
Fundamentals of Web Development
by Randy Connolly, Ricardo Hoar · first published 2017
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A textbook which gives a good introduction to Web Development is: 1) Fundamentals of Web Development (Randy Connolly and Ricardo Hoar). I have the 2nd Ed but the 3rd Ed is out and is more contemporary. Specific books for HTML and CSS are: 1) HTML and CSS - The Comprehensive Guide (decent contemporary…
on “Ask HN: Best books to learn web development?” ↗The Complete Web Development Bootcamp in Udemy by Dr. Angela Yu is pretty good. One book I found to be good is Fundamentals of Web Development by Randy Connolly and Ricardo Hoar. The latest edition is 3rd. I looked at 2nd Ed.
on “Ask HN: What a book on web development for novice would look like?” ↗What are some good books or online courses to learn basic concepts and fundamentals of web development? I can use online tutorials and chatgpt to develop and deploy a full-stack web app. It’s quite easy but also annoying that I don’t understand what I am actually doing there. It’s a bit overwhelming,…
on “Ask HN: Good Resources to Learn Web Development Basics” ↗Thank you for the reply,after rethinking my post I understood that the question is very imprecise but after some insight from here and another post I've been shown,I think I will start Fundamentals of Web Development 3rd Edition and decide what to do after reading that (and gaining more insight about web dev hopefully) Currently I'm reading Python's crash course along with CLRS,planning to start reading that book…
on “Books to Dive in into Fullstack Development” ↗