Published in Blogging on Tuesday, May 17th, 2005
To borrow from a past baton holder: Mark Boulton has passed me a musical baton. This means I get to document what I’m currently listening to by answering a series of revealing questions, then pass the baton on.
Five people to whom I’m passing the baton:
Sitepoint's web devlopment books have helped me out on many occasions both for finding a quick solution to a problem but also to level out my knowlegde in weaker areas (JavaScript, I'm looking at you!). I am recommending the following titles from my bookshelf:
I started freelancing by diving in head first and getting on with it. Many years and a lot of experience later I was still able to take away some gems from this book, and there are plenty I wish I had thought of beforehand. If you are new to freelancing and have a lot of questions (or maybe don't know what questions to ask!) do yourself a favor and at least check out the sample chapters.
The author line-up for this book says it all. 7 excellent developers show you how to get your JavaScript coding up to speed with 7 chapters of great theory, code and examples. Metaprogramming with JavaScript (chapter 5 from Dan Webb) really helped me iron out some things I was missing about JavaScript. That said each chapter really helped me to develop my JavaScript skills beyond simple Ajax calls and html insertion with libs like JQuery.
Like the other books listed here, this provides a great reference for the PHP developer looking to have the right answers from the right people at their fingertips. I tend to pull this off the shelf when I need to delve into new territory and usually find a workable solution to keep development moving. This only needs to happen once and you recoup the price of the book in time saved from having to develop the solution or find the right pattern for getting the job done..
Comments and Feedback
Man, you and Paul must not have any friends. I got the baton from everywhere. :) Sorry I didn't read your post before I put up mine - but I will still edit the post and link back to you.
No problem, to be honest it was hard to find someone who hadn't already been whacked with the baton!
Cunning! I'm being hit from all sides. I think I should take the hint and post something...