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Building iPhone Apps

Building iPhone Apps with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript – Making App Store Apps Without Objective-C or Cocoa, Jonathan Stark, O’Reilly, 2009 Programmers will find this book useful to design and build apps for both the iPhone and iPod Touch. Read … Continue reading

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Coders at Work

Coders at Work – Reflections on the Craft of Programming / Peter Seibel, Apress, 2009 This is a collection of interviews with some top programmers including Zawinski (Netscape), Crockford (JSON), Eich (Javascript), and Thompson (Unix). 600 pages.

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JavaScript & AJAX for Dummies

JavaScript & AJAX for Dummies / by Andy Harris, Wiley, 2010 When you are learning to program in Javascript, there are many opportunities and many pitfalls. This book will get you past the beginner level fast, and well into the … Continue reading

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JavaScript Frameworks : Prototype, YUI, Ext JS, Dojo and MooTools

Professional JavaScript Frameworks : Prototype, YUI, Ext JS, Dojo and MooTools / Leslie Michael Orchard, Wiley Publishing, 2009 Web app programmers will find this book really useful. 800 pages, well written, practical, with example code. Topics include: The Prototype framework: … Continue reading

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JavaScript : a Beginner’s

JavaScript : a Beginner’s Guide 3rd ed. / John Pollock, McGraw Hill, 2010 A very gentle introduction to programming in Javascript. 450 pages.

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Pro Drupal

Pro Drupal Development / John K. VanDyk, Apress, 2008 Drupal is a powerful CMS and this book is a solid, well written description for developers.  It will be useful if you are programming a web app or a Drupal module. … Continue reading

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Learning Drupal 6 Module Development

Learning Drupal 6 Module Development : a practical tutorial for creating your first Drupal 6 modules with PHP / Matt Butcher, Packt Publishing, 2008 For CMS programmers. 300 pages.

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JavaScript Programmer’s Reference

JavaScript Programmer’s Reference / Alexei White, Wiley, 2009 This book seems to cover all the details of JavaScript, and is quite readable. The cover claims that it is for the beginner and the seasoned veteran, but the beginner would be … Continue reading

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Prototype and Scriptaculous IN ACTION

Prototype and Scriptaculous IN ACTION / Dave Crane, Bear Bibeault, Manning, 2007. There is little sense in coding raw Javascript when libraries like this are available. This book is an excellent introduction and user guide. 500 pages.

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jQuery in Action

jQuery in Action / Bear Bibeault, Manning, 2008 If your web app involves lots of javascript, then you probably should be using the jQuery library. This book is a very readable introduction. 300 pages.

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