Resources for Web Development Students @ Robin’s Blog

Got a new computer for Christmas? Are you worried about all the spyware horror stories you’ve read? You should be. I’ve heard varying numbers, but it’s said that putting an unprotected computer on a high-speed connection results in getting infected within a few minutes. I just read that the time is getting longer, but that’s not much comfort. By all [...]

Roger Johansson has compiled 456 Berea Street highlights of 2005. This is an end-of-the-year summary of readworthy articles that he wrote during this year. Read, bookmark, enjoy!

Our classroom web server failed yesterday when the techs took it offline. They are working to get the server running again, but I don’t really know when it will be running again. If it’s offline more than a day or two I will upload the site to my test server so that you can get to your assignment [...]

These desktop wallpapers are stunning!
http://www.joejoe.biz/joejoe/walls/index.php?spgmFilters=

Seems that web design and development trends for 2006 is the hot topic in blog land. Both Cameron Moll and Andy Budd have posts about the web development trends in the new year.
There are also several articles and posts on fonts and typography surfacing lately. SitePoint offers The Anatomy of Web Fonts which is a good article [...]

I love this! http://www.pingmag.jp/2005/12/09/the-website-development-process/

After our discussion on Pixelated Color Palettes in Photoshop yesterday, Nina showed me another method of picking colors for a web site from a photo.
Open Photoshop
Click File > Open and navigate to the file that you want to use as a starting point for a web site color palette. Double click the file to open it
Click File [...]

Christmas Globe
A Christmas Story in 30 seconds as told by bunnies
Both of these links use Flash and both have sound.
If you enjoy the bunnies visit http://www.angryalien.com/

Ten reasons to learn and use web standards – The title really says it all. Another wonderful article from 456 Berea Street.
Anatomy of a Document – a deconstructed, annotated XHTML document.
Rachel Andrew has an article at 24 ways on CSS Layout Starting Points – I think this is a great example of CSS layouts for beginners.
Image Map [...]

As a follow-up to our class discussion on Search Engine Optimization, SEOmoz.org has a Beginner’s Guide to Search Engine Optimization. What a great resource!
You may also be interested in browsing highrankings.com forums. This is a forum devoted to search engine optimization. This is an active forum with wonderful advice and resources. While you’re [...]