrevisions.com/

http://www.smashingmagazine.com/

http://net.tutsplus.com/

http://psd.tutsplus.com/

http://css-tricks.com/

http://www.alistapart.com/

http://webdesign.tutsplus.com/

http://wp.tutsplus.com/

http://www.netmagazine.com/

Out of those the most helpful for newcomers would probably be,
http://net.tutsplus.com/sessions/web-design-from-scratch/ which has already been suggested by what3v3r.

There's also http://teamtreehouse.com/ and http://www.codecademy.com if you want a more complete learning experience. As far as printed books go, I absolutely think they still have their uses but I always check the date a book was published on Amazon before buying, if it was pre-2011 there's a chance the information in it could be looking a little dated and a newer edition may be just around the corner. I've got this one on my shelf: http://www.amazon.co.uk/HTML-XHTML-All-Dummies-Computers/dp/0470537558/ref=pd_cp_b_1 and it covers a very broad area at a level suitable for a beginner.

If I was starting again I'd probably go for this one: http://www.amazon.co.uk/HTML-XHTML-CSS-Dummies-Computers/dp/0470916591/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top followed by something about Javascript/JQuery and perhaps some PHP/MySQL afterwards, not forgetting ofcourse the increasing use of HTML5 and CSS3!! However, having typed all that you could probably learn just as much, and more, without spending a penny. There's some excellent learning resources available on the web, it's just a matter of finding them.

Once you get your shit together in Python, either follow along this multi-part blog post series, or buy the book version of it:

https://blog.miguelgrinberg.com/post/the-flask-mega-tutorial-part-i-hello-world

Here's the book:

https://www.amazon.com/New-Improved-Flask-Mega-Tutorial-ebook/dp/B079KPG4HT

In this, you build a web app (so you see what goes on under the hood in web apps) and then he walks you through setting up Docker and Heroku to deploy it, which is also fun.

This tutorial was created by the dude who created the Flask-Migrate module, and he is well-known and well-regarded. JUST DO IT.

I find this book very useful and complete, I'm a seasoned java developer, been here since 2008, it's been so long that I actually start forgetting some stuff... and this book has helped me overcome that rusty memory, easy to read and full of details


https://www.amazon.com/Java-Complete-Reference-Herbert-Schildt-ebook/dp/B07KSQ9RKF/ref=sr_1_fkmrnull_1?crid=3T8G8YTK04S6H&keywords=java+the+complete+reference+11th+edition&qid=1550625639&s=gateway&sprefix=java+the+com%2Caps%2C274&sr=8-1-fkmrnull

There's a second edition of the book that you'd want instead: https://www.amazon.com/Drupal-Development-Cookbook-recipe-based-practical/dp/1788290402/

I've recently purchased [Node.js, MongoDB, and AngularJS Web Development] (http://www.amazon.com/Node-js-MongoDB-AngularJS-Development-Developers/dp/0321995783) by Brad Dayley. It covers the entire MEAN stack. I read a chapter that gives a brief overview of JavaScript.

It won't teach you basic software engineering principles, but it does cover everything about JavaScript. In my opinion, this might leave you weak on relational databases which are essential in the traditional web development stacks and frameworks.

I've used this one.

Are you talking about this one ?

Django for Beginners: Build websites with Python and Django https://www.amazon.in/dp/B079ZZLRRL/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_H.sRDbC5JTW4K

I wrote a Kindle ebook on CSS a few years back. It'll be free on Friday the 20th and Saturday the 21st. Title is "CSS: An Overview for Software Developers". It has info on selectors, naming conventions, preprocessors, and some other things. It doesn't cover the latest techniques, though. I'm allowed to run a limited number of promos to make it free, so if anyone needs it, just message and I'll arrange another promo. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01M1OU01G

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Disclaimer: I have not read any of these.

Packt Publishing has recently released several books on different aspects of Go. This one, in particular, looks attractive to me: Go Design Patterns

And this one is also intriguing: Go: Building Web Applications


Again, I haven't read these, yet. I've only tucked them away into my Amazon wishlist for later, once user reviews have started rolling in and I've ceased to be poor.

I found the jQuery Pocket Reference along with online docs and experimentation to be adequate.

Not a problem, glad to help out.

It would be wise to keep a github repository for your projects, small or large, as you experiment, for the sake of having a portfolio that is easy to reference and access for potential employers.

Another option would be to look into a coding bootcamp if you have enough savings to handle unemployment for a short time. The upside to that is that they help you get a job at the end, and a lot of major companies hire from their alumni.

The Viking Code School (which is what The Odin Project is based on) is a pretty good one from what I gather. It's geared towards Full-Stack Web Development. The upside there: the tuition is a percentage(17%) of your first year's salary when they get you a job, so it's in their best interest to get you into a good position.

Another one, more focused on making you a Full-Stack Software Engineer, is Hack Reactor, which I have heard many good things about. This one, while they now have an option to work remotely, is an in person, partner based course with a number of locations. The downside, the tuition is $17,000 and it's essentially a full-time+ job for 12 weeks. Were I to choose one (which I might since I'm only 20 years old) this would be the one. Spend 60+ hours a week doing something for 12 weeks and the skills will be burnt into the back of your skull; for perspective, that's close 3x the amount of hours of coding and study you would usually do as an undergrad...

For a topic that's current, check out the MEAN(MongoDB, Express, AngularJS, NodeJS) stack. A good number of major companies are shifting towards NodeJS because it uses JS front to back(easier for the front end guys to talk to the back end guys among other things). Brad Dayley has a great book on it, easy to grasp, but covering the inner workings in great depth with plenty of examples.

In the end I think you might be surprised by the need for talent in development; it takes a lot of ambition to make it to the playing field, ambition that many don't have.

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• The world watching me read porn in a non-eBook sense would probably be a bit awkward... it's like reading 50 shades on the bus (Books)
  
  
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• jQuery pocket reference book. Pretty geeky.
  
  
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From your description of the book it sounds somewhat similar to the
Drupal 8 Development Cookbook I already have. I might stick to that for the time being.

Mastering Node is pretty good.