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Book Reviews

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Publishers release thousands of web-related books each year. How effective, important, well-written, or useful are these guides? When a book is highly anticipated or looks particularly interesting, we publish a review by a staff member or contributing author, outlining who it’s written for, what you’ll learn, and if it’s worth your hard-earned money.

  1. Web Design Essentials, and Robin Williams Web Design Workshop

    Published on November 6, 2001

  2. Web ReDesign: Workflow That Works

    Published on January 3, 2002

  3. Fresh Styles for Web Designers: Eye Candy from the Underground

    Published on January 22, 2002

  4. Pictoplasma, anime, and DSOS1

    Published on February 27, 2002

  5. Hot Text, and Web Word Wizardry

    Published on April 3, 2002

  6. Back to the User: Creating User-Focused Web Sites

    Published on May 1, 2002

  7. Everyone in Silico

    Published on May 29, 2002

  8. Eric Meyer on CSS: Mastering the Language of Web Design

    Published on June 25, 2002

  9. Cascading Style Sheets: Separating Content from Presentation

    Published on July 23, 2002

  10. The Weblog Handbook: Practical Advice on Creating and Maintaining Your Blog

    Published on July 23, 2002

  11. JavaScript + CSS + DOM Magic

    Published on July 23, 2002

  12. Information Architecture for the World Wide Web, Second Edition

    Published on August 24, 2002

  13. Computers: An Illustrated History

    Published on August 24, 2002

  14. Special Edition: Using HTML and XHTML

    Published on October 3, 2002

  15. The Elements of the User Experience

    Published on October 29, 2002

  16. Usability: The Site Speaks for Itself

    Published on November 29, 2002

  17. Information Architecture: Blueprints for the Web

    Published on January 8, 2003

  18. Making the Invisible Visible: Process, Inspiration, and Practice for the New Media Designer

    Published on February 20, 2003

  19. Return On Design

    Published on February 20, 2003

  20. Speed Up Your Site: Web Site Optimization

    Published on August 15, 2003

  21. Web Design On A Shoestring

    Published on November 21, 2003

  22. More Eric Meyer on CSS

    Published on July 28, 2004

  23. Defensive Design for the Web

    Published on August 4, 2004

  24. Web Standards Solutions: The Markup and Style Handbook

    Published on October 6, 2004

  25. CSS Cookbook

    Published on November 3, 2004

  26. Creating a Web Page with HTML: Visual QuickProject Guide

    Published on December 1, 2004

  27. The CSS Anthology: 101 Essential Tips, Tricks, and Hacks

    Published on January 5, 2005

  28. Web Redesign 2.0

    Published on January 26, 2005

  29. The Four Best Web Design Books You May Have Missed

    Published on February 2, 2005

  30. The Zen of CSS Design

    Published on February 23, 2005

  31. Professional CSS

    Published on August 1, 2005

  32. Access by Design

    Published on September 26, 2005

  33. Ambient Findability

    Published on November 21, 2005

  34. CSS Mastery

    Published on March 20, 2006

  35. ppk on JavaScript

    Published on November 13, 2006

  36. Pro JavaScript Techniques

    Published on December 26, 2006

  37. Information Architecture for the World Wide Web (Third Edition)

    Published on January 29, 2007

  38. Book Review: Bulletproof Ajax

    Published on April 10, 2007

  39. Book Review: The Myths of Innovation

    Published on June 11, 2007

  40. Book Review: Beginning Rails

    Published on August 20, 2007

  41. Book Review: High-Performance Web Sites

    Published on October 29, 2007

  42. Review: Pro JavaScript Design Patterns

    Published on January 14, 2008

  43. Review: CodeIgniter for Rapid PHP Application Development

    Published on February 12, 2008

  44. Review: Building Findable Websites

    Published on June 9, 2008

  45. Review: Web Form Design by Luke Wroblewski

    Published on August 5, 2008

  46. Review: Website Optimization

    Published on November 11, 2008