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The Design of Sites: Patterns for Creating Winning Web Sites

10 best books like The Design of Sites: Patterns for Creating Winning Web Sites (Douglas K. van Duyne): Transcending CSS: The Fine Art of Web Design, The Non-Designer's Web Book, Web Database Applications with PHP and MySQL, Web Design in a Nutshell: A Desktop Quick Reference, Professional PHP Programming, The Web Designer's Idea Book Volume 2: More of the Best Themes, Trends and Styles in Website Design, Paper Prototyping: The Fast and Easy Way to Design and Refine User Interfaces, User Interface Design for Programmers, Communicating Design: Developing Web Site Documentation for Design and Planning, The Smashing Book

Transcending CSS: The Fine Art of Web Design
AuthorAndy Clarke
ISBN0321410971
As the Web evolves to incorporate new standards and the latest browsers offer new possibilities for creative design, the art of creating Web sites is also changing. Few Web designers are experiences programmers, and as a result, working with semantic markup and CSS can create roadblocks to achieving...
The Non-Designer's Web Book
AuthorRobin P. Williams
ISBN0321303377
If you think web design is beyond your reach, or if you want your existing web site to look more professional, this thoroughly updated classic is the place to turn! In these pages, best-selling authors Robin Williams and John Tollett share the creative ideas, useful techniques, and basic design principles...
Web Database Applications with PHP and MySQL
AuthorHugh E. Williams
ISBN0596005431
There are many reasons for serving up dynamic content from a web site: to offer an online shopping site, create customized information pages for users, or just manage a large volume of content through a database. Anyone with a modest knowledge of HTML and web site management can learn to create dynamic...
Web Design in a Nutshell: A Desktop Quick Reference
AuthorJennifer Niederst Robbins
ISBN0596009879
Are you still designing web sites like it's 1999? If so, you're in for a surprise. Since the last edition of this book appeared five years ago, there has been a major climate change with regard to web standards. Designers are no longer using (X)HTML as a design tool, but as a means of defining the meaning...
Professional PHP Programming
AuthorSascha Schumann
ISBN1861002963
This book covers middle-tier programming with PHP.
PHP is a server-side, HTML-embedded scripting language. It is an open source technology, rapidly gaining popularity as a scripting language for people running dynamic websites. One of its major attractions over Perl, JavaScript and other...
The Web Designer's Idea Book Volume 2: More of the Best Themes, Trends and Styles in Website Design
AuthorPatrick McNeil
Web Design Inspiration at a GlanceVolume 2 of The Web Designer's Idea Book includes more than 650 new websites arranged thematically, so you can easily find inspiration for your work. Author Patrick McNeil, creator of the popular web design blog designmeltdown.com and author of the original bestselling...
Paper Prototyping: The Fast and Easy Way to Design and Refine User Interfaces
AuthorCarolyn Snyder
ISBN1558608702
Do you spend a lot of time during the design process wondering what users really need? Do you hate those endless meetings where you argue how the interface should work? Have you ever developed something that later had to be completely redesigned?

Paper Prototyping can help. Written by a usability...
User Interface Design for Programmers
AuthorJoel Spolsky
ISBN1893115941
Most programmers' fear of user interface (UI) programming comes from their fear of doing UI design. They think that UI design is like graphic design--the mysterious process by which creative, latte-drinking, all-black-wearing people produce cool-looking, artistic pieces. Most programmers...
Communicating Design: Developing Web Site Documentation for Design and Planning
AuthorDan M. Brown
ISBN0321392353
Most discussion about Web design seems to focus on the creative process, yet turning concept into reality requires a strong set of deliverables�the documentation (concept model, site maps, usability reports, and more) that serves as the primary communication tool between designers and...
The Smashing Book
AuthorSmashing Magazine
Almost all web designers read or at least know of the Smashing Magazine Blog. Being one of the top sites for designers/developers to learn and get inspiration, this book has a pretty tough job to be as useful as the blog itself.

First off, the books design and printing is great. Probably the best...
The Zen of CSS Design: Visual Enlightenment for the Web
AuthorDave Shea
ISBN0321303474
Since I'm a frequent visitor to the excellent CSS Zen Garden web site, I purchased this book hoping that it would enlighten me regarding the technical implementation of some of the more advanced CSS designs. Unfortunately, I think the book just misses the mark. What you get is a brief six page explanation...
MySQL
AuthorPaul DuBois
ISBN0735709211
A guide for end users and administrators alike. MySQL helps users make the most of MySQL, a client-server SQL database management system.
-- Devoted exclusively to helping users make the most of the MySQL database system
-- Provides the best single source of understandable, practical information...
The Principles of Beautiful Web Design
AuthorJason Beaird
ISBN0975841963
Tired of making web sites that work absolutely perfectly but just don't look nice?

If so, then The Principles of Beautiful Web Design is for you. A simple, easy-to-follow guide, illustrated with plenty of full-color examples, this book will lead you through the process of creating great designs...
Designing the Obvious: A Common Sense Approach to Web Application Design
AuthorRobert Hoekman Jr.
Designing the Obvious belongs in the toolbox of every person charged with the design and development of Web-based software, from the CEO to the programming team. Designing the Obvious explores the character traits of great Web applications and uses them as guiding principles of application design...
Build Your Own Website The Right Way Using HTML & CSS
AuthorIan Lloyd
ISBN0975240293
Build Your Own Website The Right Way Using HTML & CSS teaches web development from scratch, without assuming any previous knowledge of HTML, CSS or web development techniques. This book introduces you to HTML and CSS as you follow along with the author, step-by-step, to build a fully functional...
PHP Cookbook
AuthorDavid Sklar
ISBN0596101015
When it comes to creating dynamic web sites, the open source PHP language is red-hot property: used on more than 20 million web sites today, PHP is now more popular than Microsoft's ASP.NET technology. With our Cookbook's unique format, you can learn how to build dynamic web applications that work on...
Designing for the Social Web
AuthorJoshua Porter
ISBN0321534921
Don't be mislead by the title: Joshua Porter's book is primarily about social psychology and the impact this has on web-based software. Design is the set of considerations you need to need to create the desired behaviour.

The first part of the book is about taking potential users from Unaware...
Tapworthy: Designing Great iPhone Apps
AuthorJosh Clark
ISBN1449381650
So you've got an idea for an iPhone app -- along with everyone else on the planet. Set your app apart with elegant design, efficient usability, and a healthy dose of personality. This accessible, well-written guide shows you how to design exceptional user experiences for the iPhone and iPod Touch through...
The User Is Always Right: A Practical Guide to Creating and Using Personas for the Web
AuthorSteve Mulder
ISBN0321434536
How do we ensure that our Web sites actually give users what they need? What are the best ways to understand our users' goals, behaviors, and attitudes, and then turn that understanding into business results? Personas bring user research to life and make it actionable, ensuring we're making the right...
Designing the User Interface: Strategies for Effective Human-Computer Interaction
AuthorBen Shneiderman
ISBN0321197860
I despised this book, and probably made it through 2 chapters... perhaps it got better. I think I'm mainly bitter because it was so expensive ($100??) and the first chapter was 50 pages... mainly screenshots of things that everyone has seen, like the Google homepage, amazon.com website, the new york...
CSS Mastery: Advanced Web Standards Solutions
AuthorAndy Budd
ISBN1590596145
This book is your indispensable guide to cutting-edge CSS developmentall you need to work your way up to CSS professional. You'll learn how to:
- Plan, organize, and maintain your stylesheets more effectively
- Apply the secrets of liquid, elastic, and hybrid layouts
- Create flickr-style...
HTML & XHTML: The Definitive Guide
AuthorChuck Musciano
ISBN0596527322
"...lucid, in-depth descriptions of the behavior of every HTML tag on every major browser and platform, plus enough dry humor to make the book a pleasure to read."
--Edward Mendelson, PC Magazine

"When they say 'definitive' they're not kidding."
--Linda Roeder, About.com

Put...
Eric Meyer on CSS: Mastering the Language of Web Design with Cascading Style Sheets
AuthorEric A. Meyer
A very hands-on trip through CSS from simple font and color changes to layout and positioning. This book stops short of more "interactive" styles because that sort of thing requires JavaScript, which is beyond the scope of the book.

The opening chapter deals with converting a site from table-based...
Eric Sink on the Business of Software
AuthorEric Sink
ISBN1590596234
Eric Sink on the Business of Software is a selection of the best and most popular essays from the author's website. This insightful collection of essays explore the business concerns that programmers face during the course of their careers--particularly those programmers who are small independent...
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