Mastering CSS with Dreamweaver

November 22nd, 2008

Mastering CSS with Dreamweaver CS3 / Stephanie Sullivan and Greg Rewis,
New Riders, 2008

Just 350 pages and nicely designed, this book might be the quickest way to get good with Dreamweaver.

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The essential guide to Dreamweaver

November 22nd, 2008

The essential guide to Dreamweaver CS3 with CSS, Ajax, and PHP / David Powers, Friends of ED, 2007

Here is a good introduction to web app programming using Dreamweaver. 720 pages, mostly well written text, with a few pictures of dialogs. Not many code examples. Recommended.

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Master visually Dreamweaver CS3 and Flash CS3

November 22nd, 2008

Master visually Dreamweaver CS3 and Flash CS3 professional / by Sherry Kinkoph Gunter, Wiley , 2008

This book shows pictures of Dreamweaver GUI windows, and tells you where to click. Likewise with Flash. It might be the quickest way to start with these GUI’s for some people.

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Google Earth for dummies

November 20th, 2008

Google Earth for dummies / by David A. Crowder, Wiley, 2007

It used to be that a GIS package cost thousands, and you had to attend university to learn how to use it. Now there is Google Earth and related sites that are free unless you want a pro version. Here is the user manual!

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Google.pedia

November 20th, 2008

Google.pedia : the ultimate Google resource / Michael Miller, Que Pub., c2008

Here is a user manual for Google, and it’s a thick one! You might think you could learn everything just by browsing Google, but I learned several things from this book.

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Planet Google

November 20th, 2008

Planet Google : one company’s audacious plan to organize everything we know / Randall Stross, Free Press, 2008

This very readable book charts the history and prospects for the Google company. It is not technical, but it will interest anyone planning a profitable business.

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Java : the complete reference

November 18th, 2008

Java : the complete reference / Herbert Schildt. McGraw-Hill, 2007.

1024 pages, Updated and expanded for Java SE 6.  I wish I had time to read this.

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Google advertising tools

November 12th, 2008

Google advertising tools / Harold Davis, O’Reilly, 2006

Here is a fascinating book on how to make advertising money from your web site. Some programming knowledge is required to make use of this book.

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Professional IIS 7 and ASP.NET

November 12th, 2008

Professional IIS 7 and ASP.NET integrated programming / Shahram Khosravi, Wiley 2008

If you are using a Microsoft server ..

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Beginning ASP.NET 3.5

November 12th, 2008

Beginning ASP.NET 3.5 in C# and VB / Imar Spaanjaars, Wiley, 2008

If you are using a Microsoft server ..

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