Ernst Renner : My favourite computer books list
You are what you read
With every rotation, planet earth is getting more complex (which is a bad thing) and to keep up, we have to learn. My knowledge comes from a variety of sources such as taking courses at BCIT, reading, google and experimental research which enables me to create unique content.
One of the greatest gifts of wisdom I have ever received came from a retired principal who I consider a genius in my lifetime. He was able to tell me with one simple sentence that teaching is not about what I know, but rather to put myself in my students place and then, together, clear all barriers that hinder progress. I will always be grateful for his advise and the many music and life lessons he taught me.
These days, I read mostly about computer programming, especially about jQuery, PHP, Python, XCode and Lua which I need to know in order to develop more advanced software applications.
My little computer book library
- Blender for Dummies
- Building iPhone Apps with HTML, CSS and Javascript
- Creative Blogging
- Building powerful and robust websites with Drupal 6 (This book is the current textbook for BCIT COMP 1854. BCIT charges $70, buy it from me at 50% off )
- DOM Scripting
- Eloquent JavaScript
- Excell Quick
- Getting Good with JavaScript
- GIMP Cookbook
- GIMP 2.6 Das umfassende Handbuch
- Google Analytics in 10 Minutes
- HTML Manual of Style
- HTML, XHTML and CSS for Dummies
- HTML, XHTML and CSS - Your Visual Blueprint
- iPhone & iPad Apps Marketing
- Java als erste Programmiersprache
- JavaScript by Example
- JavaScript Cookbook
- jQuery Pocket Reference
- Little Boxes
- LUA Programming
- PHP Solutions
- PHP for the Web
- Programming in Objective C 2
- Securing Web Applications
- Smashing CSS
- Speaking in Styles
- The Web Startup Success Guide
- Ultimate Guide to Google Adwords
and some Flash books which I bought last year when I took Flash Design at BCIT (British Columbia Institute of Technology).