Additional Recommended Resources
This page contains a list of resources that may be
helpful to you in web development. These resources will continue
to be developed over time.
Internet/Web Terms
| Web-Related Tutorials | PHP |
Graphics/Design |
Color on the web | Web
Development Tools Sites | Usability | Accessibility
and HTML Validation
| Recommended Books
Internet / Web Terms
Webopedia.com
A
brief list of web-related terms
WhatIs - TechTarget.com
A
beginner's web glossary
Web-Related Tutorials
Macromedia
MX tutorial for Macromedia MX Studio (Dreamweaver, Freehand,
Flash, ColdFusion)
Macromedia
tutorial: Defining your Dreamweaver MX site
BU
Web Central - extensive how-to site for all things web
BU
Guide to Dreamweaver
HTML Goodies.com
Javascript
primers
The Javascript
Source
Jan's
Guide to Web Authoring / HTML
PHP
EMU PHP tutorial
PHP.net tutorials and complete PHP documentation
Graphics/Design
PhotoshopCafe.com
Adobe
Expert Center
Creating Killer
Web Sites
Tomalak's Realm
- daily links to strategic web design news
Web
page design for designers
Graphics
on the web - no experience required
Color on the web
Browser-safe
colors (hexadecimal values)
Browser-safe
colors by value
Browser-safe
colors by hue
Visibone's
Web Color KiloChart - 1028 hues with decimal RGB values
Vischeck
- see how a colorblind person would view your site
Quick
color class - evolt.org
Web
Reference.com on color
Color
schemes, Color
schemes 2, Good
color practice - book excerpts
Make
a Splash with Color - developed by Adobe Systems Inc. (warning:
very colorful!)
Color
Picker - shows color combinations on screen
More
Crayons.com - colors for web designers
Paletteman.com
- explore color combinations on the web
Web Development Tools Sites
WebDeveloper.com
- lots of resources here
WebMonkey
- web developer's resource
WebReference.com
- web developer's resource
Meta
tags
How
Do I? list - various web topics
World
Wide Web Consortium (W3C)
Good
Practices.com - links and resources for web development
Creating
Web Sites, Refdesk.com - many links and resources
Bravenet.com
- web tools for webmasters
A
Guide to Creating Web Sites - lots of explanatory info, but
(warning) page is painful to look at!
Usability
Advanced
Common Sense - Sensible.com
UseIt.com - Jakob
Nielsen's site
Usablenet.com - web site testing systems
Accessibility and HTML validation
WAVE
- HTML validation provided by Web Accessibility Initiative
A-Prompt
- HTML validation that provides guided editing to correct problems
Evaluation,
repair, and transformation tools - from the Web Accessibility
Initiative
Web Accessibility
in Mind (WebAIM) - information, tools and tutorials
Creating Accessible Images (WebAIM)
Checkpoints
- Web Accessibility Initiative checkpoints and guidelines
Bobby
- HTML validation tool
Section
508 - U.S. Government accessibility standards
Vischeck
- see how a colorblind person would view your site
Recommended Books
Web Style Guide - Lynch and Horton
(web design and style, 160 pp.) Second edition now available.
The online version is http://www.webstyleguide.com/
Don't Make Me Think - Steve Krug (web usability, 195
pp.)
Designing Web Usability - Jakob Nielsen (web usability,
432 pp.)
The Elements of User Experience - Jesse James Garrett (user-centered
web design; usability, 190 pp.)
Web Design Workshop - Robin Williams (web design, 370
pp.)
Creating Killer Web Sites - David Siegel (web site
design, 320 pp.)
Information Architecture - Christina Wodtke (web
site architecture, 348 pp.)
Designing Web Graphics - Lynda Weinman (web graphics,
445 pp.)
Web Graphics for Non-Designers - Roselli, Gibbons, Forman,
Boyce (web graphics, 300 pp.)
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