There really aren't any required books, but you might want to consider buying one of the following two books.

Core Web Programming, by Marty Hall and Larry Brown, 2nd edition. It's published by Sun. It's a pretty good book and has a lot of the stuff we're going to cover - not all but quite a bit. It's somewhat Java heavy, but if you don't know Java very well, it would cover Web stuff and Java

Programming the World Wide Web, by Robert Sebesta, 2nd edition. This one has much less focus on Java and is a major improvement to the first edition. Don't bother with the first edition, it's mostly useless. The second edition covers MySql pretty good. There's nothing in the first edition.

Other Texts

• For HTML
  HTML: The Definitive Guide, 2nd Edition by Chuck Musciano and Bill Kennedy, O'Reilly and Associates;
• For Web Servers
  Apache: The Definitive Guide, Ben Laurie, O'Reilly & Associates
• For Perl
  Programming Perl, Larry Wall and Randal Schwartz, O'Reilly & Associates
• For PHP
  Web Wizard's Guide to PHP, David A. Lash. It's a little light, but a good introduction. I've got a better book at home, but I don't know the info on it. I keep trying to remember to bring it in to USC.
• For JavaScript
  JavaScript: The Definitive Guide, 2nd Edition by David Flanagan, O'Reilly and Associates;
• For CGI Programming
  Special Edition Using CGI by Jeffry Dwight, Michael Erwin, Robert Niles, Que Publisher;