In this post I am going to share some awesome e-books for developers who want’s to lean web development, web designing, web server configuration, web services etc. Following are the list of free e-books and guides on complete web development, some of the resources in this section can be viewed online and some of them can be downloaded. Following free books will help you to become expert in your domain.
1. 11 Steps to Create a Successful Web Site
2. A Beginners Guide to HTML and CSS by Shay Howe
3. A Gentle Introduction to XML
4. A Technical Introduction to XML by Norman Walsh
5. Access by Design: A Guide to Universal Usability for Web Designers
8. Adobe Flex 3 Advanced Data Visualization Developer Guide
9. Adobe Flex 3 Developer Guide
10. An Introduction to XML and Web Technologies by Anders Mller, Michael Schwartzbach
11. Apache Ant by Dan McCreary
12. Apollo for Adobe Flex Developers Pocket Guide by Mike Chambers, Rob Dixon, Jeff Swartz
13. ASP.NET with C# by Vijay Mukhi, Sonal Mukhi, Neha Kotecha
14. Beginner’s Guide to Adobe Flash
16. Building Accessible Websites by Joe Clark
17. Building and Deploying Adobe Flex 3 Applications by
18. Building Cloud Apps with Microsoft Azure by Scott Guthrie, et al.
19. Building Secure Microsoft ASP.NET Applications by Microsoft Corporation
21. Complete CSS Guide by Maxine Sherrin, John Allsopp
22. Creating Applications with Mozilla by David Boswell, at al.
23. Design Your Imagination by WebGuru India
24. Designing Evolvable Web APIs with ASP.NET by Glenn Block, et al.
25. Designing for Performance: Weighing Aesthetics and Speed by Lara Callender Hogan
26. Designing for the Web by Mark Boulton
27. Developing Web Applications with Haskell and Yesod by Michael Snoyman
28. Dive Into Accessibility by Mark Pilgrim
29. Dive Into HTML5 by Mark Pilgrim
30. DocBook XSL: The Complete Guide by Bob Stayton
31. DocBook: The Definitive Guide by Norman Walsh, Leonard Muellner
32. Exploring Lift by Derek Chen-Becker, Marius Danciu, Tyler Weir
33. Flash JavaScript Dictionary
34. Getting Real: The Smarter, Faster, Easier Way to Build a Successful Web Application by 37signals
35. Getting started with Adobe Flex by Amitava Kundu, at al.
36. Getting Started with Cloud Computing by Vijay Trehan
37. Google App Engine Java Experiments by Romin K. Irani
38. Heroku: Up and Running by Neil Middleton, Richard Schneeman
39. HTML & XHTML: The Definitive Guide by Chuck Musciano, Bill Kennedy
40. HTML and CSS In A Week …Or Less by Abdi Cagarweyne
41. HTML Canvas Deep Dive by Josh Marinacci
42. HTML Tutorial by Mark Allen, Kathy Deka
43. HTML Web Design in 7 days by Siamak Sarmady
44. HTML5 Canvas by Steve Fulton, Jeff Fulton
45. HTML5 for Publishers by Sanders Kleinfeld
46. HTML5 For Web Designers by Jeremy Keith
47. HTTP Programming Recipes for Java Bots by Jeff Heaton
48. HTTP Succinctly by Scott Allen
50. Interactive Data Visualization for the Web by Scott Murray
51. Intro to ASP.NET MVC 4 with Visual Studio by Rick Anderson
52. Introducing ASP.NET Web Pages 2
53. Introduction to Java and OOA/OOD for Web Applications by Alvin J. Alexander
54. Introduction to Web Services with Java by Kiet T. Tran
55. Java Web Programming with Eclipse by David Turner, Jinseok Chae
56. Learn SVG: The Web Graphics Standard by Jon Frost, Stefan Goessner, Michel Hirtzler
57. Modern Web Essentials Using JavaScript and HTML5 by David Pitt
58. OASIS OpenDocument Essentials by J. David Eisenberg
59. Open XML Explained by Wouter van Vugt
60. Philip and Alex’s Guide to Web Publishing by Philip Greenspun
61. PNG: The Definitive Guide by Greg Roelofs
62. Pro Web 2.0 Mashups: Remixing Data and Web Services by Raymond Yee
63. Processing XML with Java by Elliotte Rusty Harold
64. Programming ActionScript 3.0
65. Programming ASP.NET MVC 4 Web Applications by J. Chadwick, D. Rader, T. Snyder, H. Panda
66. Programming Grails by Burt Beckwith
67. Programming Jabber: Extending XML Messaging by DJ Adams
68. Programming Windows Store Apps with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript by Kraig Brockschmidt
69. Rapid Application Development with Mozilla by Nigel McFarlane
70. Research-Based Web Design and Usability Guidelines by
71. RESTful Web Services by Leonard Richardson, Sam Ru
72. Sams Teach Yourself Html 4 in 24 Hours by Dick Oliver
73. Sams Teach Yourself XML in 21 Days by Steve Holzner
74. Scalable and Modular Architecture for CSS by Jonathan Snook
75. Search Engine Optimisation by Jacqui Carrel
76. SGML and HTML 4.0 Explained by Martin Bryan
77. Single Page Apps In Depth by Mikito Takada
78. Software Engineering for Internet Applications by Eve Andersson, Philip Greenspun, Andrew Grumet
79. Sun Certified Web Component Developer (SCWCD) Study Guide by Ken Zrobok
80. Super Awesome Advanced CakePHP Tips by Matt Curry
81. SVG Essentials by J. David Eisenberg
82. Taking Your Talent to the Web by Jeffrey Zeldman
83. The Art and Science of Web Design by Jeffrey Veen
84. The Beginner’s Guide to Search Engine Optimization by
85. The Elements of Typographic Style Applied to the Web by Richard Rutter, Steven Marshall
86. The Java Web Services Tutorial by Eric Armstrong, et al
87. The Web Book by Robert Schifreen
88. The Woork Handbook by Antonio Lupetti
89. The XML Files: Using XML for Business-to-Business and Business-to-Consumer Applications by
90. The Zope Book by Amos Latteier, Michel Pelletier
91. Using Adobe Flex Builder 3 by
92. Using Flash by
93. Web Client Programming with Perl by Clinton Wong
94. Web Data Management by Serge Abiteboul, et al.
95. Web Designer’s Success Guide by Kevin Airgid
96. Web Style Guide by Patrick Lynch, Sarah Horton
97. Writing HTML by Alan Levine
98. XForms Essentials by Micah Dubinko
99. XForms Tutorial and Cookbook by Dan McCreary
100. XML and Databases by Ronald Bourret
101. XML Schema Definition (XSD) by Vijay Mukhi, Shruti Gupta, Sonal Mukhi
102. XML WebServices and SOAP by V. Mukhi, S. Shanbhag, S. Mukhi
103. XML: Managing Data Exchange by
104. XPath and XPointer: Locating Content in XML Documents by John Simpson
