books by O'Reilly Media, Inc.     books:     O'Reilly Media, Inc.      Head First Design Patterns (Head First) Elisabeth Freeman, Eric Freeman, ... O'Reilly Media, Inc., 2004 Head First is good for your brain. I love this book. It is my first Head First book and I intend to buy more. It is really a fun way to learn. Though the book deals with some advanced topics, the way the material is presented makes it easier to get into your brain. My suggestion is to pick up one ...             Head First HTML with CSS & XHTML Eric Freeman, Elisabeth Freeman O'Reilly Media, Inc., 2005 I love this book! I've been using HTML for quite a while, but I really didn't understand it -- largely because I couldn't bring myself to care. I just used my cheat sheet a lot. Having worked through thsi book, I understand it all well enough to remember it. This is the first book in ...             Head First Java, 2nd Edition Kathy Sierra, Bert Bates O'Reilly Media, Inc., 2005 Best Java book on the Market.... 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While the Python slogan promises "one way to do it", Mark Lutz will show you four, and explore every detail, ...             High Performance MySQL: Optimization, Backups, Replication, and More Baron Schwartz, Peter Zaitsev, ... O'Reilly Media, Inc., 2008 Self made DBA A great overview of MySQL, with a cursory introduction to virtually every field a DBA will encounter over the years. The book is aimed at someone who has already used MySQL, but does not require in-depth knowledge - it's well written and should serve as a great ...             JavaScript: The Good Parts Douglas Crockford O'Reilly Media, Inc., 2008 Serious JavaScript programming requires strong discipline Serious JavaScript programming requires strong discipline to avoid many pitfalls that are somewhat encouraged by the language itself. The author is very aware of this problem and wrote a small, but very dense book, full of useful advices that comes from somebody who ...             CSS: The Definitive Guide Eric Meyer O'Reilly Media, Inc., 2006 Very authoritative and complete Before purchasing this book, I had purchased about a half dozen books on css, one from the same author. I was really surprised to find new ways to use css that I hadn't learned in the other books. Each topic is discussed completely and in detail. For a reference on ...             Designing Interfaces: Patterns for Effective Interaction Design Jenifer Tidwell O'Reilly Media, Inc., 2005 More Practical Concepts, Less Psychology While I don't own a physical copy of this book, I had used an electronic form of it in the course of my studies. I will first forewarn those who are interested in Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) that this text does not heavily focus on the science of Psychological ...             The Ruby Programming Language David Flanagan, Yukihiro Matsumoto O'Reilly Media, Inc., 2008 great book i write in ruby for about a year or two, mostly as a hoby. after i wrote a lot of simple and complex programs, there were still some basic (or not so basic) things that about ruby that were not so clear to me. this book made it all clear. all i can say about this book ...             Learning Web Design: A Beginner's Guide to (X)HTML, StyleSheets, and Web Graphics Jennifer Niederst Robbins O'Reilly Media, Inc., 2007 Robust start to (X)HTML/CSS I rate this book with 5 stars for being a solid introduction to (X)HTML and CSS and for being clear, easy to follow, and colourful. I disagree with the previous reviewer BB, who said the book was not for beginners and rated it with one star. 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