Resources for Web Development Students @ Robin’s Blog

Firebug is one of the most popular Firefox extensions for troubleshooting CSS problems. Firebug Lite is a JavaScript file that simulates some of Firebug’s features in Internet Explorer, Opera, Safari and other browsers. You can use the Firebug Lite bookmarklet in class. Due to our security settings you won’t be able to drag the bookmarklet to the Favorites/Bookmarks bar as [...]

It’s been almost three years since I compiled a list of Firefox Extensions for Web Developers. There are many new extensions that you may find useful when developing Websites. Instead of reinventing the wheel, instantShift has compiled a list of 26 Essential Firefox Add-ons for Web Designers. I would also recommend FireScope, a new reference add-on from SitePoint that integrates [...]

The Firefox extensions that we installed yesterday will help you to develop your own web sites. They will also help you to analyze other web sites. These are sites that showcase CSS design. Take a look at some of the sites, the source code (XHTML) and the CSS. Remember that you can use the web developer toolbar in Firefox to [...]

Firefox is an excellent browser for surfing web sites and testing web pages. If you have not used Firefox you can learn more about it in the tutorial Using Firefox. One of the great things about Firefox is the ability to customize and extend the browser to suit your needs with extensions. Extensions are small add-ons that add new functionality [...]

I’ve come across some new (well new to me) Firefox extensions that I thought you might find helpful: del.icio.us – the del.icio.us extension for Firefox offers everything you need to seamlessly integrate the del.icio.us service with your Firefox browser. This is very handy if you use del.icio.us to keep track of your favorite web sites. SessionSaver – I love this [...]

Mani Sheriar, a former student and successful designer, has started a blog to accompany her beautiful site. Mani offers CSS and XHTML tips and discussion on her site designs. This is definately a site that you want to watch, I’m sure she’ll be a constant source of amazement for all of you! For you Scott Kelby fans there is now [...]

Have you installed the Internet Explorer Developer toolbar? I have been using it for the last few weeks and it’s quite helpful. It offers a lot of the same tools as the Web Developer toolbar for Firefox. This is just a friendly reminder that these tools/extensions will really help when developing web sites. You can find additional helpful Firefox extensions [...]

There are several useful online search tools/services that you should familarize yourself with. These tools will help you to find a lot of content related to web development. Del.icio.us – Del.icio.us is a social bookmarking system. What exactly does that mean? Instead of using Favorites in IE or Bookmarks in Firefox, your bookmarks are stored online and available to other [...]

PC Magazine has a short article on how to upsample your images. Good techniques if you need to increase the size of a jpeg image for printing. Top 7 Tricks For Getting an Interview includes some interesting suggestions for how to get an interview. Since most of you are currently looking for employment, you may want to take a look. [...]

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 [...]