Books & Resources

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Your Mercury account will be the backbone for every project you do in this course. The account provides 1GB of space for you to publish files on the World Wide Web. It is your responsibility to monitor the use of this account and delete/archive old files in order to have enough room for your projects in this course.

You can learn more about Mercury at the Knowledge Base
Elizabeth Castro HTML, XHTML, CSS 6th Ed.

HTML, XHTML & CSS make up the life blood of the World Wide Web and this is one of the best beginning books to buy. It will serve you now and will be an excellent reference in the future.

THIS BOOK IS REQUIRED
Don't Make Me Think

Usability is one of the most important and overlooked aspects of web design. We will spend a good deal of time discussing usability and the impact it has on how and why we create media for the web.

THIS BOOK IS REQUIRED—be sure to get the Second Edition
Lynda.com video tutorials

Lynda.com (by Lynda Weinman) offers an Online Training Library. As IU students and faculty we have access to the entire collection. You will select lessons from the Lynda.com library to help with some of your assignments. Here's how you do it:

  1. Start at http://ittraining.iu.edu/lynda
  2. Click Go to Lynda.com and log in with your IU credentials
  3. Wait a minute to be re-directed...
  4. When the site is loaded use the Learn by menu to find the lessons that interest you.

Required books are available at the
Friends of Art Bookshop

Where is the Friends of Art Bookshop? It's right on campus: 7th Street next to the Showalter Fountain, in Fine Arts room 120. Fall semester hours are Monday-Thursday: 9-6, Friday 9-5, Saturday-Sunday 1-5. Visa, Master Card, Discover, checks, & cash accepted. Prepayment by phone or email can be arranged – call 812/855-1333, or e-mail foabooks@indiana.edu for details or more information.

IUB Media Reserves:

University Computer labs:

Other Resources

HTML 5, CSS3 & Web 2.0+:
HTML 5 Rocks Maybe it does and maybe it doesn't...
EffectGames.com provides free online tools for online game development
HTML 5 Browser Test: how does your browser stack up?
HTML 5 & CSS3 Readiness prepares your sites for the inevitable
GreepIt! contemporary resources for contemporary designers

XHTML/CSS:
A List Apart excellent resource site initiated by Jeffrey Zeldman
W3 Schools online web tutorials
XHTML and CSS validators from the W3C
CSS Cheat Sheet is an excellent online CSS reference
HTML Dog is both a book and a resource web site
BlueRobot has an excellent Layout Reservoir
Glish has lots of CSS layout suggestions
Lipsum.com has Lorem Ipsum "dummy text"
Hex color chart
Ruthsarianlayouts strange name; good CSS layouts

Web Graphics (Photoshop):
Computer Arts Magazine available online and in print
Good-Tutorials the name says it all (Thanks Leigh Schinaia)
deviantART has a huge selection of lessons, tips, and artist galleries

Web Animation:
Flaskkit.com has online tutorials. Choose carefully! These are not written by pros.
Entheos.com also has online tutorials for Flash.

Digital Audio
Apple Pro Training Series: Soundtrack Pro by Mary Plummer

Javascript:
JavaScript For the World Wide Web (5th edition) by Negrino and Smith
W3 Schools has online JavaScript tutorials
JavaScript Cheat Sheet is a thorough online reference guide
phpBBStyles.com is advanced but worth the time and effort
MiniAjax.com for the advanced or the adventurous

Usability:
Designing Web Usability by Jacob Nielsen
Advanced Common Sense is Steve Krug's web hang-out

Text Editors (available free of charge):
Crimson Editor (Windows)
Notepad++ (Windows)
TextWrangler (Macintosh—already installed in lab and most Macs on campus)

Miscellaneous:
MatthewStephens.com see Matt's repository of useful links, blogs, and tutorial sources