Books to Consider

To learn more about XHTML and CSS coding best practices, you may want to check out the following book:

• Cederholm, Dan. Bulletproof Web Design: Improving flexibility and protecting against worst-case scenario with HTML5 and CSS3 (3rd Edition). New Riders Press, 2011. ISBN-13: 978-0321808356.
• McFarland, David Sawyer. Dreamweaver CS5: The Missing Manual. O'Reilly Media, 2010.
• Castro, Elizabeth. Visual Quickstart Guide: HTML, XHTML & CSS. Peachpit Press, 2007.
  ISBN 0-321-43084-0
• DeBolt, Virginia. Mastering Integrated HTML and CSS. Wiley Publishing, 2007.
  ISBN-13: 978-0-470-09754-0
• Griffiths, Patrick. HTML Dog, The Best Practice Guide to XHTML and CSS. New Riders, 2007.
  ISBN 0-321-31139-6

To learn more about Dynamic HTML, Javascript and AJAX, you may want to consider the following books:

• Powers, David. The Essential Guide to Dreamweaver CS3 with CSS, AJAX and PHP. Friends of Ed, 2007.
  ISBN-13: 978-1-59059-859-7
• Teague, Jason Cranford. Visual Quickstart Guide: CSS, DHTML & AJAX. Peachpit Press, 2007.
  ISBN 0-321-44325-X

To learn more about server-side scripts, such as ASP and PHP, and databases, such as MySQL, the following books are helpful:

• Bardzell, Jeffrey and Bob Flynn. Training from the Source: Adobe Dreamweaver CS3 with ASP, ColdFusion and PHP. Adobe Press, 2008. ISBN-13: 978-0-321-46106-1
• Powers, David. The Essential Guide to Dreamweaver CS3 with CSS, AJAX and PHP. Friends of Ed, 2007.
  ISBN-13: 978-1-59059-859-7

Instructor Note:
These are all books I referenced over the years. Be sure to look up newer editions of these in cases where they are out-dated.