Resources

Lots of resources related to internet applications can be found on the internet. This is a collection of some useful resources.

Style Sheets To have all browser's behave similarly, always use a reset style sheet to remove the browser's default styles. Here is a reset CSS, reset.css.

Validators W3C HTML Validator http://validator.w3.org/ Check that your HTML follows the specification.

W3C CSS Validator http://jigsaw.w3.org/css-validator/ Check that your CSS follows the specification.

Tutorials There is a lot of online instruction on the different languages covered in this course. Some useful sites are listed here.

W3Schools http://www.w3schools.com/ Simple tutorials on all languages covered in the course.

W3C http://www.w3.org/community/webed/wiki/Main_Page HTML, CSS and JavaScript resources from the W3C.

http://www.w3.org/wiki/CSS_static_and_relative_positioning CSS static and relative positioning explained in detail.

http://www.w3.org/wiki/CSS_absolute_and_fixed_positioning CSS absolute and fixed positioning explained in detail.

http://www.w3.org/wiki/Floats_and_clearing CSS float.

PHP Manual at php.net http://www.php.net/manual/en/ Much more complete than the tutorial at W3Schools.

Mozilla JavaScript Guides JavaScript reference, https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference

JavaScript guide, https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Guide

Responsive Web Design There are many sites with CSS files for responsive design. The chat and cache simulator applications use this, http://www.responsivegridsystem.com/

The Clearfix Hack The clearfix hack describes how to fix the layout when there is a sidebar, for example a menu, that is taller than the main content. Much is written about this, here are two pages to start with:

* One of the original pages, this method is the responsive web design described above, http://www.positioniseverything.net/easyclearing.html
* A simpler way, http://learnlayout.com/clearfix.html
Can I use... http://caniuse.com/ Which browsers support which parts of the HTML, CSS and JavaScript specicifiactions.

Browser Usage Statistics It is good to know market shares of different browser versions when deciding which browser should be able to display your site. Be aware that such shares vary a lot depending on region and user category. Here are some sites for browser usage statistics.

* StatCounter, http://gs.statcounter.com/
* W3Schools, http://www.w3schools.com/browsers/browsers_stats.asp
Specifications http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/ CSS 2.1

http://www.w3.org/TR/selectors/ CSS3 selectors.

http://www.w3.org/TR/css3-color/ CSS3 colors.

http://www.w3.org/TR/css3-mediaqueries/ CSS3 media queries.

http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616.html HTTP 1.1

Frameworks and APIs jQuery http://jquery.com/ JavaScript API that provides a simpler syntax than plain JavaScript for reading and manipulating HTML elements.

Knockout http://knockoutjs.com/ JavaScript framework that manages model-view separation using the MVVM architectural pattern. Such a framewortk is required by pages that do not reload HTML with hardcoded values but instead update values in the current page.

Flight http://flightphp.com/ Very small PHP framework that manages some of the tasks common for web projects, such as routing, caching and composite views. Flight also to some extent helps give the application a MVC structure.

Programs NetBeans https://netbeans.org/downloads/ NetBeans is an IDE that can be used for web development. Download the All version.

Web Developer https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/web-developer/ Firefox Plug-in providing lots of support for HTML, CSS and JavaScript development.

Firebug https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/firebug/ Firefox Plug-in providing lots of support for HTML, CSS and JavaScript development.

jsFiddle http://jsfiddle.net/ Online editor where you can test HTML, CSS and JavaScript.

JSLint http://jslint.com/ Online tool for testing JavaScript code quality.

Web Servers https://httpd.apache.org/ The Apache HTTP server is the most used web server. All examples will be given using this server.http://nginx.org/ The nginx server has gained a lot of popularity recently.

Designs Responsive Web Design There are many sites with CSS files for responsive design. The chat and cache simulator applications use this, http://www.responsivegridsystem.com/

User Interface Guidelines http://www.nngroup.com/articles/ten-usability-heuristics/ Basic principles for interaction design. Also check http://www.nngroup.com/articles/top-10-mistakes-web-design/ and other lists related to user interface design that are linked from that page.

Design Templates Free design templates is a good source of inspiration even if you do not find any appropriate to use.

* Open Source Web Design, http://www.oswd.org/
* Open Web Design, http://www.openwebdesign.org/
Images and Icons Some sites with free images and icons.

* freeimages, http://www.freeimages.com/
* Public Domain Pictures, http://www.publicdomainpictures.net/
* Pixabay, http://pixabay.com/
* Free Icons Web, http://www.freeiconsweb.com/
* Free Icons Download, http://freeiconsdownload.com/index.html
Sample Programs All zip files below contain a NetBeans project.

Chat The following files are different versions of a simple chat application.

* The chat application with only HTML and CSS, chat-nojs-noserver.zip
* The chat application with HTML, CSS and Javascript. Both jQuery and Knockout frameworks are used, chat-jquery-knockout-noserver.zip