Each of these topics is critical
in today??™s highly competitive online world. This being a programming book, our primary
focus will regard the technical aspects of building TShirtShop. However, as a responsible web
developer, you should not lose sight of the other essential elements of the Web ecosystem. If
you haven??™t already, we strongly recommend you check at least some of these resources:
??? Don??™t Make Me Think: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability, Second Edition, by
Steve Krug (New Riders Press, 2005)
??? Prioritizing Web Usability by Jakob Nielsen and Hoa Loranger (New Riders Press, 2006)
??? Designing Interfaces: Patterns for Effective Interaction Design by Jenifer Tidwell (O??™Reilly,
2005)
??? Web Accessibility:Web Standards and Regulatory Compliance by Andrew Kirkpatrick,
Richard Rutter, Christian Heilmann, Jim Thatcher, and Cynthia Waddell (friends of ED,
2006)
??? Ambient Findability by Peter Morville (O??™Reilly, 2005)
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??? Bulletproof Web Design, Second Edition, by Dan Cederholm (New Riders Press, 2007)
??? Professional Search Engine Optimization with PHP: A Developer??™s Guide to SEO by Cristian
Darie and Jaimie Sirovich (Wrox Press, 2007)
For TShirtShop, we will implement a simple, yet friendly and usable design, which will allow
for easy customization and will allow you to focus on the technical details of the site.
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