Choosing the best book in the range of web development books

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I want to read on several topics related to the Web development and I hope that you can give me an advice on the best book in the range of books available for me in every topic. For sure no one read all these books to give a final strict advice on the best among them But I just want to know if there was someone read a book from books listed below and believes that it is good book to start. I am asking such a question because I've read a book on ASP.NET and within the book the author referred to another book for a further detailed information and when I checked the other book I found it better than the one I was reading as it was explaining in more and advanced details.

So, for example if someone asked me what is the best book to pick up to learn about ASP.NET my advice will be definitely pick up either Professional ASP.NET 4 in C# and VB or Professional ASP.NET 4.5 in C# and VB based on the framework you are targeting.

AJAX

Ajax in Action
Professional Ajax, 2nd Edition
Programming ASP.NET AJAX

HTML5

HTML5 in Action
HTML5 Cookbook]

JavaScript

Beginning JavaScript, 5th Edition
JavaScript Cookbook, 2nd Edition
JavaScript Step by Step, 3rd Edition
Mastering JavaScript Object-Oriented Programming
Mastering JavaScript

JSON

Beginning JSON
JavaScript JSON Cookbook

What I have tried:

Searching the internet downloading books and seeing if some book names are mentioned within others to check for the best to read

Posted 16-Feb-17 1:08am

Amr Mohammad Rashad

Updated 16-Feb-17 8:35am

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Nathan Minier 16-Feb-17 7:28am

In my experience, books with "Mastering" or "Professional" tend to be on par with the books titled "Beginning". These tend to be good for foundationals, and aggregate information in such a way that you can perform your own detailed research on your own, but do not leave you either a "Professional" or "Master".

The "In Action", "Step by Step", and "Cookbook" titles generally focus more on patterns and practices, and can be very useful as long as you understand that they generally reflect ONE solution to a problem domain. They are an answer, not necessarily the right answer.

Also, books that cover both C# and VB tend to do neither terribly well.

You'd be better served looking at the offerings from publishers rather than just throwing out titles. I've used SAMS for years when it comes to language familiarization because they tend to be comprehensive, but generally shallow.

O'Reily books are great, but figuring out the right one for your skill level can be difficult.

Manning are great for boilerplate walkthroughs, and if you learn that way they can be a good tool.

Richard MacCutchan 16-Feb-17 8:33am

There is no such thing as "the best book", there are good, bad and indifferent. And it is, like beauty, largely in the eye of the beholder.

Karthik_Mahalingam 16-Feb-17 22:28pm

i prefer O’Reilly Books[^]

Amr Mohammad Rashad 18-Feb-17 10:48am

Thank you for your time and consideration.

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JayantaChatterjee · Answer 1 · 2017-02-16T02:17:00

Solution 1

Check out this link:

Useful Reference Books[^]

you can find what you want, and this article updated frequently....

Posted 16-Feb-17 2:17am

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Amr Mohammad Rashad 18-Feb-17 10:48am

Thank you for your time and consideration. It was a helpful link

JayantaChatterjee 20-Feb-17 23:49pm

You are Welcome..

Patrice T · Answer 2 · 2017-02-16T08:35:00

Solution 2

Not a book, may be of interest
This site is a rather good tutorial site around web development:
W3Schools Online Web Tutorials[^]

Posted 16-Feb-17 8:35am

Patrice T

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Amr Mohammad Rashad 18-Feb-17 10:49am

Thank you for sharing that link.