Software development

Databases

• Keith Brown Tutuorials
  • MySQL “joins” tutorial
  • MySQL “normalization” tutorial
• SchemaSpy
• Referential Integrity in MySQL
• WWW SQL Designer

HTML

• HTML Validator
• XHTML 1.0
• HTML 4.0

CSS

Articles

• A List Apart
  • CSS drop shadows
• 456 Berea Street
• http://cssbeauty.com/
• 10 CSS Sites
• CSS: Position is everything
• http://www.askthecssguy.com/
• CSS Layout Techniques
• Learn CSS Positioning in Ten Steps
• Nice background-image rollover button tutorial
• GUIstuff CSS and Javascript tutorials
• CSS Reset Reloaded

Code and Examples

• http://www.cssdrive.com/
• http://www.stylegala.com//archive/
• http://cssvault.com/
• Visibone Color Selector

PHP

• PHP Builder.com
• Prado Framework
• CakePHP framework
• Zend framework

Javascript

Platforms / frameworks

• Google Ajax Library Loader
• Ext
• JQuery

• Humanized Messages library (fails in IE6)
• Console Logging plugin

Development

• JS Lint
• JSON for the masses
• Quirksmode
• Google Maps API Tutorial
• JS Packer
• JS Minifier

Script Sites

• Ajacx
• Ajaxian
• Dynamic Drive

Useful scripts

• Protoload busy spinner
• Tooltip bubbles
• Easy DIV tabs with “Control.Tabs”
• Animated Photo Carousel and Non YUI version
• Advanced Sortable Table

TextMate

• My tips and tricks page
• Extra Bundles
  • PHP Language Bundle

WordPress

• How to add WP 2.3 tags to a theme

Other

• Google Chart API
• Google Chart API in PHP
• Ploticus
• Rex V PHP Regular Expression Evaluator
• JRX Javascript Regular Expression Evaluator
• Sparkline Generators from Bitworking and Sparkline.org
• Dealing with the darned backspace key in Emacs
• My hints and tips for the GIMP
• Userscripts.org scripts for GreaseMonkey

Colors, Fonts, and other design items

Online generators (buttons, backgrounds, etc.)

Colors

• Adobe Kuler
• User generated color schemes
• Colors on the web
• Color contrast checker (for text)
• WellStyled Color Schemer

Fonts

• The Trouble With EM & EN (and Other Shady Characters)
• Typetester – compare three CSS font styles on-screen

Forms

• Form design practices

Design

• Spanky corners

Backgrounds

• Citrusmoon.com background patterns
• Paper web backgrounds

Good articles on web page design

• CSSGuy: Symbol fonts add style to page
• CSSGuy: Iconic cues for different types of links
• Navigation menu tips for web sites

Examples of page design

• http://www.bulletproofajax.com/

Blogger info

• Label cloud for Blogger

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