New books…
Bought new books last week.
Practical JavaScript for the Usable Web - I have yet buy a good JavaScript book. Already have the Peachpit one but it was more of a copy-the-code-and-paste-in-your-html type book that never really teaches you about the JavaScript language. This one is better. Just the right amount of theory and practice with a focus on how the language fits in making your site more usable.
In case you’re wondering why JavaScript, I am learning it because I think every web developer should know how to do client-side scripting/validation to save on inefficient trips to the server just to validate input. More importantly, AJAX seems to be a really cool technology and the “AJ” in that acronym means “Asynchronous Javascript.”
Triple Your Reading Speed - Didn’t plan on buying this but I thought at the last minute that anything that can improve the self should always be tried. With the one-month break coming up and the long list of books-to-read, this just might be useful. Being able to touch type significantly changed my life, I hope being able to “AcceleRead” does the same.
