5 Must read Ebooks to learn web development

We have been talking much about web development and programming these days. Probably a simple reason for that is Nowadays, I am learning web development and reading about it. And it’s a normal thing for a Blogger to keep digging into things to somehow get new content for the readers. Thus I am following the same tradition, to read, understand, practice and share my learning with my readers. 

And I am pretty much happy with my habit. So today I have decided to share 5 must read E-Books for people who want to learn web development from beginning.

So let’s start,

HTML & CSS

HTML & CSS is an E-book written by Jon Duckett about HTML and CSS. I am not very sure of the E-Book name, because he has called it just an E-Book for HTML & CSS.

The reason why I am featuring this book in my article is that the author has emphasize on putting visuals in the book that may help you to understand what has been explained by the him.

Let us see that what has Jon Duckett said about his ebook;

A book about code that doesn’t read like a 1980s VCR manual…
It’s not just for programmers, it’s written and presented to make it easy for designers, bloggers, content and e-commerce managers, marketers to learn about the code used to write web pages…

Eloquent Javascript

Well, the name explains itself about the topic which the book is about. We all know why Javascript is used but for those who are still unfamiliar with Javascript, let me give a short introduction to them.

Javascript is a client side language which is used to create interactive web pages, it has extremely developed in the previous decade. Now we have frameworks like Node.js which have made Javascript also a server-side language, but still Javascript is majorly used to make interactive web pages .

There are also some very popular libraries of Javascript which have comparatively easier syntax than Javascript like jQuery.

• You can read this to know more about learning jQuery.

No one can deny the importance of Javascript, especially after its advancement in the server-side programming. So here is a book that may help you to learn some basics of Javascript without much reading and botheration.

Eloquent Javascript is written by Marijn Haverbeke for beginners, having more than 490 pages. Even a complete newbie will find this book very useful, you will have a complete look of Javascript from top to bottom.

I am not claiming that you will learn each and every function but you will have a better understanding of Javascript after reading this book.

• You may see this in-depth tutorial from w3schools to learn more about Javascript.

Practical PHP

Practical PHP is a great ebook for people who want to learn the most popular server-side language which has been used by popular social media sites like Facebook and the most famous Blogging platform WordPress.

Practical PHP is written by Paul Hudson but since it is a very old book, many people will not recommend it and I will also not recommend it. But to have a basic know how of PHP, it is an ideal book for you.

Later, you can go through this article to learn more about learning PHP.

jQuery Fundamental

If you want to start learning jQuery from the very beginning, then jQuery Fundamental should be your choice. You will learn some common jQuery techniques to make interactive web pages in every chapter.

Also read :

• Must Use jQuery Treeview Plugins

The ebook will also give you some examples and you will go through from some common problems which you will need to solve yourself. You can also try the example code related to the concept.

Getting Real

After learning HTML, CSS, Javascript, jQuery and PHP. Now you need to create your own web app, for this I will like you to read ‘Getting Real’. In this ebook the author has explained that how you can start building a web application, many concepts of web development will be cleared after reading ebook.

The ebook is written by none other than 37Signals(well known for blunt and no-nonsense blogging). You can also download a PDF of the ebook so that you can read it on your laptop when you are offline or you can take a print of it so that you can read the ebook when you are in your car or somewhere else where you do not have internet connect available.