Best books for learning web development

[zulufox]

I have a small site, about 100 articles.

In 20 days I leave for 4 months of traveling around europe and (hopefully) writing a good 200 articles for my site.

During these 4 months I am looking for some great reading material about creating a large scale professional website.

Anyone know of any?

(I'm not looking for books on designing online stores or company intranets... but intead looking for books on designing content websites)

Thanks in advanced!

[Dpeper]

yep, your lookin at the best resource to learn anything you need to know. I consider this place like a book that never ends. So if you have access then yea.

Donny

[txbakers]

My favorite book is the O'Reilly HTML Pocket Reference. I got it for $1.00 on the bargain rack and use it often.

[Maynard]

Best books I read were the following on online content and information architecture (if that's what you're after):

Content Critical by Gerry McGovern and Rob Norton (Prentice Hall)
Information Architecture for the World Wide Web by Rosenfield and Morville (O'Reilly)
Don't Make Me Think by Steve Krug (New Riders)

For programming then any of the WROX or O'Reilly series.

Maynard.

[tolachi]

My recommendation is Return on Design by Ani Phyo. It encompasses the entire design process from start to finish (not that it ever really does). Considering the right factors at the right point in the process can make a big difference in end quality and avoid wasting time. It's also great if you plan on contracting with anyone else to help with the design of you site. Without some sort of road map bringing in other people can be a bit of a free for all.

Another great book is The Elements of User Experience by Jesse James Garret. A great book about organizing information on a site. Also very process oriented, and quite slender.