What is the Web Development "bible" (online or book) for you?

+16 votes
Where do you go to check the most reliable source of information related to Web Development? (JavaScript, CSS and HTML)

Who do you trust?
asked Oct 9, 2012 by (440 points)

21 Answers

+14 votes

I like http://www.sitepoint.com/ for comprehensibility, and Mozilla MDN https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/ for accuracy.

Sitepoint isn't as in-depth as Mozilla, but it is far more comprehensible. MDN is a reference and that's necessary, but falls short on explaining details or difficult concepts. MDN also (of course) is targeted only to Mozilla's implementations.
answered Oct 9, 2012 by (320 points)
MDN does have a browser support section on most pages. It does apply to most browsers.
commented Oct 9, 2012 by (110 points)
What I mean is, it's a reference for Mozilla's version of Javascript. It includes notes about browser compatibility, and notes about features that aren't ECMA-262 compliant, but it's still a reference for Mozilla's javascript, not for ECMA-262 Javascript.
commented Oct 9, 2012 by anonymous
The mainly source that i used is MDN https://developer.mozilla.org for completely information about HTML5 and JS, the information is provided by Opera and Mozilla voluntaries
commented Oct 9, 2012 by anonymous
+4 votes

WhatWG for HTML docs.  

As far as CSS/JS goes I honestly just search and find something related to what I am doing.  I'm sure others have some though.
answered Oct 9, 2012 by (2,640 points)
+4 votes
JavaScript: the good parts

Make sure you read it more than once if you don't understand it the first time.
answered Oct 9, 2012 by anonymous
+3 votes
www.smashingmagazine.com has a lot of good articles not only on HTML, CSS and Javascript but also on UX and design related topics.
answered Oct 9, 2012 by (200 points)
+1 vote

I trust quirksmode.org, the bible of cross-browser issues.
I'm happy to see in his blog that he's been hired to copy all his tables to webplatform.org ! yes That's big news.
answered Oct 9, 2012 by (440 points)
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Sitepoint is always good, you just have to be wary of some snarky replies. CSSTricks is also very good and offers a lot of new and interesting tutorials. But, more often than not, I will usually just Google something and see what comes up.
answered Oct 9, 2012 by (140 points)
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I've found http://diveintohtml5.info/ extremely useful
answered Nov 14, 2012 by anonymous
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I like the O'Reilly Pocket Reference books (HTML, CCS and etc).

Can quickly find what I need by flipping through them.

Can scribble and highlight things to remember...
answered Oct 9, 2012 by (170 points)
–1 vote
I tend to go multiple places for information I need. When I initially started I simply read the specs. Nettuts is a place I go when I need to catch up on the latest news and trends in web development. Mozilla Developer Networks seems to be the place to go these days but I do find their documentation some what lacking and I often find myself on stack overflow or some other site to fill in the gaps in documentation.
answered Oct 9, 2012 by (360 points)
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I like also to consult stackoverflow, since is fast to see what solution is more popular (or reliable)
answered Oct 9, 2012 by anonymous
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