Tuesday, December 16, 2008
Hey, Bri, I posted the list! Dead Tree Resources: Web Design Books
This is a short list of books that might be helpful for people doing web work.
From Sitepoint, a great book on The Principles of Beautiful Web Design
Two excellent CSS books from Eric Meyer provide a great foundation for building CSS driven sites: Eric Meyer on CSS: Mastering the Language of Web Design ” and his follow on book, More Eric Meyer on CSS
Steve Krug’s short and sweet book on usability, Don’t Make Me Think: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability, 2nd Edition
Another short and consise book, Web Style Guide: Basic Design Principles for Creating Web Sites, 3rd Edition
Design principles and approaches to standards-driven web sites from the master: Designing with Web Standards, Second Edition
A book of checklists for site creation may help assure that all of the bases are covered, from Sitepoint: Deliver First Class Web Sites: 101 Essential Checklists
Web ReDesign 2.0: Workflow that Works: Cotler and Goto’s book on the process of bringing a site to life is not a design book, but a project management or process book. An excellent resource on how to get started.