Training & Orientation information

Web Team Policies and Development Guidelines

• General Policies

Online Training Resources

Recommended Text Editors

• Atom - A hackable text editor for the 21st Century
• Brackets - A modern, open source text editor that understands web design
• Notepad++ - A text editor and source code editor for use with Microsoft Windows
• Visual Studio Code - Free. Open source. Runs everywhere

Web Building

• W3C: web standards specifications and guidelines
• W3Schools: web building demos for learning, testing, and training
• Builder.com: resources, reviews, etc.
• Design Site Resources: comprehensive list of web development and design links on most key categories
• AIGA
• Digital Web Magazine
• HTML Help: reference guide on HTML/CSS topics; also some utilities
• Dreamweaver
  • Dreamweaver tutorials
  • Jessett.com: getting started with Dreamweaver
• Practical Web Design: Speed Up Your Site
• Web Development Zone: web development overview, articles and tutorials
• HTML Goodies: The Ultimate HTML Resource
• Webmonkey: How-to tutorial site. Note topics on style sheets, scripting/coding, database, design, etc.
• Web Standards Checklist: Max Design

Design and Graphics

• University Graphic Standards Guide
• Web Site Design: Are We Doing It Right?
• Dangers of using Flash (Jakob Nielson's influential article from 10/2000)
• A Quiet Revolution in Design
• Clipart.com
• Easily Add Favicons to Your Site
• Site Design and Graphics
• Speak Up: Branding and Identity
• Thinking with Type: typography on-line learning site
• Information Design
• Examples

Project Management

• Project Management Basics

Usability

• Nielsen Norman Group Articles: Web Usability
• Web accessibility checklist
• MSDN: Improving Web Site Usability and Appeal
• MSDN Magazine: A Look at Usability
• Planning and Design Links
• Usability Evaluation Methods

Validation

• HTML/XHTML Validator from W3C
• CSS Validator from W3C
• HTML/XHTML Validator from WDG

Writing for the Web

• W3C Core Techniques for Web Content Accessibility Guidelines: Comprehension
• Guidelines
• Gerry McGovern: The Web Content Style Guide
• Web Content, Writing for Web Sites
• Nielsen Norman Group Articles: Writing for the Web
• Writing Well for the Web
• Standards for online content authors
• A List Apart: Content

XHTML and CSS

• A List Apart — outstanding website devoted to building standards-compliant sites
  • Better Living Through XHTML
  • Fix Your Site With the Right DOCTYPE!
• W3Schools
  • HTML and XHTML
  • CSS
• Tantek Çelik's presentation on CSS: Between the Style Sheets

Development and Coding

• DevX.com: The know-how behind application development
• evolt.org: Web development community
• Accessible Forms
• Visual Studio

ASP and Application Development

• CodeGuru: Latest Developer Articles
• W3Schools: ASP
• ASP.NET
• Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP)
• Interactive SQL Tutorial

XML

• IBM: New to XML
• W3Schools: XML
• Developer Shed: XML Tutorials