[jbullard]

All,

I have compiled a list of programming resources that are available to you on the net. These are intended to help you out with programming. Mostly web languages but I am trying to get a list of other sites together like VB, VB.net, C, C++. So if you have any please share.

Web Resources

• w3schools: tutorials for web based languages
• Quirks Mode (general web resource)
• A List Apart (general web resource)
  
• HTML (HyperText Markup Language: format of webpages)
  • HTML tutorial
  • HTML 5 tutorial
  • HTML 5 enabling script for IE 6, 7, 8
  • HTML 5 Browser Test
  • W3C Markup Validation
  • Accessibility Testing
  • Website Optimization
  • Browser Visualization
  • Color Scheme Designer
  • HTML Color Code to RGB
  • ASCII Character Codes Chart
• CSS (Cascading Style Sheets: presentation of HTML)
  • CSS tutorial
  • CSS 3.0 tutorial
  • W3C CSS Validation
  • CSS Zen Garden
  • CSS Code Samples
  • CSS Resources and Code Samples
  • Rounded Corners (CSS 3.0 makes this technique obsolete)
• Javascript (client side scripting language)
  • Javascript tutorial
  • Javascript Library (animation, CSS, and AJAX function)
  • Javascript News/Code
  • Javascript Tutorials/Code
  • Javascript Author's Website
  • Public domain JS code
• PHP (server side scripting language)
  • PHP Manual (best friend of PHP programmers)
  • PHP tutorial
  • PHP Freaks (PHP tutorials/forums)
• ASP.net (Microsoft-only server side language)
  • Microsoft's ASP.net site (tutorials, resources, etc)
  • ASP.net tutorial
  • Visual Web Developer Express (a must-have for ASP.net development)
• CGI (Common Gateway Interface: server side applications in traditional languages like C)
  • Getting Started with CGI Programming in C (should apply to other languages too though)
• SQL (Standard Query Language: for accessing a database with a server side scripting language)
  • MySQL (popular and open source database server)
  • Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Express
  • SQL tutorial
  • MySQL developer area
• XML/JSON/AJAX (applications of Javascript)
  • XML tutorial
  • JSON
  • AJAX tutorial
  • See also: JQuery (above)
  • Feed Validator for Atom and RSS feeds
• Flash/ActionScript
  • ActionScript Tutorial
• Java
  • Java News/Code
• Python for the Web
  • Djago: The Web framework for perfectionists with deadlines
  • Mod_python: Python module for Apache
  • See below for General Program Resources for Python resources

Microsoft-specific Resources

• Batch Programming
  • Batch language tutorial
• WMI
  • Script Repository
• VB
  • C++ for VB programmers
  • VB Code & Snippets
  • Visual Basic Icon Routines
  • Visual Basic Windows API Functions
  • VB Tips and Tricks
  • VB Forums

Apple-specific Resources

• Mac OS X Reference Library (useful Cocoa references)
• iOS Reference Library
• Objective-C Beginner's Guide (written for GNUstep, some examples need adjustment for OS X)
• Cocoa Fundamentals

Linux-specific Resources

• Linux Forum

General Programming Resources

• C tutorial
• C++ tutorial
• Ruby in Twenty Minutes
• Convert PNG to ICO
• Python
  • Official Python Programing Language Website
  • Python 2.7 tutorial
  • Resources for Non-Programmers
  • Python Resources for Computer Science students, University of Maryland Baltimore County
  • Online Python Tutor: Write Python code online and single-step through its execution

If you have a site please feel free to share it because as programmers, we need all the resources that we can get. Sometimes your code doesn't want to work for you but maybe with the help of these resources they will!

Again I hope these help those in need,

Jason
PROnetworks Staff

[coreyw2000]

This is a great idea I have stickied this thread

I have noticed that www.vbforums.com has some good resources

[Grav!ty]

Nice one Jason

I'm not a programmer myself but I'm sure these links will come in very handy to the members who are. Thank you for making the effort to put this together

[jbullard]

Thanks. And yes, I completely forgot about vbforums.

[jbullard]

Here are a couple more which are very excellent in my book.

PHP Scripts, Codes, Tutorial, and much more
http://www.phpfreaks.com/

This is a linux forum but offers more than just that.
http://www.linuxforum.com/

Apache Tutorials
http://www.apachefreaks.com/

MySQL Tutorials, Scripts, Codes, and General Help
http://www.mysqlfreaks.com/

Ajax
http://www.ajaxfreaks.com/


These are all great sites to find just about anything you want. But remember that there are a lot of us here who can help you out as well.

[jbullard]

They do an excellent job.

Here are some things that might be useful when web programming.

New Standards.

- In programming web pages try not to use tables. Use CSS instead. It is much more efficient and can do more than what a table could do. Does this mean use CSS for everything. No. It just means that tables are a thing of the past. For tabular data always use tables, unless you are an experienced programmer and know what you are doing.

- When trying to program sites, try to use cross browser support. IE is the most buggy system in the world, yet it is the most popular. However, don't forget about people using Mozilla, Firefox, Netscape, and AOL. For instance, the filter css tag does not work in all browsers. That is why we have the CSS Validator link up. Check your validation.

- Don't use large graphics. There is a link that Validates your website. Depending on your download speed of your homepage is whether you pass or not. Anything over 1 second is considered slow. There are sites with the same amount of graphics, using css that download in .2 seconds. This is fast. That is why we use CSS.

I think that wraps it up for now.

HTH,

Jason

[jbullard]

CSS is the standard whether it be 1, 2, or 3. CSS3 has changed a lot over the course of the year. My understanding, and correct me if I am wrong, is just basically removing the requirement to insert <div></div> tags. Instead of <div class="footer"></div> you can now use <footer></footer>. I was waiting for them to actually go to this for a very long time.

When I program, I do not use tables at all. I use XHTML and CSS. These are defined by your DOCTYPE which every web page should have. Otherwise it is not in compliance with W3C standards.

The one thing that you will notice over the course of the next couple of years is programmers starting to use less and less HTML. Most switched over to <div></div> tags instead of tables. Now from my understanding, coders are starting to use CSS3.

I just refer to CSS in general. That's all.

[jbullard]

Here is another site for the VB/C programmers out there. This is just an addin that you can purchase that pretty much lists all of the Win32 APIs.

http://www.infotomic.com/store/home/home.php

A little expensive in my book, but I have heard great things about them.

Jason

[userdude]

Javascript:
http://www.quirksmode.org
http://www.javascriptkit.com
http://www.crockford.com
http://www.youngpup.net/code
http://www.crockford.comJSON -- JavaScript Object Notation is lighter-weight and easier to deal with than XML; it is the future of object abstraction across networks, being lighter-weight than SOAP.

General reference material:
http://www.w3schools.com -- Make sure and check out the reference areas, which are very well organized and maintained. Has information on every element in HTML and every CSS attribute.
http://www.alistapart.com

Just links I like (design and such):
http://www.shauninman.com
http://www.squidfingers.com

I find it hard to find websites that offer truly great information on PHP and MySQL; hard, that is, to find sites that are better than the online documention/manuals:
http://www.php.net/docs.php
dev.mysql.com

[Telos]

http://www.code-haven.com - Syntax guides for various languages (ie. C++, C#, PHP, Java.)