Web Design with HTML, CSS, JavaScript and jQuery Set

These are really good intro books for html/cssJavaScript and Jquery for web development. I really enjoyed these books and liked the design of the books, and the fact that everything is on black pages. They do a good job of explaining things and giving you examples, where you can also follow along by coding.

Awesome beginning learning tool for people who are new to programming like I am (AND its gorgeous to look at!!)This book doesnt jump right into syntax with pages and pages of text like a lot of books do. It breaks everything down into concepts that are easy to grasp and even adds little notes for questions that I am likely to ask right then and there! Plus the page content layout makes learning bits of information SOOOOO much more fun.Yes there are a few cons to this book, but the content and delivery outshines them by far, so Im giving it a full 5 stars anyway.PROS*Excellent learning tool (When I say excellent, I mean THAT good!)*Makes concepts way easier than any "idiot's guide"*Fun to read!! Colloquial speech and not filled with techy talk that makes half sense.*Lots of great examples*Thoughtful tidbits that seem to read your mind's questions*Breaks things down conceptually right from the start. It reads like a catalog. Its so easy*Stunning design! A++++*Directs you to TONS of downloadable examples that you can open in your browserCONS*Text melts off the page with oil, sweat*Binding is hard to open (Hence the other review about getting them spiral bounded = plus)*Not good reference book for experienced*Matte cover is gorgeous but prone to fingerprints*Bit outdated

I was taking an online course and some of the concepts were confusing. This book saved me. The author has a real gift for explaining things clearly and succinctly, with appropriate examples. It's not a book for "dummies", so don't expect a lot of chatty banter (like in the Heads First books), but you really don't need to read through 700 pages of wordy prose to learn to code. Most concepts are easily explained in a paragraph or two, a large colorful illustration, and a few clear examples, that you can play with on your own (all code examples are downloadable). Also serves well as a reference source.The large colorful pages make the book a delight to read and easy to digest (never buy a programming book that is just black and white; color adds a lot). The format may at first seem "sparse", as many pages just have illustrations of code with a paragraph or two to explain things, but it turns out this is a quick and effective way to learn.You can stop looking at other books on the subject. This is the one to get.

I bought this set of books about halfway through a programming boot camp because I wanted to make sure I had a very solid understanding of JavaScript fundamentals.This is really good introduction to the language (and a decent bootstrapped computer science syntax primer) for people of any skillset. The first quarter of the book will probably move too slowly for you if you have experience in web development or have previous knowledge of the DOM or BOM, but it will still serve as a great resource if you need to jump in for knowledge on AJAX, API calls or plugins.I found the book to be refreshingly academic, but written with more purpose than a pure textbook. The only thing I wish is if it had committed more to having the reader follow along with their own HTML and JavaScript creation that you could build integrating the features introduced in the book.If you have no experience in JavaScript, you can definitely finish both these books and be ready to build intermediate web applications, learn more advanced concepts or a framework, or apply for jobs. Definitely endorse this for anyone who needs to get started and might otherwise feel overwhelmed by the amount of reading material and options out there.