Resources for Web Development Students @ Robin’s Blog

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 some of the [...]

The Jackol’s Den has an htaccess cheat sheet that you may want to print and add to your resources. You can learn more about other ways the .htaccess file is used in the article Server Move. The .htaccess file can be used to prevent hotlinking as discussed in class yesterday. Speaking of cheat sheets, Code by Matt, has cheat sheets [...]

IEBlog has an article Standards and CSS in IE – in a nutshell, little has been done to support standards and CSS in Internet Explorer 7 Beta 1. There is however an impressive list of “fixes” for Beta 2, so we shall see. For additional information on the update, head over to MezzoBlue. While you’re over at Mezzoblue, check out [...]

I Love Jack Daniels has a new JavaScript cheatsheet. A while back we had discussed creating HTML email in class. there is a new article on Optimizing CSS presentation in HTML emails. I would like to remind all of you that are working on projects that we have a free BrowserCam account that you can use to test your sites. [...]

Would you like to easily find out what colors are used on a web site. I Like Your Colors allows you to extract colors used on a web site. Simply enter the URL of the site and your colors are displayed. Xmail Hard Drive – Turn your Gmail Email account into an onlin hard drive for free. A good way [...]

For about six months I have been debating on whether to upgrade my “everyday” camera, the Canon G2. I love the Canon series cameras; they’re easy to use and take wonderful photos. I also have a Canon 10D, but in all honesty, it’s very cumbersome. I love to use the 10D for weddings, portraits, my pets, and day outings, but [...]

Last week I showed your browsershots.org for testing your web sites, this week I have one better, BrowserCam.com. From the BrowserCam web site: “Frequently web pages will look dramatically different depending on the configuration of the visitor’s computer. Internet users utilize a broad range of operating systems, browsers, screen resolutions, and plug-ins. Nothing is more tedious for Web Developers and [...]

On Friday we will use my basic photo editing in Photoshop as an outline for our workshop. You may want to print the tutorial and download and save the images associated with the tutorial before Friday. I also have some basic scanning directions for HP and Epson scanners for today’s lecture. Special Note: In order to use the scanner in [...]