10 Coding Book Bundle

Enhance your web development skills, from mastering the basics to exploring advanced techniques.

10 Coding Books Bundle from Smashing Magazine

Coding can be overwhelming, but with the right resources, it’s easier to navigate the complexities. This 10 eBook bundle from Smashing Magazine is perfect for web developers of all levels, offering guidance on everything from HTML basics to advanced JavaScript techniques.

Why is this bundle so good? Each eBook dives deep into essential topics like Responsive Design, CSS3 animations, and semantic HTML, while also introducing advanced concepts such as JavaScript unit testing and jQuery best practices. It’s not just about coding—these books emphasize practical, real-world applications that developers can immediately use in their projects.

Whether you’re looking to create responsive websites, improve your JavaScript skills, or master the latest CSS3 features, this bundle has you covered. Each book is packed with expert tips, coding principles, and step-by-step instructions to help you write cleaner, more efficient code.

With these eBooks in your toolkit, you’ll not only stay updated with the latest web development trends but also elevate your skills to build modern, maintainable, and scalable websites.

Details about these  Coding Books:

ebook 1: Practical JavaScript Techniques (139 Pages)

“Practical JavaScript Techniques” offers expert instruction, tips and methodologies relevant for all levels of knowledge. Learn interactive CSS and jQuery techniques, how to take advantage of JavaScript’s versatile capabilities and even how to build JavaScript-based gaming experiences.

Table of Contents

• Develop A One-Of-A-Kind CSS/JS-Based Game Portfolio
• Five Useful Interactive CSS/jQuery Techniques Deconstructed
• Create An Animated Bar Graph With HTML, CSS And jQuery
• A Beginner’s Guide To jQuery-Based JSON API Clients
• How To Build A Real-Time Commenting System
• The Developer’s Guide To Conflict-Free JavaScript And CSS In WordPress
• Optimizing Long Lists Of Yes/No Values With JavaScript
• Building A Relationship Between CSS & JavaScript

ebook 2: Understanding Advanced JavaScript (155 Pages)

This book is an exploration of popular advanced JavaScript concepts for those who already have a grasp on the basics. “Understanding Advanced JavaScript” is a comprehensive manual and how-to guide about all things JavaScript. Master JavaScript with industry leaders who explain how to make fine-tuning, streamlining and testing your JavaScript code easy.

Table of Contents

• Analysing Network Characteristics Using JavaScript And The DOM, Part 1
• Introduction To JavaScript Unit Testing
• Journey Through The JavaScript MVC Jungle
• JavaScript Events And Responding To The User
• JavaScript Profiling With The Chrome Developer Tools
• Writing Fast, Memory-Efficient JavaScript
• Designing Better JavaScript APIs

ebook 3: Responsive Design (160 Pages)

This eBook, “Responsive Design”, provides an overview on responsive Web design, showing many situations and techniques in which this approach can be applied to. Smartphones, tablets, laptops and desktop computers may share the same design, which is adapted according to screen size, platform and orientation of each device.

Table of Contents

• Responsive Web Design: What It Is And How To Use It
• Progressive And Responsive Navigation
• Techniques For Gracefully Degrading Media Queries
• Is There Ever A Justification For Responsive Text?
• How To Use CSS3 Media Queries To Create A Mobile Version Of Your Website
• Device-Agnostic Approach To Responsive Web Design
• Content Prototyping In Responsive Web Design

ebook 4: HTML Essentials (106 Pages)

This eBook “HTML Essentials” will give you an overview on HTML(5), teach you how to decouple HTML from CSS, and discuss the reasons why you and your clients should embrace HTML5. You will be ready to code HTML layouts from scratch after grasping the basics of this eBook.

Table of Contents

• The Neglected Necessities Of Design
• Falling For HTML5: Finding Love In The Little Things
• Dear Clients, The Web Has Changed. It’s Time To Use CSS3 And HTML5 Now
• Coding An HTML5 Layout From Scratch
• Why We Should Start Using CSS3 and HTML5 Today
• Decoupling HTML From CSS

ebook 5: Mastering HTML 5 (93 Pages)

Learn to love HTML5 while keeping up with a variety of new techniques and possibilities from the latest HTML overhaul. Get updated with some facts and myths about HTML5, and be prepared to optimize your workflow to meet the demands of modern Web design.

Table of Contents

• Learning To Love HTML5
• HTML5: The Facts And The Myths
• Local Storage And How To Use It On Websites
• Optimize Images With HTML5 Canvas
• Syncing Content With HTML5 Video
• Behind The Scenes Of Nike Better World

ebook 6: HTML Semantics (71 Pages)

This eBook addresses the importance of semantics in our code. It touches on outlining algorithms, HTML5 semantics, the pursuit of semantic value and the HTML semantic grid system.

Table of Contents

• HTML5 Semantics
• When One Word Is More Meaningful Than A Thousand
• HTML5 And The Document Outlining Algorithm
• Our Pointless Pursuit Of Semantic Value
• Pursuing Semantic Value
• The Semantic Grid System: Page Layout For Tomorrow

ebook 7: CSS Essentials (281 Pages)

This Smashing eBook explores some practical implementations of CSS, including usage of pseudo-elements in CSS, decoupling HTML from CSS, modern CSS layouts with equal height columns, taming advanced CSS selectors, and many others.

Table of Contents

• Backgrounds In CSS: Everything You Need To Know
• The Mystery Of The CSS Float Property
• The Z-Index CSS Property: A Comprehensive Look
• CSS Sprites: Useful Techniques, Or Potential Nuisance?
• Modern CSS Layouts: The Essential Characteristics
• Modern CSS Layouts, Part 2: The Essential Techniques
• Writing CSS For Others
• Decoupling HTML From CSS
• CSS Specificity And Inheritance
• Equal Height Column Layouts With Borders And Negative Margins In CSS
• Important CSS Declarations: How And When To Use Them
• CSS Sprites Revisited
• Learning To Use The: before And: after Pseudo-Elements In CSS
• Taming Advanced CSS Selectors
• Six CSS Layout Features To Look Forward To

ebook 8: Mastering CSS3 (251 Pages)

This eBook “Mastering CSS3” features recent CSS3 techniques, a detailed overview of advanced CSS3 pseudo-classes, CSS3 Flexbox, CSS animations and 3D transforms and modern techniques for constructing page layouts, among others.

Table of Contents

• CSS3 vs. CSS: A Speed Benchmark
• Why We Should Start Using CSS3 And HTML5 Today
• Connecting The Dots With CSS3
• An Introduction To CSS3 Keyframe Animations
• The New Hotness: Using CSS3 Visual Effects
• Adventures In The Third Dimension: CSS 3D Transforms
• How To Use CSS3 Pseudo-Classes
• CSS3 Flexible Box Layout Explained
• The Guide To CSS Animation: Principles And Examples
• Beercamp: An Experiment With CSS 3D
• Using CSS3: Older Browsers And Common Considerations

eBook 9: JavaScript Essentials (142 Pages)

Filled with up-to-date lessons on coding reviews, JavaScript scopes and implementations, AJAX and various tips on JavaScript solutions, this eBook is essential for improving your JavaScript knowledge.

Table of Contents

• Seven JavaScript Things I Wish I Knew Much Earlier In My Career
• Lessons From A Review Of JavaScript Code
• Find The Right JavaScript Solution With A 7-Step Test
• Ten Oddities And Secrets About JavaScript
• What You Need To Know About JavaScript Scope
• The Seven Deadly Sins Of JavaScript Implementation
• A Quick Look Into The Math Of Animations With JavaScript
• Searchable Dynamic Content With AJAX Crawling

eBook 10: Mastering jQuery (122 Pages)

Choosing the right plugins, creating bookmarklets, setting patterns or manipulating images can be challenging even for experienced programmers. In order to help you avoid struggling with such decision issues, we’ve selected articles with the most exclusive, top-notch advice on jQuery in our latest release: the Smashing eBook “Mastering jQuery”.

Table of Contents

• Commonly Confused Bits Of jQuery
• Image Manipulation With jQuery And PHP GD
• Make Your Own Bookmarklets With jQuery
• jQuery Plugin Checklist: Should You Use That jQuery Plug-In?
• Essential jQuery Plugin Patterns.