The BEST books to learn web development (and design)

Are you wasting your time learning ‘to code’ on your phone! Give it up already! Tutorials? Yuck! Have some self respect. These 3 or 4 books – (in conjunction with the MDN docs) – are our suggestions – for people who want to learn to be great developers – in a fraction of the time.

Seriously. Stop fighting logic.

1. The Elements of User Experience: http://www.jjg.net/elements/
2. Don’t Make Me Think: https://www.sensible.com
3. Exercises for Programmers (+ use the MDN docs) https://pragprog.com/titles/bhwb/

Spend $100 and save 10k of wasted time and frustration

0:00 Intro
1:07 HTML and CSS books thought process
12:29 JavaScript books thought process
15:37 Thinking about “the good parts” and staying on the happy path

21:36 The actual books we think you should use…
31:43 Final notes about big picture / responsibility
32:59 Some online resources (not books)
+ Derek talks about learning from Chris Coyier’s Lynda.com course.

CSS Discord invite: https://discord.gg/pFc6XmH

## Here are more key books that can help orient you as more of a ‘Guardian of the Galaxy’ than just a ‘coder.’
(in suggested order)

1. The Elements of User Experience: http://www.jjg.net/elements/
2. Don’t Make Me Think: https://www.sensible.com
3. Exercises for Programmers (+ use the MDN docs) https://pragprog.com/titles/bhwb/
(start learning to program ^ – and keep reading as you go!)
4. Just Enough Research: https://abookapart.com/products/just-enough-research
5. Everyday Information Architecture: https://abookapart.com/products/everyday-information-architecture
6. Ruined By Design: https://www.ruinedby.design/
7. Design for the Real World: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor_Papanek (this is probably the most* important book – but it’s also the most dense… so – now’s the time)
8. Rocket Surgery Make Easy: https://www.sensible.com

If you read all of those… then – let us know – and I’ll give you the next list 😉

## You are responsible for what you put into the world.
Please be a hero.

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