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I’ve been giving the following list of resources to clients and students over the years, to help aid in their learning goals. This list is by no means exhaustive, but it’s a good start. I’ll update this post whenever I come across good resources.

Full disclosure: All of these books listed, except Digging Into WordPress, lead to Amazon.com. None of the Amazon.com links are affiliate links, so I don’t benefit from purchases made through them. I am an affiliate for the Digging Into WordPress book, and I earn a commission from purchases made through the link below.

HTML/CSS

Online:
HTML/XHTML Reference
XHTML Reference
XHTML.org
Web Monkey
CSS Basics
CSS Reference Guide
CSS Tricks
A List Apart
HTML Goodies

Books:
HTML, XHTML & CSS – Elizabeth Castro
HTML, XHTML, and CSS Bible – Steven M. Schafer
Head First HTML with CSS and XHTML – Elizabeth Robson and Eric Freeman

WordPress

Online:
WordPress.org
WordPress Training
The WordPress Chick

Books:
WordPress Bible – Aaron Brazell
Digging Into WordPress – Chris Coyier & Jeff Starr

(Full disclosure: I am an affiliate for this book, so if you purchase through this link, I earn a commission.)

Dreamweaver

Online:
Adobe TV
Adobe’s Dreamweaver Area
Adobe’s Dreamweaver Support Forum
Adobe’s Dreamweaver Exchange
Dreamweaver Club
Creative Cow’s Dreamweaver Forum
Dreamweaver Bible Resources
Dreamweaver Fever
Layers Magazine

Books:
Dreamweaver CS4 for Windows and Macintosh (Visual QuickStart Guide) – Tom
Negrino and Dori Smith
Dreamweaver CS4 Bible – Joseph W. Lowery
Dreamweaver CS4: The Missing Manual – David McFarland

Flash

Online:
Flash Kit
Adobe’s Flash Area
Adobe’s Flash Exchange
Adobe TV
Layers Magazine
gotoAndLearn
ActionScript.org

Books:
Flash CS4 Professional for Windows and Macintosh: Visual QuickStart Guide
- Katherine Ulrich
Flash CS4 Professional Advanced for Windows and Macintosh: Visual QuickPro
Guide – Russell Chun
Adobe Flash CS4 Professional Bible – Robert Reinhardt and Snow Dowd
Flash CS4 The Missing Manual – Chris Grover
ActionScript 3.0 Bible – Roger Braunstein, Mims H. Wright, and Joshua J.
Noble
Essential ActionScript 3.0 – Colin Moock
Foundation ActionScript Animation: Making Things Move! – Keith Peters