Free Ebooks For Web Development
Lesser people rely on paperback books for learning, which does not mean that people are not reading. It just means that ebooks have taken over the reading audience. The most obvious reason for this is that e-books can be released relatively quickly while their content remains relevant. With millions of books available online, with knowledge on everything from typography to building apps, some incredible books are also available for free. Here is a list of ebooks that are a must-read for web development.
1. Adobe Photoshop Cc Crash Course
This book is a guide to absolute beginners in Photoshop and is helpful for even those who have never opened the program before.
2. The Hiring Guide
This guide is simple, and it will be your companion through the tough journeys in this business, going from 5 to 50 employees. This will give you fresh ideas as well as pro tips on how to structure an interview, how to headhunt and as well as branding as an employer.
3. Mobile App Marketing
This book is helpful in submitting apps for app stores, understanding the process of approval as well as modifying apps later to make them attractive to users. The step-by-step guide is easy to understand for mobile app marketing.
4. How To Be Creative
MacLeod is a famous blogger as well as an executive in advertising, known for creativity. In this book, he has given 26 of his tested tips for becoming truly creative, with each point being accompanied by an illustration by the author.
5. Breaking The Time Barrier
This book contains simple yet very true tips for breaking the time barrier for every owner of a small business.
6. Time Management For Creative People
This book is helpful for achieving your professional as well as artistic goals. It talks about subjects like finding a path in the madness of your creativity, how to identify and prioritize the important parts of your work and how to get in the correct state of mind for working with focus.
7. The Guide To Wireframing
This book will act as your companion for wireframing, and guide you through the theory as well as practice for the creation of designs at every stage of the process of product development, from its conception to its launch.
8. Seven Rules For Better Typography
This book contains a series of techniques and tips for improving typography. They are ranging from the basics to the best practices.
9. Pixel Perfect Precision Handbook
This ebook can work as a comprehensive guide on digital designing and covers much of the collective processes and knowledge.
10. A Manifesto For Meaningful Design
This book gives the methodology that needs to be followed for converting a client input into a design that is meaningful. This also contains personal insights into the process of demonstration and its value.
11. Mobile Developer’s Guide To The Parallel Universe
This book is a guide for mobile developers which is helpful in learning the aspects of marketing.
12. Butterick’s Practical Typography
The author of this book is a designer who also has a profession as a lawyer. This volume of typography is suitable and contains a collection of all things you would have wanted to know about typography.
13. The Creative Aid Handbook
This book features tips that can be considered unusual, for nurturing your creativity, boosting your instincts and fostering your inspiration.
14. Designing For The Web
Web design has a difference when compared to working on the design for other mediums. This book is an exploration of the field of web design, including information about research as well as tools that can be used for getting the job done.
15. Developing Modern Mobile Web Apps
This book is a must-read for mobile developers, released by Microsoft. It contains useful insights and information about how to build mobile apps with the help of HTML5, CSS and JavaScript.
16. Graphic Design For Non-profit Organizations
The main focus of this book is design and the best practices to achieve it for non-profit organizations. The content of this book is a resource whose teaching can be practically applied anywhere.
17. The App Design Handbook
Getting approval for your mobile application on app stores can be a tedious task. This ebook is helpful in checking the principles of the creation of icons and splash images.
18. Mobile Game Design
This book focuses on the development of mobile games. It is helpful for designers to learn about hidden techniques of mobile game development and how to get a publication in mobile app stores.
19. Native Vs. Web Vs. Hybrid App Development
This book is helpful for organizations, for understanding which of the platforms should be used for mobile app business, HTML5, Native or Hybrid.
20. How To Make An App: HTML5 Mobile Edition
This book is helpful for creating HTML5 mobile applications as well as tools that can be useful for creating these apps.
21. Define App Requirements Within 20 Minutes
This book will give you all the requirements that can be filled in in an easy document. It contains a smart template that simplifies working with app developers.
22. Mobile Ux Design: Top Mistakes To Avoid
The user experience of mobile applications plays an important role in the success of the application. This free book is helpful for avoiding the mistakes that are commonly made while mobile app creation.
23. The Swift Programming Language
This book has been provided by Apple to help developers of mobile applications in the creation of apps that can be suitable for iOS devices in the Swift programming language.
24. iOS Succinctly
This book is good for anyone who is a developer and wants to create applications for iPhones and iPads.
25. Android Programming Succinctly
This book is free and a guide for app development for Android OS. It had information about the user face of Android as well as a wealth of knowledge that will be helpful in creating mobile applications for Android.
26. 3 Reasons To Use Multi-platform Technology
This book contains insights that will be helpful when you want to determine which operating system you should be building for the application.
27. Android Programming Ebook
This ebook has been provided by Eduonix for helping beginners to get an understanding of Android API as well as the updated Jelly Bean operating system.
28. 3 Easy Steps To Monetizing Android Apps With Ads
This book is helpful for developers who wish to earn money with the help of their applications.
29. Windows Phone 8 Development Succinctly
This book is helpful for developers who wish to learn about Windows Phone 8, and how developing applications for the Windows phone app store is possible.
30. Programming Windows Store Apps With HTML, CSS, And Javascript
This book has proven to be useful for a lot of people, shared by Microsoft for helping mobile application developers for programming Windows Store Apps.
31. Location Intelligence For Windows Store Apps
This book will be helpful for companies for creating applications that are location-aware.
32. Learn Blackberry 10 App Development
This book is helpful for mobile developers for creating Blackberry 10 applications using C++, Qt and Cascades User Interface Framework.
33. Logo Design Guide
This book will guide you through the basics of logo designing, rules of logo creation, how to take into consideration color and typography. This book will also tell you what you should try and what you should avoid getting a good design.
34. Web Design Book Of Trends
This is a must for those who want to keep up-to-date with the latest happenings in the world of web design. This book contains 165 visual designs and 11 trends as examples.
35. Learning Web Design
This is the book to read for finding out how building professional websites are done from scratch. This will guide you through building CSS layouts as well as the fundamentals of web pages.
36. Taking Your Talent To The Web
Although released in 2001, the information it contains regarding the world wide web is still relevant today.
37. Design Your Imagination
This book was written as a guide to beginners who are still learning web design but experienced developers will find useful tips as well.
38. WordPress Meet Responsive Design
There are many different devices that can be used for surfing the net, and responsive web design is an imperative topic to know for web developers. This book is about responsive web design from the context of WordPress.
39. The Vignelli Canon
This book is for those who wish to be learning what role typography plays in web development.
40. Pixel Perfect Precision Handbook 2
This book has tops that are very useful along with illustrations to ensure that the designs you make are always looking good, down to the last pixel.
41. The Principles Of Beautiful Web Design
This book will be useful for those who have little experience in the creation of web pages. It will give you the tools you need in the form of techniques and knowledge to make visual enhancements to your site.