Resources for Web Development Students @ Robin’s Blog

Around two years ago we had to temporarily relocate our classroom to a medical coding and medical assisting classroom while we were moving our regular classroom from one location to another. Unfortunately, I wasn’t able to install any of the software we normally use in the Web Design and Development program on our borrowed machines. While we had plenty of [...]

I just finished reading Sexy Web Design Create Your Own Stunning Web Interfaces That Just Work by Elliot Jay Stocks and I wasn’t disappointed. This book gives a detailed look at the process of creating a Web design. The book is divided into six chapters: Interfaces – Gives an overview of the design process. Essentially this is a nice overview [...]

Tripwire Magazine has compiled a terrific Mega CSS Resources Roundup that is a must bookmark for student. It includes cheatsheets (CSS HTML/XHTML, and color), excellent CSS resource sites and articles for beginners, free templates, positioning articles, articles on styling forms, typography articles and resources, graphing techniques, frameworks, numerous menu options, and tools to optimize your CSS and enhance your workflow. [...]

Thousands of graphic, Web development and design related tutorials are available on the Internet. Still, it’s difficult to find tutorials that a beginner can follow. So many tutorials are written for other designers and developers and unfortunately, they lack the detail that’s necessary for someone who is learning. I’m not quite sure why this is – I think it’s the [...]

This is a roundup of wonderful articles that deal with coding Web pages. Most are tips on HTML & CSS, but there are also a few JavaScript and PHP resources. Remember, these are articles I “tweet” on Twitter. Click the @username to see the posts of some of the people who I respect and love to “follow” on Twitter, the [...]

This is a roundup of wonderful design related articles. Remember, these are articles I “tweet” on Twitter. Click the @username to see the posts of some of the people who I respect and love to “follow” on Twitter, the #hashtags to search the related topics, and of course the actual links to read the awesome articles. Web Design Resources Roundup [...]

Recently we have added a WordPress unit to the course curriculum. While it’s not a required unit at this time, I think it’s very important for students to learn how to use WordPress and how to manipulate and create themes (design). This post includes excellent articles, themes, and plugins that I have found over the last two weeks (5/27-6/16). Remember, [...]

This post includes beautiful photos and wonderful photography tips that I’ve seen over the last two weeks (5/27-6/16). Remember, these are articles I “tweet” on Twitter. Click the @username to see the posts of some of the people who I respect and love to “follow” on Twitter, the #hashtags to search the related topics, and of course the actual links [...]

If you are not following me on Twitter, @RobinMWood, you may be missing some of the great articles that I have come across and posted for your review. I am going to start posting them here by topic on a weekly basis, so that we will have an archive of resources for class. When you are looking at the resources [...]

This is a roundup of the links I share and retweet. They revolve around Web Development, graphics, computers, freelancing, and job search. Enjoy! RT @mayhemstudios @Jason_Pollock @cheth: 400+ Beautiful twtter Icons 4 yr Website | Blog Godown http://bit.ly/Ni7yC RT @DesignerDepot: 33 Excellent Web Layout #Photoshop Tutorials: http://tinyurl.com/qoyp7h RT @PSDTUTS: 40 Logo Design Tutorials http://bit.ly/OmuMg #photoshop #illustrator Zixpk.com – Gorgeous #wallpapers [...]