Resources for Web Development Students @ Robin’s Blog

Students have asked that I post my Twitter updates on the blog so they’re easier to find. I’ll be posting my updates by month. This isn’t in a pretty format, but at least you can use the search on this site to find resources that I have posted to Twitter. RT @tommytrc: TweetPhoto – share photos on twitter and Facebook [...]

Students have asked that I post my Twitter updates on the blog so they’re easier to find. I’ll be posting my updates by month. This isn’t in a pretty format, but at least you can use the search on this site to find resources that I have posted to Twitter. 2009-04-14 21:08:35 RT @mayhemstudios: 50+ Refreshing Web Design #Interfaces. http://tr.im/itYJ [...]

Students have asked that I post my Twitter updates on the blog so they’re easier to find. I’ll be posting my updates by month. This isn’t in a pretty format, but at least you can use the search on this site to find resources that I have posted to Twitter. RT @Fishdogs: How recruiters screen your resume : http://twurl.nl/e6ucoa 2009-04-01 [...]

I never really worry about having multiple versions of Internet Explorer on one computer, I have a computer lab with 38 machines at work. At home I have an XP box with IE 6, an XP laptop with IE 7, and a Vista laptop with IE8. Unfortunately, my XP box with IE 6 is suffering some hardware issues and I’m [...]

A common question in class is “how do I overlap images and still see the background?” The answer, you use some type of transparent image. Traditionally we used a transparent GIF, but the quality isn’t so great. PNG has really become the preferred image format for transparency. PNG 8 gives you a transparent image, but you may see some white [...]

SitePoint is offering a deal on PDF versions of The Principles of Beautiful Web Design and Sexy Web Design. Both PDF design books can be yours for just $14.95for the next 12 hours. These books are both required reading for the Web Design and Development curriculum, so if you haven’t gotten them yet now is a great time! From SitePoint [...]

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Walnut Creek restaurants plan to hand out free turkeys by Elisabeth Nardi Contra Costa Times Posted: 11/24/2009 02:10:36 PM PST Updated: 11/24/2009 04:46:42 PM PST Owners of 1515 Restaurant and Lounge and The Pizza Place in downtown Walnut Creek will handout 1,000 turkeys Wednesday to help those in need have a good Thanksgiving. From 1 to 4 p.m. Wednesday, anyone [...]

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 [...]