Web Development Information on the Web
Blogs
Microsoft and MSDN
General Web Development
Cascading Style Sheets and Fonts
Javascript
jQuery
Silverlight
Unicode
XSLT
RSS and ATOM
Plug-Ins
Blogs
http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/
Scott Guthrie oversees .NET and Silverlight development. His blog
features the first announcements of new technologies, detailed
tutorials, and periodic collections of links to other useful
materials.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/cc531155.aspx
This site features the latest blog posts from more than 20 Microsoft
experts on new development tools and technologies, emerging technical
trends, and other topics of interest.
http://blogs.msdn.com/ie/default.aspx
The Internet Explorer Team Blog
http://blog.mozilla.com/
The Mozilla Team Blog
http://ejohn.org/
John Resig’s blog. Resig is the creator of jQuery.
http://silverlight.net/blogs/jesseliberty/
Jesse Liberty styles himself as Silverlight Geek.
http://developer.yahoo.com/yui/theater/
Yahoo’s links to video presentations by assorted web gurus.
http://blogs.microsoft.co.il/blogs/maordavid/
Assorted .NET
http://www.4guysfromrolla.com/
Assorted .NET
http://mattberseth.com/blog/
Assorted .NET and Javascript
http://blogs.msdn.com/sburke/
Silverlight, WPF, and AJAX
http://blogs.msdn.com/kathykam/
Silverlight
http://haacked.com/Default.aspx
Phil Haack is on the ASP.NET MVC Team
http://www.crockford.com/
Many Links to Many Things
http://www.manishpandey.com/
See especially: February 11 2009, for best articles.
http://matthewjamestaylor.com/blog
See especially: Beautiful Horizontally Centered Menus/Tabs/List on July 26 2008
http://valums.com/
Javascript, CSS, jQuery. See especially the posts on horizontal
and vertical scrolling menus. Some posts provide links to the best
work on other sites.
http://www.paulgraham.com/articles.html
Interesting comments on software and the industry.
http://news.ycombinator.com/
News aggregator for software development news, founded by Paul Graham et al.
http://www.joelonsoftware.com/
Interesting comments on software and the industry.
http://danweinreb.org/blog/
Software and Innovation
http://www.skrenta.com/
Interesting comments on software and the industry.
http://steve-yegge.blogspot.com/
Interesting comments on software and the industry.
http://poorbuthappy.com/ease/
Assorted stuff.
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Microsoft and MSDN
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/
Home for online Microsoft Developer Network information
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/618ayhy6.aspx
C# reference: assorted links.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/
The MSDN Library includes how-to and reference documentation, sample
code, technical articles, and more.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/cc531155.aspx
This site features the latest blog posts from more than 20 Microsoft
experts on new development tools and technologies, emerging technical
trends, and other topics of interest.
http://www.codeplex.com/
CodePlex is Microsoft’s open source project hosting web site.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms972976.aspx
ASP.NET View State
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms178472.aspx
ASP.NET Page Life Cycle
http://www.odetocode.com/Articles/406.aspx
ASP.NET Code Models
http://www.asp.net/learn/security/?lang=cs
ASP.NET Logins, Users, Membership, Roles, Security
http://www.asp.net/Learn/master-pages/
ASP.NET tutorial on Master Pages
http://www.asp.net/LEARN/master-pages/tutorial-10-cs.aspx
ASP.NET tutorial on Nested Master Pages
http://quickstarts.asp.net/QuickStartv20/aspnet/doc/pages/syntax.aspx
All legal variations of ASP.NET <% %> syntax explained.
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General Web Development
http://www.w3.org/
Links to all W3C documents and tutorials
http://www.w3.org/Protocols/
Links to all versions of the HTTP specifications
http://www.w3.org/Style/CSS/
W3C CSS specifications and related materials
http://www.w3schools.com/Xml/
XML Tutorialfrom W3Schools
http://antriksh.com/resources/
A master site of web links about web development.
http://www.alvit.de/handbook/
A massive collection of links to other sites with information
about many aspects of web development.
http://www.devx.com/
Articles and tutorials on application and web development.
http://a.deveria.com/caniuse/
Compatibility tables for features in HTML5, CSS3, SVG
and other upcoming web technologies.
http://creatingdrew.com/
Creating Drew: web design, development, and inspiration.
See especially, the Developer’s Resources link.
http://www.quirksmode.org/about/intro.html
QuirksMode.org is the personal site of Peter-Paul Koch,
freelance web developer and JavaScript guru in Amsterdam.
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Cascading Style Sheets and Fonts
http://www.csszengarden.com/
A very artistic approach to CSS with much use of
background images for visual effects and much use
of assorted positioning techniques to arrange the
placement of items on the page. Many, many
examples.
http://www.w3.org/Style/CSS/
W3C CSS specifications and related materials
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cascading_Style_Sheets
CSS commentary, on Wikipedia
http://www.w3schools.com/css/
CSS reference, by w3schools.
http://htmlhelp.com/reference/css/
CSS reference, by Web Design Group.
http://www.pageresource.com/dhtml/indexcss.htm
CSS tutorials, by pageresource.com
http://dwsmg.com/20-ultimate-css-tutorials.html
CSS tutorials, by DWSmg.com.
http://web.tampabay.rr.com/bmerkey/cheatsheet.htm
Most Useful CSS Properties with Examples
http://www.dynamicdrive.com/style/
A CSS library.
http://www.cssjuice.com/
CSS Topics
http://www.fontspace.com/
A large collection of free fonts. In web development,
these fonts may be used in images so that they may be seen
even if the fonts are not installed on the client.
http://valums.com/scroll-menu-jquery/
Horizontal Scrolling Menu made with CSS and jQuery
http://valums.com/vertical-scrolling-menu/
Vertical Scrolling Menu made with CSS and jQuery
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Javascript
https://developer.mozilla.org/en/JavaScript
Javascript documentation, by Mozilla
http://www.w3schools.com/jsref/default.asp
Javascript reference of all the built-in JavaScript objects,
along with their methods and properties, by w3schools.
http://www.json.org/
Javascript Object Notation data format.
http://www.digital-web.com/articles/scope_in_javascript/
Mike West: Scope and the
“this”
reference in Javascript.
http://www.herongyang.com/JavaScript/
Herong Yang’s Tutorials on Javascript.
http://www.javascriptkit.com/
Assorted Javascript and DOM references, by Javascript Kit.
http://icant.co.uk/articles/seven-rules-of-unobtrusive-javascript/
The seven rules of Unobtrusive JavaScript.
http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2009/02/08/
50 useful Javascript tools, by Smashing magazine.
http://www.devx.com/webdev/10MinuteSolution/27134/0/page/1
A sample Javascript game that is a template for building games
http://nettuts.com/web-roundups/20-excellent-ajax-effects-you-should-know/
AJAX effects, by NETTUTS.
http://www.noupe.com/javascript/most-wanted-ajax-techniques-50-ajax-examples-and-tutorials.html
AJAX effects, by Noupe.
http://www.jslint.com/
Javascript verifier.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JavaScript
Javascript: History, Features, Syntax, Semantics, Usage
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ajax_(programming)
AJAX Programming: History, Techonologies, Critique
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jQuery
http://jquery.com/
jQuery home page.
http://docs.jquery.com/Main_Page
Documentation.
http://docs.jquery.com/Tutorials
Tutorials.
http://docs.jquery.com/Core
Function call formats.
http://docs.jquery.com/Events
jQuery event handling formats and documentation
http://docs.jquery.com/Events/live
jQuery event delegation using binding with live
http://ejohn.org/
John Resig’s blog. Resig is the creator of jQuery.
http://www.webdesignerwall.com/tutorials/jquery-tutorials-for-designers/
Web Designer Wall tutorial on jQuery
http://www.evotech.net/blog/2008/11/jquery-tutorial-dom-manipulation-and-sorting/
jQuery Tutorial: DOM Manipulation and sorting
http://valums.com/scroll-menu-jquery/
Horizontal Scrolling Menu made with CSS and jQuery
http://valums.com/vertical-scrolling-menu/
Vertical Scrolling Menu made with CSS and jQuery
http://www.eyecon.ro/interface/
A collection of rich interface components for jQuery
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Silverlight
http://silverlight.net/
Silverlight may be used to build Rich Internet Applications that
are created with a subset of the .NET libraries, run in a browser,
are very fast, and handle video especially well.
http://www.visitmix.com/
The MIX conferences features Silverlight and other technologies
related to user interfaces and Rich Internet Applications.
http://silverlight.net/GetStarted/
Blogs, tutorials, and videos on Silverlight.
http://silverlight.net/learn/tutorials.aspx
Tutorials in PDF with associated source code that may also be
downloaded.
http://silverlight.net/learn/videocat.aspx?cat=2
A catalog with many videos about Silverlight. To play a
video, select the video from that catalog. Then, when you get
to its page, click on the image of the video player to launch
the video. Double click the video to go full screen and ESC
to return to the web page.
Each video comes with source code that may be downloaded.
http://www.codeplex.com/sl2videoplayer/
An elegant Silverlight video player on CodePlex by Joel Neubeck.
http://memorabilia.hardrock.com/
Hard Rock Cafe Memorabilia: An extraordinary deep zoom site.
http://www.vertigo.com/DeepZoom.aspx
The deep zoom site of the creator’s of the Hard Rock site.
http://www.codeplex.com/SlideShow2
Slide Show 2, by Vertigo, at CodePlex
http://www.microsoft.com/expression/
Microsoft Expression, Blend, and Design: Tools for building GUIs
in Silverlight and Windows Presentation Foundation
http://blogs.msdn.com/expression/
Microsoft Expression, Blend, and Design announcements.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/silverlight/default.aspx
MSDN Silverlight home.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc838158(VS.95).aspx
MSDN Silverlight links to more specific documentation.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc838158(VS.95).aspx
MSDN Silverlight overview.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb404716(VS.95).aspx
MSDN Silverlight general reference.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc838194(VS.95).aspx
MSDN Silverlight namespace list and class library documentation.
http://www.codeplex.com/Silverlight
The Silverlight Toolkit is a collection of Silverlight controls,
components and utilities made available outside the normal
Silverlight release cycle. It adds new functionality quickly for
designers and developers, and provides the community an efficient
way to help shape product development by contributing ideas and
bug reports. It includes full source code, unit tests, samples
and documentation for 12 new controls covering charting, styling,
layout, and user input.
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Unicode
http://unicode.org/
Unicode consortium home page.
http://unicode.org/charts/
Unicode character code charts by script.
http://unicode.org/charts/PDF/U0000.pdf
http://unicode.org/charts/PDF/U0080.pdf
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unicode
Unicode commentary, on Wikipedia
http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/Unicode.html
The Absolute Minimum Every Software Developer Absolutely, Positively Must Know About Unicode and Character Sets (No Excuses!)
http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mgk25/unicode.html
UTF-8 and Unicode FAQ for Unix/Linux
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XSLT
http://www.w3.org/TR/xslt
XSL Transformations (XSLT), by W3C, Version 1.0, 1999.
http://www.w3.org/Style/XSL/
Extensible Stylesheet Language Family (XSL), by W3C.
http://www.w3schools.com/xsl/
XSLT Tutorial, by w3schools.
http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2003/11/26/learnXSLT.html
Five XSLT Basics, by Michael Fitzgerald
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RSS and ATOM
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RSS_(file_format)
RSS discussion, by Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atom_(standard)
ATOM discussion, by Wikipedia
http://www.w3schools.com/rss/default.asp
RSS tutorial, by w3schools.
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Plug-Ins
http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2008/11/18/15-helpful-in-browser-web-development-tools/
Smashing magazine web development tools links.
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