To Buy/Borrow, Technical
Submitted by jim on Tue, 02/20/2001 - 10:03
Tags:
- Server-Based Java Programming by Ted Neward
- Java and Object Orientation by John Hunt
- The Pragmatic Programmer by Andrew Hunt
- Programming Ruby by David Thomas, Andrew Hunt
- Debugging ASP by Derek Ferguson
- Database Nation by Simson Garfinkel
- The Mythical Man-Month by Fred Brooks
- Effective Perl Programming by Joseph Hall and Randal L. Schwartz
- Object Oriented Perl by Damian Conway
- Applied Cryptography by Bruce Schneier
- The Codebreakers by David Kahn
- Upgrading and Repairing PCs by Scott Mueller
- The Cuckoo's Egg by Clifford Stoll
- Silicon Snake Oil by Clifford Stoll
- Web Security by Lincoln D. Stein
- Philip and Alex's Guide to Web Publishing by Philip Greenspun
- Writing Apache Modules With Perl and C by Lincoln Stein and Doug MacEachern
- Internet Core Protocols by Eric Hall and Mike Loukides
- Internet Application Protocols Eric Hall and Mike Loukides
Author Comments:
Feel free to warn me off any of these, if necessary. You'd save me time and money.
Cliff Stoll is basically a junior chemist(?) who got lucky and tracked down some hackers. It's not terribly technical, but it is a surprisingly good read. He's a typical uni freak, though. Dunno about the second one.
I seem to remember that Upgrading and Repairing PC's isn't all that great, unless you really don't know what you're doing.
Hi Jim,
Are any of the Internet/Web books you've listed supposed to deal with web design, from a visual perspective? I am wondering about any good books about designing attractive web pages and the techniques on how to do that. Do you have any suggestions?
Blas
I'm afraid the focus of all my books is programming rather than design (hence the rather spartan design of The Listology). I did read Creating Killer Web Sites by David Siegel a few years ago, but I really didn't care for it. I do have two suggestions:
[1] Get on over to eBay and try to find a copy of Adobe ImageStyler (my current search for "ImageStyler" turned up one copy). It's a marvelous program. I'm a graphics idiot, but all the graphics in the current and new versions (forthcoming) of the Listology were created in ImageStyler (for better or worse). It's intuitive and powerful. Unfortunately, it's discontinued, so there are no upgrades nor support for it. But it also means you can pick it up dirt-cheap in auction (currently bidding at $20, but it used to retail for $100+).
[2] Use the "view source" button in your browser for websites you like. It'll be far more educational than any book. Many, "oh, THAT'S how they do it" moments.
Hope this helps!
Thanks Jim. The "View Source" is currently my preferred method of learning. But, I wanted to try to figure out how some of these pages design the sleak graphics they have, which seem to be composed of many images side by side. I'm not sure if I like it, since it requires a lot of download time, but I have a couple of projects I will be working on and the idea, anyways, seems nice.
I think that your "Spartan" design is actually pretty good. I like the layout and the usability of it. I think you've done a great job.
If you happen to have time, I would be interested in finding out what you think of my site.
I think it's pretty cool. Lots of information, but none of it is buried by virtue of your left navigation bar. Content-wise, I thought your response to the ABC article was well-articulated. Two very minor suggestions:
But in short, I like it!
Thanks Jim. After I asked your opinion, I figured that Listology wasn't the appropriate place to ask that, but I appreciate your comments. I will definitely take your suggestions into consideration when I do the next minor update of the layout.
This is a fine place to ask this. Tangents are allowed. :-)