Resources for Web Development Students @ Robin’s Blog

Some of you have mentioned to me that the current class forum is difficult to navigate. I tend to agree, the forum itself seems to be a bit clumsy. Currently we are using a content management system called Xoops. I decided to test some of the different content management systems to see if another platform would meet [...]

Even with student discounts, when you’re going to school it’s really hard to afford all of the high-end software programs used in the web development field. There are many free alternative programs out there that you can use on your home systems. Vinterstille provides an excellent round-up of free, alternative programs with descriptions, that you can download and [...]

Ten Easy Ways to Improve Your Resume – Katharine Hansen offers ten tips for improving your resume. You may also be interested in reading this post made on Craigslist on Tips for applying to a job from Craigslist – Good tips for making your cover letter stand out from the rest. 25 Words That Can Hurt Your Résumé may [...]

Another weekend just flew by! While I was working on the classroom site this weekend I found a few resources that I thought you might find useful:
Active Meter – tracks web site visitor statistics. There is a free, invisible version of this statistical service and you can track multiple sites. This service is very similar to [...]

Do you want to see what people are viewing and bookmarking right this minute? Checkout LiveMarks – which displays what people are bookmarking on Del.icio.us in real-time. This is another Ajax demonstration. Pretty slick!

Next Up: Google Office? An interesting article on the possible joint venture of Sun and Google.
Treehouse, an online developer’s magazine, is now available. This first issue is free to all! (This is a 50+ page PDF file, please do not print it in the classroom.)
If you have an iPod, you may want to check out [...]

As I’ve mentioned in class, I’m working on recruiting more students for the program. I’ve posted ads at Craigslist, Contra Costa Times Online, Backpage, SF Guardian, Bay Area Classifieds, and SFGate. I have not received the overwhelming response that I had hoped for, but it’s still early in the game.
I got to thinking about Google Maps and the [...]

Jakob Nielsen shares the Top Ten Web Design Mistakes of 2005. This is a compilation of web design annoyances submitted by his readers; all of these issues deal with usability. The really nice thing about this article is that links to other articles that address the issues are provided; you’re not just left wondering how to fix or [...]

Yesterday I mentioned that Rachel Andrew has a new book available at SitePoint titled Build Your Own Standards Compliant Website Using Dreamweaver 8. I just wanted to let you all know that you can download a sample chapter of this book at SitePoint, it’s 130+ pages. Please don’t print this in class; if you [...]

Photoshop Elements 4.0 releases this week. You can read more at the NY Times or at Adobe’s web site.
Phong.com has a variety of Photoshop tutorials including advanced techniques like masking, patterns, and photo stitching.
Have you heard about BackPack yet? With Backpack you can:
Organize to do lists, notes, images, and photos Plan a personal or business trip [...]