Web programming

1.   Internet infrastructure and architecture

• Packet switching and TCP/IP
  • Architecture of the world wide web
  • Cisco Internetworking Technology Handbook
  • Ethernet paper by Metcalf (PDF file)
  • IBM TCP/IP Primer (PDF file)
• Client server systems
  • HTTP 1.1 standard
  • HTTP over TLS (https)
  • TLS 1.1 standard
  • Webkit for Nokia S60 and Mac OS X
• Content markup languages
  • Getting started with HTML part 1  –  part 2
  • HTML reference
  • Tips for writing efficient HTML
  • HTML 4.01 standard
  • XHTML 1.0 standard
• Cascading style sheets (CSS)
  • Getting started with CSS  –  CSS tutorial  –  CSS chapter
  • CSS reference
  • Tips for writing efficient CSS
  • CSS 2.1 standard
  • W3C core styles

2.   Client side programming

• Javascript
  • Introduction to Javascript
  • Introduction to Javascript language syntax
  • Javascript developer reference
  • ECMA-262 specification - Edition 3 (PDF file)
• Document object model (DOM)
  • Introduction to DOM with Javascript  –  Step by step DOM tutorial
  • DOM developer reference
  • DOM Level 3 core specification
  • List of all DOM technical specifications
• DHTML
  • DHTML examples for study
• Javascript libraries
  • overLIB (basic usage)
  • Prototype (recommended)
  • Google web toolkit (recommended)
  • Dojo Toolkit
  • Scriptaculous
  • YUI
  • Google hosted Javascript libraries
• Javascript development tools
  • JSEnv
  • JSArena

3.   Server side programming

• Oracle Database 10g Express Edition
  • Oracle Express Edition Tutorial
  • Oracle Developer Guide
  • Oracle documentation library
  • Underground PHP Oracle manual
• MySQL 5.0 Community Server
  • Tutorial
  • v5.1 reference documentation
  • MySQL internals
• Perl
  • Introduction to Perl part 1 and part 2
  • API and reference documentation
  • Common gateway interface (CGI)
• PHP
  • Programmer manual
  • Function reference
  • Tutorial examples
  • Wikka Wiki API
• Microsoft ASP .NET
  • Quickstart tutorial
  • Getting started resources
  • Microsoft SQL Server 2008
  • Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio Express
  • Microsoft Access 2007
• Drizzle

4.   Rich internet applications (RIA)

• XML
  • Wikibook : XML, Managing Data Exchange
  • XML 1.0 standard
  • Introduction to document type definitions (DTD)
• Web 2.0 applications and AJAX
  • What is Web 2.0?
  • Coining AJAX
  • W3C XMLHttpRequest specification
  • Mozilla XMLHttpRequest
  • Mozilla AJAX reference
  • Mozilla Cross site XMLHttpRequest
  • RFC 4627 - JSON
  • Yahoo JSON reference
  • Google hosted AJAX libraries
  • Java Ajax
  • OpenAJAX
  • Tibco General Interface
  • Sarissa library
• Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) 1.2
  • Primer to SOAP
  • Messaging framework
  • Adjuncts
  • Specification assertions and test collection
  • Security extension: digital signature
• Web Services Description Language (WSDL) 1.1
  • Specification 1.1
• Universal Description, Discovery and Integration (UDDI) v3
  • UDDI v3.0.2

5.   Re-usable and accessible design

• Usable design
  • Usable web guidelines
  • Monash University web style guide
  • Mozilla web development FAQ
• Accessible design
  • How people with disabilities use the web
  • W3C techniques for web content accessibility
  • Developing a business case for web accessibility
  • Inaccessibility of CAPTCHA
  • Michigan State University accessibility guidelines
  • Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973  –  Section 508 compliance checklist
• Content management
  • UK government handbook for web management teams
  • UKOLN Good practice guide for developers of cultural heritage websites
  • Acid test for standards compatibility
  • RFC 4151 - The tag URI scheme

Additional resources

• World wide web consortium (W3C)
• Internet engineering task force (IETF) RFC list
• Organization for the advancement of structured information standards (OASIS)
• Open source development
• XAMPP
• CSS Zen Garden
• Amazon web services
• Wikka wiki