I am particularly grateful to my IT 320 students for their contributions to these links
Please note that many elementary bookmarks may also be found
at http://web.simmons.edu/~menzin/CS101_Site/bookmarks.html
Some of these bookmarks are old, but they include many links on web-safe
colors, free graphics, site design issues, JavaScript tutorials, etc.
Please be sure to check the General Tools section, in addition to the sections
for specific topics.
Tools for many IT 320 topics
Tools for many IT topics - not course specific
XHTML/HTML
XHTML/HTML
Documentation
XHTML/HTML
Tutorials and Articles
Tutorials and elementary articles
Forms, Post and Get - see also section on CGI
More advanced articles
XHTML/HTML
Links and Resources
HTML Tidy
and Validation
XHTML Editors
Link Checkers
Browsers including issudes on standards compliance
Other
XHTML Links and Resources
Issues in Site and Page Design
including useability issues
Note: DHTML is in the JavaScript section (see
Articles – advanced);
Best
practices for DHTML currently use the DOM.
CSS or Cascading Style
Sheets
CSS
Documentation
CSS
Tutorials and Articles
CSS Links
and Resources
JavaScript
JS Documentation
JS
Tutorials and Articles
Articles
on Specific Topics (not advanced)
Articles
on Specific Topics – advanced (DOM, DHTML, Event Model, Cookies etc.)
JS Links and Resources
General Information, what is SOA, what are benefits, etc.
Web Servers
Other General Information –
including information on SOAP, WSDL and UDDI
XML Documentation, Tutorials and Articles
Other Resources and Articles
XML view of XHTML
XMLSpy
XML Other Parsers
XML
and Encryption
XSL/XSLT and XPath
XSL/XSLT and XPath - Articles,
Tutorials and Documentation
XSL etc. Tools and
Implementations
XML and Security
Extensions to Other Languages - MathML, eBXML, BPML, RDF and RSS etc.
CGI - see also Perl
Tutorials and Elementary Articles
Forms, Post and Get - see also section on CGI
More Advanced Articles
HTML Tidy is the standard for XHTML validation.
Originally developed at the w3c, it is now under the aegis of Source
Forge, the huge open source organization.
Status of various projects on style sheets - including CSS and XSL
Cascading Style Sheets, Level 2
The w3c specification of CSS. Includes what values may be assigned to what attributes, etc.
w3c's definitions of the characteristics of fonts which you may specify, and how to do it.
Chart with all possible properties, possible value and default values.
XHTML 1.0: The Extensible HyperText Markup Language (Second Edition)
Guidelines so your XHTML will work in existing HTML browsers
VisiBone HTML and CSS Products
Cards summarizing HTML, CSS, JavaScript syntax (to buy)
Very useful table of attributes and values; from Bulder.com
Only CSS1, but a good clear place for a beginner to start, as is the guide to
Other links from that site are available, including CSSCheckup, to check four CSS (1),
A short tutorial on how to link style designations to your html page and
other web authoring tools (some dated – e.g. validate HTML but not XHTML).
Books and articles on learning CSS (from w3c.org)
w3c on style sheets - CSS and XSL
For pages which are read aloud
Web documentation for aural style sheets
CSS Documentation and articles
Many topics and useful
resources. Covers CSS1 and CSS2.
HTML Goodies’ CSS References
Refers to only CSS1, but is
recent enough that CSS2 may be included.
This is the on-line version of the
book that truly is the definitive guide.
It covers CSS1 and looks ahead to
CSS2.
That said, it’s an incredible
resource.
Books,tutorials, etc. on CSS from w3c.org
First look at CSS from w3c.org. Good place to start.
From w3schools.com Another excellent introduction.
Dave Raggett's Introduction to CSS
Usual excellent introduction from w3schools.com
Linking your style sheets to your html page
Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) By Example: CSS Resources
Fine set of tutorials and links
More an overview than a tutorial
Basic, clear. Many links on site.
Starts basic, but goes far enough;
Links to tools and other tutorials at the bottom
Primer on CSS from HTML Goodies
Beginner’s tutorial from html.net
Useful index on the left side.
May be dated, as also has tutorial from HTML, rather than XHTML.
On lists, floats, etc. Start with the SelectTutorial
These tutorials are intermediate level.
From WDG and htmlhelp.com. May not include CSS2,
Another tutorial; this one is from CommunityMX
All sections are indexed in part 6
This site also has tutorials on Flash, Dreamweaver, etc.
Links to several tutorials from beginning to advanced – some links broken.
The next block of tutorials is from About.com. They are good introductions:
Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) Tutorial
About.com 's CSS tutorials, including table of contents to various lessons.
CSS Lesson 1: What are Cascading Style Sheets
Intro to CSS with links to many tutorials
Where to put your styling - inline, external, etc.
Backgrounds, boxes (can we live without tables?) and positioning
CSS Lesson 5: Tips and Tricks with CSS
What rules take precedence over which
CSS3 – what’s coming and also How It’s Implemented
Media types (printer friendly pages)
Making them all the same height
Tutorial on internationalization and CSS3
HTML Goodies - Explorer Tutorials
There is also an excellent tutorial once you’re not a total newbie.
About.com: http://www.w3j.com/5/s3.walsh.html
Another link to the same tutorial
WDVL.com/Authoring/Style/Sheets/Tutorial.html
Link from About.com, but part of WDVL
WDVL: Introduction to Style Sheets
WDVL: Linking Styles to Documents
How to link a style sheet to your page
The Brain Jar on Positioning with CSS
There are other tutorials here too – e.g. on DOM
There is also a tutorial on using CSS
What browsers support in CSS and how to Displaying Stylesheets Dynamically
What browsers support what features and links on work-arounds for older browsers
Dealing with differences in CSS floats in IE and Netscape
advanced article; also relevant to next article.
Rearrange page code to raise text relevance
Change rollover effects by changing the order of CSS styles
Rollovers and the order of CSS styles
Why CSS styling is for tables too
Integrated Web Design: Strategies for Long-Term CSS Hack Management
How to keep your solutions to the CSS foibles of different browsers under control over time
Add clickable icons to your links
Use CSS to get pretty pictures as bullets in you lists
Top 10 CSS Tips for Creating and Using Cascading Style Sheets
WebDeveloper.com's Guide to Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)
:before and :after; does not work in IE
Positioning with CSS , Centering with CSS – fixed width , Centering with CSS – liquid width
CSS and XSL: When to use which
The
w3c says “Use CSS when you can, use XSL when you must.”
Why you shouldn’t use in-line
CSS with a strict DOCTYPE
Friendlybit.com also has many
articles on CSS, HTML and JavaScript,
Including a Beginner’s Guide to CSS, and some simple templates.
CSS, PDFs, LaTeX and PrinceXML
Creating a Fixed-Width Layout
with CSS
w3c.org- can't link to it too often
Links to articles, tutorials, documentation, roadmaps of what’s coming, news, etc.
Another version of this, styled differently, is here.
Books and articles on learning CSS
8 style sheets on w3c's server which you can link to from your pages.
from Web design Group a htmlhelp.com
There is also a link to further references
An enormous list of galleries of CSS styles, CSS tutorials (including 10 favorites)
Many links, including to tutorials, articles and FAQs.
This is another huge list of resources and tools .
While most of this site includes CSS1 and CSS2, some of the links are dated
(e.g. tools developed before Windows XP).
Open Directory - Computers: Data Formats: Style Sheets: CSS
Many links for HTML, XHTML and CSS
Examples of style sheets; they all sell crib sheets for codes etc.
More books by Eric Meyer on CSS
Links to many CSS tutorials and articles
What browsers support in CSS and how to Displaying Stylesheets Dynamically
What browsers support what features and links on work-arounds for older browsers
Style sheet for all the WDVL pages
WDVL: Cascading Style Sheets Resources
Links to tutorials, design articles, and resources
Large collection of links to articles (beginning and advanced), validators, tutorials, etc
Includes link to CSS2 properties.
Site for Eric Meyer, the great guru of CSS
He wrote the books on CSS (or at least two of the best).
If you’re going to be a power user it’s worth checking his blog
You can also subscribe to the CSS-discuss mailing list. (Click on the ‘Subscribe’ tag.)
This is the most amazing site of examples of what you can do with CSS.
One page is transformed by over 900 style sheets. (Check the archives.)
These are all done by professional graphic artists – but we can all admire them.
They
also have an excellent list of resources.
Daily Fun is similar to Zen Garden – i.e. many stylesheets for one page,
but I like the Zen Garden better.
Another amazing list of CSS resources is at Holy CSS Zeldman!
In addition to many CSS links, there are also links on JavaScript and AJAX.
It seems to be that you can find everything here – tutorials, books, sites,
Galleries at other sites (e.g. CSS Zen Garden), hints, etc.
Sites about or design by women. Some are less than fascinating.
CSS Reference table from www.htmlhelp.com
Only CSS1, but a good clear place for a beginner to start
Other links from that site are available, including CSSCheckup, to check four CSS (1),
A short tutorial on how to link style designations to your html page and
other web authoring tools (some dated – e.g. validate HTML but not XHTML).
www.friendlybit.com has many articles on CSS, HTML and JavaScript,
Including a Beginner’s Guide to CSS, and some simple templates.
Tool to edit your CSS in IE and
Firefox at the same time. Demo tool is
free.
Links to a variety of CSS tools
and galleries
Since 6/06 this has been put on a wiki, with many CSS items
tagged.
CSS Documentation and articles
Many topics and useful
resources. Covers CSS1 and CSS2.
Articles on layouts, links to tutorials (mostly
advanced, some links broken) and resources.
A List Apart (calls itself ALA)
Mainly articles on CSS code, but also some on JavaScript, XML, layout and web site design
I particularly like the article on lists in CSS.
Layouts for 1, 2, 3, or 4 columns using CSS
Templates for lists from Max Designs
A debugging trick/tool for CSS
Advanced layouts from WebReference
Case study of how Mozilla used CSS to redesign its DevEdge site
Case study of using CSS and JavaScript to design a menu bar
Simple templates from Friendlybit
Table showing which browser support which CSS features
Hacks for various browsers and CSS
It also lists various specific (recent) hacks with their effects and the browsers they target.
This wiki is maintained by CSS-discuss.
One of the oldest and most famous hacks.
Of course, Microsoft didn’t go with the standard
For older versions of JavaScript:
Documentation (Guides and References for 1.3, 1.4 and 1.5)
Documentation for JavaScript 1.3 – 1.5 with info on changes from earlier versions.
Links to both the Guide and the Reference Manual
ALL THE
FOLLOWING NEED TO HAVE THEIR LINKS RE-DONE
MUCH GREAT DEVEDGE
STUFF HAS DISSAPPEARED – MAYBE IN ARCHIVES
DevEdge Online: Netscape JavaScript Debugger 1.1
Includes
(near top) excellent discussion of client-side vs server-side JS
Equals vs.
strict equals - useful when comparing an integer and a floating point number
DevEdge Online - JavaScript Developer Central
Code to check
forms for validity (e.g. of dates, zipcodes etc). Downloadable, free.
Webmonkey | Reference: Browser Chart
Chart showing whichfeatures are supported in which browsers.
HTML Goodies’ series of tutorials on JavaScript
First the ‘Primers’ and then the “Basics” (which go thru AJAX)
Mozilla’s “Reintroduction to JavaScript
Friendlier than Mozilla’s documentation
Tutorials and articles from WebReference
Many tutorials from “JavaScript for non-programmers” to
AJAX.(Columns 12-15 inclusive)
Excellent resource; includes links to Mozilla pages just above and other collections.
Be sure to check out the collections and the archives.
Some tutorials older – e.g. JavaScript for Programmers from WDVL
Short Description of JavaScript for students who have programmed in C++ or Java
Older, but very useful and to the point
Tutorials and scripts from JavaScript Weenie;
Tutorial on Functions and Classes – other tutorials on this site too.
Builder's JavaScript QuickStart Tool
Short tutorials from TUCOWs. Introductory.
Has many articles and
tutorials on JavaScript and Ajax, (and CSS and XHTML)
Articles on
Specific Topics (not advanced):
The focus() and blur() methods
Clearly described; from mredkj.com
e.g. to change tables, validate forms, etc.; also from mredjk.com
Special characters, escaping them and Unicode
From Mozilla’s Core JavaScript 1.5 Guide
Passing variables between pages in JavaScript
Beginning HTML at HTML Goodies
Tutorial and code (next URL) for creating a ticker tape in JavaScript
Global and local variables - from Tucows
JavaScript Source: Free JavaScripts, Tutorials, Example Code, Reference, Resources, And Help
This site has tutorials, public scripts, book reviews, etc.
JavaScript.com - The Definitive JavaScript Resource: JavaScript Tutorials and Free Java Scripts
Tutorials and fancy scripts. Pretty good.
Programmer: JavaScript Intermediate Tutorial: Image Swapping
Tutorial on image swapping with links to related (and less related) topics. This is
An older site with many articles, tutorials
Generic function for form validation
Useability checklist for forms
Articles on Specific Topics
(Advanced)
DOM, DHTML, the Event Model, Cookies
The JavaScript Event Model - advanced
From WebMonkey. Tells you all you could ever want to know (and maybe more)
about event handler models. Although the article is from Jan 2005, there is a lot of time devoted
to Netscape Navigator 4 and IE 4 – hopefully for only a little while longer.
Also has articles, scripts, case studies.
One article shows how to use DOM and JavaScript to transverse a table
Exception Handling in JavaScript – advanced;
Includes info about browser incompatibilities
Fetching Remote Data (in XML) from a Server with DOM – advanced
Preloading Images with DOM – advanced
Good tutorial with discussion of different browsers
See also BrainJar’s utility the Dom Viewer
Capturing Events on an Object with DOM
You can then respond dynamically to the event
Articles on JavaScript from Builder.com – many advanced
Properly using CSS and Scripts with XHTML
Dynamic Drive DHTML Scripts- Preload Image (with progress bar) Script
Pre-loading images for swapping
Dynamic Drive DHTML(dynamic html) & JavaScript code library!
Huge site with DHTML scripts for dazzling effects
Dynamic Drive DHTML(dynamic html) & JavaScript code library!
Lively effects using DHTML, JavaScript and CSS. Not for sedate pages
Dynamic HTML...Are You Ready to Step Up to the Plate? Part I
DHTML Code Samples, www.getElementById.com, get free DHTML Scripts and DHTML Tutorials
Link to several sites each of which has many DHTML scripts
Dynamic HTML...Are You Ready to Step Up to the Plate? Part I
DHTML Code Samples, www.getElementById.com, get free DHTML Scripts and DHTML Tutorials
Link to several sites each of which has many DHTML scripts
From HowStuffWorks; Be sure to see next page too
Excerpt from “Beginning
JavaScript with DOM Scripting and Ajax” from Apress
Explains why you want to use the DOM
and also gives good advice about separating
Behavior, presentation,
structure, content and business logic.
DHTML Demonstrations Using DOM/Style
Great DOM demos for Dynamic pages
This is from Mozilla
– chance to see how the pros do it.
You can’t hide your source code
DevEdge Online:
Netscape JavaScript Debugger 1.1
Debugger for JS - starting in version 1.1
Getting
Started with Netscape JavaScript Debugger
Tutorial on debugger for JS
Tutorials, discussion groups, and fancy scripts
irt.org
- JavaScript layer FAQ
Various tutorials. This one is on layers.
Links to tutorials and examples.
Debugging
Description of JavaScript debugging tools
For all browsers
including the console, Venkman, dump, etc.
Mozilla’s link to the Console and Console2
Please note that Console and Console2 also catch CSS errors
Good introduction from WebMonkey.
Tutorial on Venkman from WebReference
Mozilla’s tool for Debugging JavaScript (first of several pages)
Mozilla site to get Venkman add-on
Further information is available
Also, updates on the Venkman project are available.
Tutorial on Venkman and list of resources on it
Looks very valuable.
A freeware debugger from Hot Scripts
Moo.fx for special effects in JavaScript
Graph-it from raw data in JavaScript
JavaScript Trace Window (uses GreaseMonkey in Firefox)
Looks for problems in JavaScript pages
Check out the documentation first. This is from 2002.
Other – especially sources of scripts
These sites have many
useful tools and scripts
SiteExperts.com - Your Community of Site Experts
Another community of web developers
Experts Exchange – another community
Code Library of JavaScript functions from WebMonkey
Google discussion groups on JavaScript
One of the most active is comp.lang.javascript
Another is the JavaScript Forum
Yahoo! Discussion groups on JavaScript
Many, many links to articles, groups and tutorials
Enormous compendium of articles, many advanced
Scripts may be found here too, by category.
How to Embed a JavaScript Engine in Your Applications
This is SpiderMonkey and it is available from Mozilla
Free scripts – some a bit cutesy; free newsletter
Mozilla has a large amount of information and
tools, including the debuggers, etc.
BrainJar
This is the site that brought you the DOM viewer; tutorials and tools
Tools and scripts and links; focus on DHTML
Tools,
tutorials, scripts; quite up-to-date, including material on AJAX etc.
DHTMLShock
scripts with a focus on DHTML
Scripts (DHTML focus) that are cross-browser tested
Prototype library of JS, including AJAX functions
The overview is a good place to start.
The latest version is also open source
An introduction is also helpful
Documentation is also available at script.aculo.us
The site for the Moncur JavaScript text we are using
A self-described grass-roots organization trying to advocate for
Web standards which ensure accessibility
Hosts
many forums, including one on JavaScript
Sitepoint
has a forum with many useful links, as do the publishers WROX (programmer
2programmer) and APress,
CodingForum, and Tek-Tips.
Yahoo maintains links to similar sites and a Developer Network. My experience is that similar Yahoo lists have a goodly part of the top resources.
Huge site with answers to many JS questions, by subject.
Site does not work in Netscape, but does in Firefox and IE
Relatively small library on JavaScript and AJAX
Has many articles and tutorials on JavaScript and Ajax, (and CSS and XHTML)
The “home” links to many articles about web services
MetaMap of how the different technologies are related
May be more useful after you know a little about the area
The bottom has links to vendor training, such as that at CapeClear, Systinet
Collaxa, and Grand Central. These sites have lots of information – e.g. tutorials
on regular expressions and Java Web Services at CapeClear, design patterns for
business services at Grand
Central and Middleware.
What is a Service
Oriented Architecture (SOA)? What are Web Services?
Good introduction to SOA, for those who already know the lingo. 8 pages!
Special Issue of CACM on ‘Services Science’, which includes Web Services – vol. 49, July 2006
Issue has many articles, including….
Understanding Service Sector Innovation
Algorithmic Decomposition of Services
What we can learn from CORBA, one of the ancestors of web services
Goodies to Go! Newsletter #289
Hosting on windows vs. Linux/UNIX
Sun's site for web services info and downloads
Using Apache with Microsoft Windows - Apache HTTP Server
Info on Apache for Windows
WDVL: Table of Contents on Web Programming
Tutorial on server-side programming and sending info from HTML forms. Excellent intro.
What's in an http header
With links to many subgroups
InfoWorld: Web services alphabet soup: February 20, 2004: By Jon Udell: Application Development
Web services alphabet soup - and modularity
Web services B2B demonstration: The complete series
9-part series of a complete B2B web service implementation
Trying to make Web services make sense
Are the standards there yet?
Intro to terms
XML.com: A Web Services Primer
primer on web services terminology
XML.com: Web Services Integration Patterns, Part 1
Patterns of web services
XML.com: Web Services Integration Patterns, Part 2
More of same
Programs to manage, monitor, bill for web services
Several articles on state of web services in 2004
Testing a SOA
IBM’s Alphaworks site has many topics
Not for newbies
The Value of a Service Oriented Architecture
Microsoft’s Office Bridge to hook into web services
Recurrent payments and PayPal
The bottom has links to vendor training, such as that at CapeClear, Systinet
Collaxa, and Grand Central. These sites have lots of information – e.g. tutorials
on regular expressions and Java Web Services at CapeClear, design patterns for
business services at Grand Central and Middleware.
He first is no quality of service (QOS) warranties. There are other issues, too.
As the files get bigger and bigger, what happens?
Web services and security issues
Related to data transit
Usual excellent start from w3schools.com
From w3.org. If you have already worked through the w3schools tutorial,
Start at section 2.1
Usual excellent start from w3schools.com
Interesting demos. May need to poke around this site a bit.
Can Try
it! And see the WSDL
code behind it
WS-Security is the specification for web services
security
This is from OASIS
Web services, SOA and Application Frameworks
Making them work together to address issues such as scalability,
Security, and transaction and state management.
There are also links to a reading list on the left.
This site, which includes the next few links, focuses on web services architecture.
Web Services, UDDI and eMarketplaces
The interaction of eBXML
and WebServices
Introduction to eBXML
Good introduction; follow the links
at the bottom to further pages.
IBM’s site on ontology-based web services
The Rise and Fall of CORA – the predecessor of XML
Benefits of SOA – cases of who saved how much
Will interoperate with SOAP and other formats
See also IBM’s problem, which they are working around.
Standard for Web Services Management
See also why IBM is embracing this.
XML.com: XML From the Inside Out -- XML development, XML resources, XML specifications
XML.com: XML From the Inside Out -- XML development, XML resources, XML specifications
Cover Pages: Extensible Markup Language (XML)
What the basic terms mean
Includes description of the many
working groups and links to them, to various languages
specifications and versions, and to many other resources.
What are the components of an XML Schema
And here they are as a DTD
Homepage
XML Specs
from w3c.org
XML Namespaces
from w3c.org
Introductory tutorial from the About.com site
Tutorials
– note: Tutorials on SOAP and WSDL are under the “Web Services” heading
XML Tutorial from w3schools
Great introductiory
tutorial.
See also their
description of XML syntax
TopXML : XML Tools, XML Articles and XML Learning Tutorials
Many tutorials - XML, SOAP, XSLT, etc and also links to XML parsers. Great site.
Good starting tutorial
So you don’t get scared away.
But doesn’t get to schemas
From IBM, Microsoft, etc. at various levels and on sub-topics (e.g. security)
Wonderful set of links to tools, tutorials, and many resources for XML
Also has info on links to databases and server-side uses of XML
Tutorials on everything from HTML to XML
Some in many languages (e.g. Czech)
XML Schema from w3.org---good if you know a little bit
Primer, Structures and DataTypes
TECFA’s huge set of links on XML
Enormous and very useful set of links on validators and parsers,
XML, XSL etc, tutorials and news about XML languages.
XFront has links to many great tutorials –
including XML Schema, Canonical XML, Best Practices on same, etc and also
XSDs for all countries, all currencies, etc. Great source!
Tutorial from Roger Costello on Best Practices for XML Schema
Another link to the same tutorial
Tutorial on schemas
There are several. This is the most advanced so far
Usual excellent introduction from w3school.com
From IBM
From IBM
Manipulating XML in Java (see also a search for JDOM)
Tutorial looks at SAX, DOM, JDOM and JAXP
Many quite advanced
Very basic
Link to Xerces parser, implementations of XSL, etc
A very important site
Microsoft's XML developer center, including articles, from intro to high level, and links
Open Source Web Development - Dev Shed
Articles on XHTML,CSS, XML, Perl, etc
XML Rich Client Technology Strengthens Java - Computerworld
More jargon than light
JARS Automatic Resource Listing
Java class to automate the encoding of properties from Java into XML
Tutorial on schemas
Everything you always wanted to know about SAX (and XmlReader)
When to use SAX and when to use DOM
Application Design: Use DOM to create data-driven HTML documents
Using DOM to get conditional XML
Namespaces and how to avoid naming conflicts
XML.com: XML From the Inside Out -- XML development, XML resources, XML specifications
O'Reilly's XML site - many links
JARS Automatic Resource Listing
Class to encode from Java to XML
Database Configuration, the XML Alternative
Configuring / designing your database with XML
An open unmoderated discussion list on development of various XML languages;
now managed by OASIS.
For the knowledgeable.
Collection of on-line reference material on SGML/XML languages and various
standards.
For the knowledgeable
(except possiblby the news stories).
News items are listed
in the Cover Story
TECFA’s huge set of links on XML
Enormous and very useful set of links on validators and parsers,
XML, XSL etc, tutorials and news about XML languages.
How to embed XML in an HTML Page
Long and wonderful list from w3.org
By platform, or vendor or name etc.
This is the link for xml; manay links to subtopics
XML takes over the user interface
With, we hope better solutions to accessibility issues
Interesting view of t ubiquity and power of XML
XML and Java and the Document Object Model
This IBM site has many links to tutorials, information and documentation
On using Java to manipulate XML files, etc. Very valuable.
Usual excellent introduction from w3school.com
From IBM
From IBM
Manipulating XML in Java (see also a search for JDOM)
Tutorial looks at SAX, DOM, JDOM and JAXP
XML files tend to get very large
Which can cause problems – which some companies are working on
Microsoft’s DOM validator from XML
Courtesy of w3schools.
Checklist for
well-formed XML
Canonical form standardizes possible
equivalent renditions of XML to one (canonical) form;
this is
important for checking digital
signatures, etc.
In addition to the subject in the title, there is a link to Ogbuji’s Thinking XML columns on
IBM’s developerWorks site.
XHTML 1.0: The Extensible HyperText Markup Language (Second Edition)
Discussion of XHTML1.0 as a re-formulation of HTML
XHTML Frequently Answered Questions
FAQs about why bother going to XHTML
XHTML 1.1 - Module-based XHTML
XHTML1.1 which is now a strict reformulation of HTML in XML
See how HTML (XHTML) is formulated in an XML DTD
There are several DTDs (depending on the version of XHTML you want
Download Home Edition of XMLSpy (free)
XMLSpy is a wonderful tool, and now the home edition is free.
Documentation and a brief tutorial are also available here, or a 30-trial of the Enterprise Edition.
Stylevision 2004 - XSLT Editing Tool
Download site for XML Spy
Download page for home version of XMLSpy
Link to Xerces parser, implementations of XSL, etc
A very important site
tools: Developer Resources - FREE Tools
Download page for home version of XMLSpy
TopXML: Learn about XML Parsers
XML parsers including Microsoft's
TopXML: Learn about XML Parsers
more on Microsoft's
Xerces is the free XML parser from Apache; does not support certain features of XML per Apache in June 2004
Links and brief descriptions for many XML parsers.
Module for Java Seing to edit XML and XHTML
JARS Automatic Resource Listing
XML/XSLT editor (java based)
Parsing XML documents with Perl's XML::Simple
PERL module which has an XML parser (written in PERL)
Free on-line validator from Brown University for small files
Why both CSS and XSL - which should I use?
From w3c - who brought you
both standards
When to use CSS (whenever you
can) and when to us XSL (when you must)
XSL
What are the components of XSL (XSLT, XPath, etc.) ?
Very useful page with many good links
w3.org documentation on XSLT
w3c on style sheets - CSS and XSL
The Extensible Stylesheet Language Family (XSL)
Links to specs, tutorials, and articles on XSL, XSLT etc.
Simple introduction, but you’ll need the www.w3schools.com
Or other tutorial to go further
How to translform XML into XHTML
Including links to XPath, XQuery, XSLT, XSL-FO etc.
There is a large list of links to specs on all these languages, mailing lists,
and software.
A great
starting place for these technologies.
You can also find links to examples of XSL style sheets (e.g. at TopXML)
Status of various projects on style sheets - including CSS and XSL
What XSL is and why you should use it. Good start.
Sidebar: Additional resources about XSL - Computerworld
Books and links on XSLT
Spinning Your Code with XSLT and JSF in Cocoon
Using XSLT with Java Beans etc. Advanced.
Discover the Wonders of XSLT-Part 1
Good intro - XSLT itself
Discover the Wonders of XSLT -Part 2: XPaths
XPath
Discover the Wonders of XSLT-Part 3 of 3: Advanced Techniques
Tests and advanced techniques
Understanding the XPath Data Model
XPath data model and how it works, with links to info on infosets. Not for beginners
XSLT - part 1 of the utorial
Discover the Wonders of XSLT: XPaths
XSLT and XPath - part 2 of the tutorial
Discover the Wonders of XSLT: Advanced Techniques
XSLT - advanced - tests - part 3 of the tutorial
Discover the Wonders of XSLT: XSLT Quirks
XSLT - quirks- part 4 of the tutorial
Discover the Wonders of XSLT: Workflows
Functions and Multiple Files
From w3schools.org I think this is the clearest of the introductory tutorials.
XPath tutorial with links to examples on the left side
From Zvon
From TopXML
The primary purpose of XPath is to address parts of an XML document. XPath uses a compact, non-XML syntax to facilitate use of XPath within URIs and XML attribute values. XPath gets its name from its use of a path notation as in URLs for navigating through the hierarchical structure of an XML document.
Java JAXP, Writing Java Code to Emulate an XSLT Transformation
Emulating XSLT transformations in Java
Tutorial
Facilitating Teamwork with XML and XSL
XSL-FO - Extensible Stylesheet Language Formatting Objects
XSL-FO for formatting objects
Introduction to XSL - XSL, XSLT, XPath, and XSL Formatting Objects
Intro to XSL
Tools and
implementations of XSLT
Free implementation of XSLT written in java
JARS Automatic Resource Listing
XML/XSLT editor (java based)
How to transform XML into XHTML
XML Encryption
Added to Apache Project
Encryption
working group at w3.org
XML in the Financial Services Industry
A good
introduction to eBXML, XBRL, FIXML, MDDL, FpML,
and assorted standards groups for this industry.
How BusinessReportingML became too complex to work - good case study in design
What is eBXML? (hint: e is electronic and B is for Business) Follow links at bottom for series of articles - food series.
XBRL to Sharpen Banks' Biz Reports
XBRL (eXtended Business Reporting Language) must be used by banks and other public companies (per Sarbanes-Oxley Law) to consolidate units when they report their financial results; will also migrate to internal reports.
XML Variant to Ease Financial Reporting
How XMRL will help
Sarbanes-Oxley: Road to Compliance
What's involved in compliance for Sarbanes-Oxley from an IT point of view
Resilient: Making processes into objects - News - ZDNet
BPEL (Business Process Execution Language) for the non-techie
The interaction of eBXML and Web Services
UBL, or Universal Business Language
Uses XML to define a vocabulary for common business forms, such as purchase orders etc.
It is also designed to work with eBXML
Home page at w3.org
Web authoring tool which includes support for MathML
Editor which includes extensions to MathML
RDF – or Resource Description Framework – is a resource for describing catalogs:
RDF Primer from w3.org
RDF Spec from w3.org
RDF is of interest to librarians, etc.
RSS – or Really Simple Syndication - is how an XML feed is used for blogging
and to update news continuously.
From O’Reilly – good casual introduction;
Includes a sample to get you started
From webreference.com – lots of information
RSS Syndication and Aggregation
RSS - Using XML to feed info on sites to subscribers
RSS monitors (new) content on sites and feeds it to subscribers. May also be used for on-going education.
Many scripts including for RSS
Mother of Perl site
Exploring RSS and XML in Flash
RSS Feed for
site listing free xml tools
RSS Enclosure exposure or pod-casting
An audio RSS feed
How to create your own RSS news feed
From w3.org, but with a quick “cheat sheet” on how to do it
IBM maintains a site called alphaworks which provides
Current information about RSS and other new technologies
All the following information on RSS is from one of my students:
Scripting news – by Dave Winer; Winer designed this format at Userland
Using RSS 0.9
Clear explanation, tho’ RSS 2.0 is current spec
RSS Aggregators / readers
Full list at http://blogspace.com/rss/readers
Mac OS X: NetNewsWire (http://ranchero.com/netnewswire/)
Windows: SharpReader (http://www.sharpreader.net)
Linux: Straw (http://www.nongnu.org/straw)
Web: Bloglines (http://www.bloglines.com)
RSS Validators
FeedValidator.org (http://feedvalidator.org/)
UserLand’s validator (for 0.9x only) (http://rss.scripting.com/
Sites with RSS Feeds:
British Broadcasting
Corporation
(http://news.bbc.co.uk/shared/bsp/hi/services/htmlsyndication/html/default.stm)
DevX (http://www.devx.com/DevX/Article/16190)
LiveJournal Syndicated Feeds (http://www.livejournal.com/syn/list.bml)
United States Department of Defense (http://www.dod.gov/news/rss/)
WebReference.com (http://www.webreference.com/services/news/)
For a more exhaustive list, go to the RSS Compendium (http://allrss.com/rssfeeds.html)
Support
for CSS poor in most RSS readers (7/06)
AJAX or Asynchronous JavaScript and XML
Add XML functionality to your Flash movies
FlashXML
A markup language for designing GUIs
This area is still changing – suggest you search the w3.org site for these two extensions.
Links to books on VoiceXML etc.
From WDVL.com
TimeML is a markup language for temporal events
An evolving specification for including &merging XML documents
Not surprisingly it works only with schemas (no DTDs)
OpenXML for Open documents format – vs. Microsoft (3/06)
OpenXML gaining (4/06)
Translator to go between Microsoft’s Open Document Format and OpenXML (7/06)
Microsoft’s plug-in for conversions from Office To OpenXML (7/06)
Google
behind ODF - You should also check
out Massachusetts’s push for ODF.
Resource for programmers in PERL, PHP, Python, etc. Major site.
WDVL: Table of Contents on Web Programming
Tutorial on server-side programming and sending info from HTML forms. Excellent intro.
What's in an http header
What is CGI?
Elementary
introduction
CGI Scripts - Writing and Using CGI
CGI tutorial
The Common Gateway Interface (CGI)
What is CGI?
Excellent introduction to what CGI is and why it's needed.
How GET assembles a request, so the HTTP request can be isolated and CGI can isolate the search parameters and their values
WDVL: Problems With the GET Method
What's in an http header
How POST assembles a request etc
Specifying POST and to what CGI script
Web Development Primer
Elementary introduction
to the technologies you find server-side (ASP, Perl, PHP etc.)
And a sample PERL script to parse the data and send a thank you
HTML Forms Tutorial - Method, Mailto Forms, and Multiple Pages
GET - About Perl & PHP Glossary
POST - About Perl & PHP Glossary
Reading CGI Data From Perl Scripts
Using GET and POST methods with Perl scripts
Decoding CGI form data in Perl scripts
About.com: http://www.cgi-resources.com/
Links to very many CGI, PERL and CGI scripts
Decoding CGI form data in Perl scripts
Very well written tutorials, but maybe dated.
About.com: http://webreview.com/wr/pub/98/01/16/style/index.html
Finding good CGI scripts
WDVL: What the heck is server-side scripting anyway?
Excellent introduction to what CGI is and why it's needed.
Excellent intro. tutorial on serve-side scripting. The Table Of Contents.
How GET assembles a request, so the HTTP request can be isolated and CGI can isolate the search parameters and their values
WDVL: Problems With the GET Method
What's in an http header
WDVL: Sending Text to the Web Browser
The content-type line
.com/Authoring/Scripting/Tutorial/post.html" id="rdf:#$G0xNY3" last_modified=1087409618 add_date=1087409596 last_charset=ISO-8859-1>WDVL: The <Form> Tag
Specifying POST and to what CGI script
What happens when you click on "submit"
Links to CGI scripts - probably f or purchase
Form validation-Goodies to Go! Newsletter #290
Validating a form before sending it to a cgi script-mainly to be sure all fields are filled in.
Library of CGI scripts
Reminder on how to change permissions on UNIX/LINUX (chmod)
Tutorial on chmod, in case you’ve forgotten
Library of Regular Expressions
From the people (O’Reilly) who
publish a book on the subject- includes kind words about their own (excellent)
book
CGI-LIB.pl
homepage
Also directly
accesible at Berkely
Includes
documentation, source files, examples, etc.
Tutorial on regular expressions
Tutorial on Server-side includes
Older (1995 article, last updated in 2002) but author says basic principles still apply
Links to many resources of Server-side includes
Including tutorials
More links to article and tutorials on server-side includes
To edit all scripts with one line of Perl
ActiveState - ActiveState products open source programming languages tools
Download site for ActivePerl
In table of contents, look for "Getting Started" to see how run example.pl Also open it in Notepad
ActivePerl Help - Online Docs : Getting Started
ActivePerl getting started
ActivePerl Help - Online Docs : ActivePerl FAQ
ActivePerl FAQs
Perl.com: The Source for Perl -- perl development, perl conferences
Articles etc for serious PERL programmers from the O'Reilly book folk
Where to find MODULES to add many useful functions to your PERL -e.g. the standard module, oraperl (for Oracle databases) etc.
About.com’s info on building and installing perl modules
This site includes several very useful groups (se links in upper left) – one for Perl beginners, another on Perl modules, and another for miscellaneous Perl questions. Can not be recommended enough. Search for key words in the Perl beginners group, for example, and then follow the whole thread (link in the upper right).
Perldoc.com - Perl Documentation
Site for documentation or core Perl
HotScripts
Articles on scripts
for many languages and technologies - Perl, PHP, Python, JavaScript, XML
ASPN
Resource for programmers in PERL, PHP, Python, etc. Major site.
Build a custom installation of Perl and check system requirements - see warning on RedHat Linux v8
Fast and dirty reminder about regular expressions
A free tutorial
http://htmlgoodies.earthweb.com/primers/perl/
PERL primer
Parsing XML documents with Perl's XML::Simple
PERL module which has an XML parser (written in PERL)
learn.perl.org: The site for people learning Perl.
Good listing of current books at all levels
Perl Intro - from HTML Goodies
Introduction
to Perl
Quick tutorial
Google Help Group
on Perl etc
Beginners
Group on Perl in Google
Excellent resource
Everything you ever
wanted to know about perl's module cgi.pm
From Lincoln Stein,
who wrote the cgi module
Fetching
parameters in Perl
or try
Tutorial on Regular Expressions in Perl
Looks very complete. From PerlDoc
Documentation on Regular Expressions in Perl
Goes with the above tutorial.
Perl
libraries for www interactions - e.g. HTTP etc
Also Perl tutorials
This is the Mother of Perl site – some quite advanced
Mod_perl is using perl to configure Apache
Decoding CGI form data in Perl scripts
Reading CGI Data From Perl Scripts
A Perl script that reads and parses CGI data
Matt's Script Archive, Inc. :: Free Perl CGI Scripts
Links for free scripts
Open The Crypt / Joe's Free CGI Scripts From The Crypt / www.getcruising.com
More free scripts
From O’Reilly - perhaps because they’ve
published a book on this topic
Perl Scripts and Modules
From About.com.
Not as complete as CPAN
Also Perl tutorials
This is the Mother of Perl site – some quite advanced
How to embed XML in an HTML Page
Implementing
Patterns within PHP
PHP -Entry Point - Lesson One
Elementary
tutorial on PHP, with some info on pro's and con's; links to t0 various PHP
sites
Commentary from the PHP folks
PHP Tutorial
From About - a start
PHP: Introduction - Manual
PHP Tutorial -
from its makers
How to handle forms
in PHP
Extract XML document statistics with PHP
Using PHP to extract stats about XML documents.
PHP Tutorial
Google help group on PHP – installation etc
Zend
makes PHP interpreters, etc
The main PHP site
Home site for php,
including documentation, download of php processor, and tutorial
Short tutorial
Python tutorial
Also follow the links on the right hand side
From the horse’s mouth
How to do regular
expressions in Python
ASP Tutorial
from w3schools - usually excellent introduction
ASP Tutorial
from HTML Goodies - usually excellent intro; may be dated
Implement a flexible shopping cart with XML and ASP
W3C Inks Key Web Services Language
To coordinate a series of services - WS-CDL and also about BPEL
Language may be used to describe peer-to-peer interactions
Web Services Choreography Description Language (WS_CDL)
Working draft of language spec from w3.org
Amazon Web Services reaches 50,000 developers
Amazon.com : Help / AWS home page
Home page for Amazon Web Services
Amazon.com : Help / AWS home page / FAQ
Amazon Web Services FAQs - including what are they etc.
Amazon.com : Help / AWS home page / Dev portal release / XSLT scratch pad
Request Amazon's XML/XSLT Scratch Pad
Amazon.com browse notes
Amazon Web Services: A Brief Introduction Using PHP - Website Publisher..
XML.com: Amazon's Web
Services and XSLT.
Java(TM) 2 SDK, Standard Edition Documentation 1.3.1
Java 2 SDK, Standard Edition, Installation Notes
CoffeeCup Effects Factory - ZDNet Downloads
Animate Java applets/ images and link them to a URL