Smashing Magazine

If you’ve been working on the web for a while, your bookshelves may already be buckling under the weight of books about HTML and CSS. Do you really need another one? Hardboiled Web Design is different. It’s for people who want to understand why, when and how to use the latest HTML5 and CSS3 technologies in their everyday work. Not tomorrow or next week, but today.

Responsive design is a default these days, but we are all still figuring out just the right process and techniques to better craft responsive websites. That’s why we created a new book — to gather practical techniques and strategies from people who have learned how to get things done right, in actual projects with actual real-world challenges.

Weird browser bugs, inconsistent CSS/JS support, performance issues, mobile fragmentation, device pixels, viewports, zooming, touch event cascade, pointer and click events and the 300-millisecond delay. No, mobile isn’t dark matter, but it does require you to learn a few new things, some of which are quite confusing.

Nothing is more frustrating than stubborn management entangled in dated workflows and inefficient processes. That’s why we created Digital Adaptation, a new practical book on how to help senior management understand the Web and adapt the business, culture, teams and workflows accordingly. No fluff, no theory — just techniques and strategies that worked in practice, and showed results.

Written by well-respected designers and developers, the 4th Smashing Book contains lots of actionable takeaways that will help you in your daily routine. Think of it as a reliable playbook for issues that keep following you in every project.

The Mobile Book features the most important things that you need to know as a designer, developer or mobile strategist for your websites.

The purpose of this book is to help product managers who work specifically with digital projects build better – less complex, more focused, less long-winded and more intelligent — products.

Learn how to make the interactivity of web applications include keyboard and screen reader users and apply the lessons learned in the process to enrich the web for everyone.

To help you tap the full potential of MarionetteJS in your next application we created Better Backbone Applications with MarionetteJS.

This eBook collection is a comprehensive guide into usability and user experience design. You’ll learn techniques, strategies, tools and skills that will help you better approach design problems and improve the overall experience of your websites. The bundle explores navigation patterns, psychology, user behavior, user testing and emotional design.

This Bundle contains five eBooks that will help complete your reference library for graphic design. You’ll get to know handy tools and features for Illustrator, Photoshop and Fireworks, such as creating graphics, transforming a sketch into a vector and combining analog with digital techniques.

This eBook Bundle offers everything you need to keep up in the mobile Web game. Helpful articles on mobile Web design practices and iPhone apps, along with practical tips on design from Smashing Magazine’s professional authors, are complemented by insight into responsive Web design techniques and an exclusive study on mobile Web design trends.

This eBook bundle will help you master HTML, CSS, JavaScript and jQuery. Get the full hang of HTML and CSS – from the essentials to the latest techniques for responsive design. Improve your JavaScript knowledge and learn new jQuery techniques as well.

This eBook bundle will help you improve your overall skills in Web design. Neatly packed with lots of practical tips and techniques, this bundle will help you to make smarter design choices, combine typefaces meaningfully and effectively and improve your professional workflow.

With this bundle you will master WordPress in no time. These eBooks contain a selection of articles on WordPress that will lead you on the right path, through essential, learn-by-doing tutorials. The bundle provides lots of useful tricks and techniques, business considerations, an overview of WordPress building blocks and advanced topics.

If content is king, then the art of messaging is what will drive your product, business or idea forward. This comprehensive bundle delves into the world of content, providing beginners as well as professionals with a fundamental understanding of how content strategy works both independently and in conjuncture with other design elements.

If you are thinking of freelancing (or are close to surrendering to your workload), then these eBooks will be a treasure chest for you. Read up on how to pitch like a pro and handle your finances and workflows properly.