HTML Textbook
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Head First HTML with XHTML and CSS, First Edition (2006).
Published by O'Reilly. List Price $34.95
This is the textbook we will start with, for learning how to make web pages with HTML and CSS. However the main textbook for learning programming is the JavaScript textbook, which is the next one on tne list.
This book can be accessed electronically with a Safari Subscription.
JavaScript Textbook
JavaScript and AJAX for the Web, 6th Edition
Tom Negrino and Dori Smith
ISBN 0321430328
Peachpit Press, Copyright 2007
List Price: $24.99
This new edition JUST came out, and is MUCH better than the 5th edition—in particular, it is updated for Firefox, and AJAX applications such as Google Maps. The introduction of core topics such as "loops" is much clearer than in previous editions.
Other ways to obtain this book:
- A separate electronic copy of this book is also available for about $18-20
- The book also available through the Safari subscription service
Unix Textbook
Visual QuickStart Guide: Unix, 3rd Edition , Deborah S. Ray and Eric J. Ray
ISBN: 0-321-44245-8, PeachPit Press, 2007
This book covers basic Unix commands. Unix is the operating system for the central computing systems used at UD for programming courses. So, an important goal of this course is for all students to be comfortable using Unix.
Other ways to obtain this book:
- A separate electronic copy of this book is available for around $18-20.
- This book is also available through the Safari subscription service.
