resources

essential software tools

• Jim's tools list : editors, compilers (python etc), command line, etc.

the command line

• the unix command line
• google combinations of "ssh", "scp", "tutorial"

browser developer tools

• Web Developer
• Firebug
• Tamper Data

books

• Web Design in a Nutshell, 3rd ed, ISBN 0596009879 (Good reference for html, css, web technologies - albeit somewhat dated)
• Don't Make Me Think: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability, 2nd ed, ISBN 0321344758 (style guide)
• Javascript
  • Javascript the Good Parts by Douglas Crockford. A good concise guide to using Javascript well.
  • Eloquent Javascript - online book
  • SICP in Javascript ( Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs - a classic CS text, originally in lisp
  • Human Javascript - online book
• Flask Web Development

the w3c

• (x)html | specs
• css | specs
• validator
• The Mozilla Developer Network is a great reference for HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.

JavaScript and the DOM

• learning javascript - Derek Silver's suggestions
  • http://eloquentjavascript.net/
• developer.mozilla.org/docs
  • JavaScript
  • DOM
  • DOM and JavaScript article
  • Gecko DOM Reference
  • A re-introduction to JavaScript
  • http://jsfiddle.net
  • http://www.javascriptenlightenment.com/JavaScript_Enlightenment.pdf
  • http://jsbooks.revolunet.com/
  • http://jstherightway.com/
  • http://killdream.github.com/blog/2011/10/understanding-javascript-oop/
• wikipedia
  • JavaScript syntax
  • Unobtrusive javaScript
  • Document Object Model (DOM)
• JSLint. A useful tool for checking the quality of Javascript code.
• Jim's lecture notes from Fall 2006 Web Design course
  • JavaScript and the DOM
  • Jim's demo site
  • Security and examples
    • collapsing boxes ( html | js | css)
• AJAX, an increasingly common technique that allows web pages to communicate with servers without reloading the page.

cloud testing

• http://codepen.io
• http://jsfiddle.net

CGI

• wikipedia: CGI
• CGI in Python
• HTML/XHTML forms
• CGI Programming on the World Wide Web (1996, out of print, chapters available online)

web servers

• wikipedia: apache http server
• httpd.apache.org

SQL

• wikipedia: SQL
• wikipedia: relational database
• wikipedia: comparison of relational database management systems
• wikibooks: SQL
• wikibooks: SQL Exercises
• Learn SQL the hard way (online book with exercises, alpha version)
• SQLite | syntax | sqlite3 command-line
• a gentle introduction to SQL : sqlzoo
• http://beginner-sql-tutorial.com
• Database design with UML and SQL
• geekgirls's step-by-step guides to using databases - databases from scratch I, II, III
• Foreign Keys in SQLite
• the gay marriage database
• database design
• database normalization : an invoice example

PHP

• http://www.php.net/docs.php
• http://www.php-mysql-tutorial.com/
• and SQLite
  • PHP SQLite manual
  • chap4 from O'Reilly "Upgrading to PHP5" on SQLite
  • PHP/SQLite powerpoint
• PHP 101 - 15 part tutorial at zend.com
• PHP tutorial at freewebmasterhelp.com

frameworks

• Python
  • Pyramid
  • Flask
    • Flask tutorial
    • Flask resources
  • Django
• Ruby
  • Ruby on Rails

Jim's PlanetExpress Flask + SQL example

• on GitHub

XAMPP

• all-in-one apache + mysql + php + sqlite + ...
• http://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp.html

copyright etc - please read

• Copyright and Plagiarism
• Open Source Licenses
• Creative Commons