Books
For your reading assignments, please refer to the weekly links on the Schedule page.
Required Books for Everyone
- Spring into HTML and CSS. M. Holzschlag. Addison-Wesley, 2005.
- The Elements of Graphic Design. A. W. White. Allworth Press, 2002.
- Flash Journalism: How to Create Multimedia News Packages. M. McAdams. Focal Press, 2005 (Web site for the book).
Note that you need to own the textbooks; a Web site for a book is NOT an online version of the book. You will be quizzed on the material in the textbooks.
The textbooks should be available in the UF bookstore on campus. Note that books about software often cost as much as 30 percent less on Amazon.com.
Required Book for Graduate Students Only
In addition to the three books listed above, the graduate students enrolled in this class must have:
- Don't Make Me Think, 2nd edition, by Steve Krug. New Riders Press, 2005. (Make sure you have the SECOND edition.)
Recommended Books
- ActionScript for Flash MX: The Definitive Guide, 2nd edition. C. Moock. O'Reilly, 2002 (Amazon.com). Note that Moock has a newer book for ActionScript 2.0, but that one often refers to this one. This is the one you should start with.
- Photoshop CS/ImageReady CS for the Web Hands-On Training. T. Staples and L. Weinman. Peachpit Press, 2003 (Amazon.com).
- Books about CSS
- Books about typography and design
- Books about designing interfaces
The recommended books will help you do your best in this course. They are books that many professionals in Web design rely on and value. No assignments will be made from these books.