Recommended Books

NOTE: This is a copy of recommended books from my other course: HTML, CSS, and Javascript for
Web Developers. Books more relevant to the AngularJS course are coming soon.

Disclosure: Please note that most of the links below are affiliate links, and at no additional cost to
you, I will earn a small commission if you decide to make a purchase. Please understand that I
recommend these books because I think they are good books and not because of the small
commissions I make if you decide to buy something. Please do not spend any money on these
books unless you feel that they will help you achieve your learning goals.

-Yaakov Chaikin

By the way, most of the links I provide below are to Amazon.com. Amazon has this really cool
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Soft Skills: A Developer's Life
Manual by John Sonmez
Web Design with HTML, CSS,
JavaScript and jQuery Set by
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HTML and CSS: Design and
Build Websites by Jon
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Code Complete: A Practical
Handbook of Software
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MY TOP PICK FOR HTML/CSS. Great book that is very
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to the point.
MY TOP PICK FOR SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT IN
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my opinion, required reading for any software
developer, experienced or beginner.
MY TOP PICK FOR EVERYDAY CODING PRACTICES. This
book, but goes into the details of how to actually do the
coding well. While the "Code Complete" book will
mature you in general software approaches, this one

Soft Skills: The software
developer's life manual by
John Sonmez
Learning Web Design: A
Beginner's Guide to HTML,
CSS, JavaScript, and Web
Graphics by Jennifer Niederst
Robbins
Learning Web App
Development by Semmy
Purewal
Mastering Sublime Text by
Dan Peleg
Pragmatic Guide to Git by
Travis Swicegood
Pro Git by Scott Chacon and
Ben Straub
JavaScript: The Definitive
Guide: Activate Your Web
Pages by David Flanagan
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Douglas Crockford
zones in on day to day coding practices. I've seen a lot
of software that was easier to just dump and re-write
from scratch than update. All because the original
developers did not follow the basic principles this book
advocates. What does "good code" or "clean code" even
mean? Read this book and find out! In my opinion,
required reading for any software developer,
experienced or beginner.
MY TOP PICK FOR GENERAL CAREER GUIDANCE FOR
SOFTWARE DEVELOPERS. I just recently finished this
book and it's absolutely invaluable advice for any
software developer, especially someone starting out. It's
an "eye opener". It's an easy read (or listen to audio
version). It provides a holistic approach to life in general
with a twist that's applicable to software developers.
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Like in any profession, in software there is more to
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being successful than just the skill of writing good code.
The book goes through tons and tons of topics from
different types of software jobs (with their advantages
and disadvantages) to drastically increasing your
productivity & how to form good habits. It's definitely
going on my list of "Required reading for any software
developer, experienced or beginner."
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A student found this book and states that "its close to
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in the course.
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Clear, step by step instructions. Covers Sublime Text 3!
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MY TOP PICK FOR GIT. I am a BIG fan of pretty much
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just memorizing commands.
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Amazon Definitive Guide book is a classic.
Another classic! Written by the inventor of JSON.
Empowers you to harness the true power of Javascript
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as a language.
JavaScript and JQuery:
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Interactive Front-End Web
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Development by Jon Duckett
MY TOP PICK FOR JAVASCRIPT. Just like his HTML/CSS
book, this one is very visual and gets to the point
quickly.