# Reference books? **URL:** \ **Category:** Beginners\ **Created:** [February 14, 2021, 5:46pm UTC](https://forum.pinegrow.com/t/reference-books/4964 "2021-02-14T17:46:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Vila](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/c37758/32.png) [@Vila](https://forum.pinegrow.com/u/Vila)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2021, 5:46pm UTC](https://forum.pinegrow.com/t/reference-books/4964/1 "2021-02-14T17:46:23Z")
I am new to Pinegrow and responsive website design. Years ago I had help creating a website using Microsoft Expression Web have been using it ever since. I need to update my website and since my new laptop doesn’t play nice with Expression Web that became more of a priority. I find it hard to jump back and forth between tutorials on-line and don’t learn well watching videos. I found a template I like based on Foundation5 and have been working with it. I would feel better if I had a good reference book to help me learn more. Any suggestions? For now I have been printing out tutorials and documentation to refer back to. Thank you. ---
**Author:** ![RobM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/278dde/32.png) [@RobM](https://forum.pinegrow.com/u/RobM)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2021, 9:41am UTC](https://forum.pinegrow.com/t/reference-books/4964/2 "2021-02-15T09:41:25Z")
Hi @Vila, Are you looking for references about Foundation, web design in general, or Pinegrow? Cheers, Bob ---
**Author:** ![Vila](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/c37758/32.png) [@Vila](https://forum.pinegrow.com/u/Vila)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2021, 3:49pm UTC](https://forum.pinegrow.com/t/reference-books/4964/3 "2021-02-15T15:49:52Z")
All three would be nice. But mainly I am finding unfamiliar elements In the Library panel that I would like to understand. I’m starting to grasp the 12 columns behind it all and need to learn more about responsive web design. A Pinegrow manual would be nice, but it’s becoming familiar and I’m learning what it does as I experiment. I am printing the tutorials I find useful and will want to refer to again. Some books are better than others and would like opinions on which books people find the most useful. Vila ---
**Author:** ![schpengle](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/forum.pinegrow.com/schpengle/32/238_2.png) [@schpengle](https://forum.pinegrow.com/u/schpengle)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2021, 5:28pm UTC](https://forum.pinegrow.com/t/reference-books/4964/4 "2021-02-15T17:28:45Z")
Some Books can be viewed here [https://it-ebooks.info/](https://it-ebooks.info/) It,s still a great place to look up the sort of topics you THINK you want to know about. …its also good to just get a feel for the content to a topic, However… all is not lost as they STILL have a **FREE** Book download section. [https://itbook.store/books/free](https://itbook.store/books/free) Some, linking directly to the Authors own sites, or Github repositories, ie, if you want to go _old school_ with your games. > **[Penaz91/2DGD\_F0TH](https://github.com/Penaz91/2DGD_F0TH/)** > > Mirror Repository for GameDev ebook "2D Game Development: From Zero To Hero" and other sections still have **Preview Chapters** -which seem to point to Amazon etc for you to have a look, sometimes you find the topic you are after in the preview -handy if your printing out, Or, Like this one, which you _cant_ download, …it does however, give a link to all the **SOURCE CODE** to the book. > **[Responsive Web Design with HTML5 and CSS, 3rd Edition](https://itbook.store/books/9781839211560)** > > Book Responsive Web Design with HTML5 and CSS, 3rd Edition : Develop future-proof responsive websites using the latest HTML5 and CSS techniques by Ben Frain so you could bend your head around that too… without the book. And where you **DO** find free book downloads on there , they redirect to dbBooks, which is a site that collects open source, creative commons, non commercial and all sorts of other sharing license works, that you **CAN** download for free, legally. And, as \*_db Books_ site states, ### Can I download books for free? _You can download and read ebooks online on [dBooks.org](http://dBooks.org) for free - without registration._ ### Where [dBooks.org](http://dBooks.org) get books? _[dBooks.org](http://dBooks.org) collect books from open source resources - from publishers websites or owners blogs. Also authors add ebooks to [dBooks.org](http://dBooks.org)._ ### Are books copyrighted? _All books on [dBooks.org](http://dBooks.org) are licensed under a Creative Commons license (CC BY, CC BY-NC, CC BY-NC-SA) or a GNU free documentation license (GNU FDL). These licenses allows you to share, copy, distribute and transmit the books._ ### Which is [dBooks.org](http://dBooks.org) mission statement? _[dBooks.org](http://dBooks.org) team are sure that books and education must be open, public and free._ ### I still have some questions. _You can contact us by [email](mailto:info@dbooks.org) or sending a message via the [feedback form](https://www.dbooks.org/contact/#feedback)._ And here’s the licensing links Creative Commons licensing [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) and with regards the source code etc. [https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT](https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT) Check it out. But, dont do what I did, just downloaded a pile of books, on the topics I thought _I’d need to know_ Then Never actually study them properly, and kind of hope Id _absorb through osmosis_ or such madness… and achieve/create little. ooops. ---
**Author:** ![Vila](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/c37758/32.png) [@Vila](https://forum.pinegrow.com/u/Vila)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2021, 5:58pm UTC](https://forum.pinegrow.com/t/reference-books/4964/5 "2021-02-15T17:58:18Z")
Thanks! umm… this is my usual style too and one I am trying to avoid this time. > [@schpengle](#): > > But, dont do what I did, just downloaded a pile of books, on the topics I thought _I’d need to know_ > Then Never actually study them properly, and kind of hope Id _absorb through osmosis_ or such madness… and achieve/create little. I’m reading reviews, but more people will leave a bad review than a good one, so it’s hard to tell if a book is really worth purchasing. ---
**Author:** ![schpengle](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/forum.pinegrow.com/schpengle/32/238_2.png) [@schpengle](https://forum.pinegrow.com/u/schpengle)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2021, 6:00pm UTC](https://forum.pinegrow.com/t/reference-books/4964/6 "2021-02-15T18:00:54Z")
Yes, don’t worry (well yes, actually, worry, if you want to get something actually done 😃 )Your not alone. Although I’m not terribly productive company… Still… Here I am… also trying …again… lets see how it goes this time. …and if you stuck, book wise, er, let me know. ---
**Author:** ![RobM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/278dde/32.png) [@RobM](https://forum.pinegrow.com/u/RobM)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2021, 6:25pm UTC](https://forum.pinegrow.com/t/reference-books/4964/7 "2021-02-15T18:25:32Z")
For Foundation and Pinegrow I’m afraid you are limited to online resources. I admit to learn primarily by reading - don’t really like videos (which is ironic because I do a lot of the video tutorials for Pinegrow). However, I’ve never really purchased a book on web design. I’ve looked at everything online. Hopefully others on the forum can help! ---
**Author:** ![schpengle](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/forum.pinegrow.com/schpengle/32/238_2.png) [@schpengle](https://forum.pinegrow.com/u/schpengle)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2021, 6:36pm UTC](https://forum.pinegrow.com/t/reference-books/4964/8 "2021-02-15T18:36:34Z")
Here is of one the great Javascript books…apparently…erm…I …er haven’t actually read it all _cough_ …either. > **[Eloquent JavaScript](https://www.dbooks.org/eloquent-javascript-1593279507/)** > > Download Eloquent JavaScript ebook for free > **[The JavaScript Way](https://www.dbooks.org/the-javascript-way-1500/)** > > Download The JavaScript Way ebook for free > **[CSS Animation 101](https://www.dbooks.org/css-animation-101-1440/)** > > Download CSS Animation 101 ebook for free ---
**Author:** ![Vila](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/c37758/32.png) [@Vila](https://forum.pinegrow.com/u/Vila)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2021, 8:49pm UTC](https://forum.pinegrow.com/t/reference-books/4964/9 "2021-02-15T20:49:26Z")
Sorry to have opened a rabbit hole for you tonight, or not… 🙂 I found a few books to download to get me started. Thank you for the links! ---
**Author:** ![schpengle](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/forum.pinegrow.com/schpengle/32/238_2.png) [@schpengle](https://forum.pinegrow.com/u/schpengle)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2021, 9:38pm UTC](https://forum.pinegrow.com/t/reference-books/4964/10 "2021-02-15T21:38:29Z")
super… I dragged myself away and mopped the bathroom floor and a tiny bit of kitchen. RIGHT…now… PG and CSS GRID tutorial and pretend im a proper web dev guy for a while… …all be it a permanant beginner. oh yeah, and welcome aboard @Vila 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![schpengle](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/forum.pinegrow.com/schpengle/32/238_2.png) [@schpengle](https://forum.pinegrow.com/u/schpengle)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2021, 11:28am UTC](https://forum.pinegrow.com/t/reference-books/4964/11 "2021-02-21T11:28:58Z")
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**Author:** ![schpengle](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/forum.pinegrow.com/schpengle/32/238_2.png) [@schpengle](https://forum.pinegrow.com/u/schpengle)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2021, 8:41pm UTC](https://forum.pinegrow.com/t/reference-books/4964/13 "2021-02-26T20:41:56Z")
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