Resources for Web Development Students @ Robin’s Blog

How to write a resume offers free tips on resume writing, interviewing, and writing cover letters. ColourMod offers color pickers in various flavors; for Mac users there is a widget (small helper application), Windows users can use a Konfabulator widget, and for all platforms there is a DHTML plugin. I downloaded and tried the Konfabulator widget and it’s very nice. [...]

Very exciting news today; our main office has authorized an adjustment of our classroom hours. The new classes will be 12:15-4:15 p.m. and 4:15-6:15 p.m, both classes will meet Monday-Friday. I think the new hours will give more people an opportunity to attend our program; these new time slots should work better for people who are working, in dedicated job [...]

ResumeWiki – Post your resume for peer review and editing. What a terrific idea! Practical PHP Programming – This is a free online PHP book. It looks great, but you will need to read it online since there is now download/print version of the book. StealDeals – Technology deals on the Internet. CSS Hacks @ CSS Discuss – “CSS hacks [...]

Some of the new students will begin the XHTML book soon, review these notes before you begin the book. New students will use HomeSite to code their XHTML documents, you can learn more about HomeSite by searching this blog for homesite. I’m a bit late on this news, Macromedia announced Studio 8 while I was on vacation. It includes upgrades [...]

I hope that you all had a wonderful August; while I’m not feeling so rested, I am feeling refreshed and happy to be returning to school. I just really hope that there aren’t any boxes waiting for me to unpack. Here are a few resources to start the school year off right: Cheat Sheet Roundup – Over 30 Cheatsheets for [...]

Rob and I are feeling settled in our new home, but we’re exhausted. We still have a few things to finish up at the old house (yard work, etc.) and I have some boxes in this gargare to empty, but otherwise we’re done. Eventually, we want to do some painting and I will put up some photos/artwork on the walls, [...]

Get Cooking with Photoshop and CSS – 3 Low-fat Recipes – a tutorial by Corrie Haffly on how to combine Photoshop and CSS to create a great looking site! CSS Tests – a variety of CSS example/test pages. GooRSS would you like to search Google for informative sites with RSS feeds on a particular subject? Now you can with GooRSS. [...]

How To Be Productive Working From Home – great tips to be more productive when you’re working from home. About Going Solo is also important to read if you plan to start your own web business. Google Maps EZ – would you like to add Google Maps to your site, but you don’t know how? Try Google Maps EZ. Domains [...]

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. [...]