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<h1>A Collection of Useful Web Development Links</h1>
<h2 class="right">...come back often to review. There are lots of helpful resources listed here.</h2>
<p><a href="http://lecturesnippets.com/php-devlopment/">Lecture Snippets</a> This series focuses on PHP Development.</p>
<p><a href="https://phpacademy.org/videos/learn-php">PHP Academy</a> Free web development video tutorials. An introduction to the basics of PHP. After this series, you'll be able to move forward and start working on your PHP application!</p>
<p><a href="http://ss23.github.com/php-tutorial/start.html">PHP 101 For the Absolute Beginner</a> A series of very simple tutorials teaching you the basics of using PHP, and why it's the best possible tool for Web application development today. There are no assumptions about your level of knowledge, other than that you can understand basic HTML and have a sense of humor.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.w3schools.com/php/default.asp">w3schools</a> A complete reference of all PHP information.</p>
<p><a href="http://thenewboston.org/list.php?cat=49">TheNewBoston MySQL Database Video Tutorials</a> A free video tutorial series on MySQL. He can be offensive at times. Be forewarned.</p>
<p><a href="http://coursesweb.net/php-mysql/lessons">PHP MySQL Lessons</a> These lessons are for beginners who are starting to learn PHP, but also can be useful for those who already have average knowledge about PHP programming and want to deepen more advanced elements, such as object-oriented programming, working with MySQL and XML files or PHP PDO.</p>
<p><a href="http://smarterer.com">Test your knowledge</a> This is an interactive website where you can test your knowledge on a variety of software including PHP and MySQL.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.phpdynamic.com/">20 Great Online Resources to Learn PHP</a> Well-written blog format providing information on the basics of PHP.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.codecademy.com/tracks/php">Code Academy</a> Codecademy is an online interactive platform that offers free coding classes in programming languages like PHP.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.developphp.com/list_php.php">Develop PHP</a> Tutorials Learn PHP online for free at the Develop PHP school for webmasters.</p>
<p><a href="http://coursesweb.net/php-mysql/create-simple-website-php_t">coursesweb.net</a> These lessons are for beginners who are starting to learn PHP, but also can be useful for those who already have average knowledge about PHP programming and want to deepen more advanced elements, such as object-oriented programming, working with MySQL and XML files or PHP PDO.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.ironspider.ca/forms/index.htm">Interactive Forms</a>. The Interactive Forms section of Iron Spider contains a series of tutorials which will show you all the ins and outs of creating interactive web forms. Forms like these are commonly used to send emails, make entries into guestbooks, post to mailing lists and more.</p>
<p><a target="_blank" title="When to use MySQL, MySQLi, or PDO in PHP.." href="http://rudiv.se/Blog/programming/when-to-use-mysql-vs-mysqli-vs-pdo-in-php">When to use MySQL, MySQLi, or PDO in PHP </a> This article explains what the different methods for accessing a MySQL database are, and when you should use them.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.webdesignerdepot.com/2012/03/back-to-basics-how-to-code-an-html5-template/">Back to basics: how to code an HTML5 template </a></p>
<p><a href="http://sixrevisions.com/css/20_websites_learn_master_css/">20 Websites To Help You Learn and Master CSS</a>. A collection of 20 excellent websites that cover CSS from every aspect. This is the place to go to learn more about CSS. This collection was developed by <a href="http://sixrevisions.com/">Six Revisions</a>, a weblog that is excellent in its own right.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.dynamicdrive.com/style/">Dynamic Drive CSS Library</a>. This site has some excellent templates for CSS menus. They are available for personal use for free.</p>
<p><br /> <a href="http://fotoflexer.com/">FotoFlexer</a>. Claims to be the world's most advanced online image editor. This site can do actually do many of the things you would get in a program like Photoshop.</p>
<p><br /> <a href="http://www.blumentals.net/htmlpad/">Paint.Net</a>. A free program that is designed to replace Photoshop. It is very reliable and has received great reviews.</p>
<p><br /> <a href="http://www.freecsstemplates.org/css-templates/">Free CSS Templates</a>. A collection of more than 250 CSS based layouts that pass XHTML Strict validation.</p>
<p><br /> <a href="http://fireftp.mozdev.org/">Sitepoint CSS Reference</a>. One of the most detailed and up-to-date references on CSS that is available.</p>
<p><br /> <a href="http://creativecommons.org/">Creative Commons</a>. Provides free tools that let authors, scientists, artists, and educators easily mark their creative work with the freedoms they want it to carry. You can use CC to change your copyright terms from "All Rights Reserved" to "Some Rights Reserved."</p>
<p><br /> <a href="http://technotarget.com/freeware-software-for-web-designers/">Free Software for Web Designers</a>. A collection of useful programs and utilities for Web Designers.</p>
<p><br /> <a href="http://www.htmldog.com/">HTML Dog</a>. An excellent web designer's resource for everything HTML and CSS.</p>
<p><br /> <a href="http://www.timkadlec.com/post.asp?q=43">A Detailed Look at Stacking in CSS</a>. This page give a full discussion of the Z index as used in web design.</p>
<p><br /> <a href="http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2008/01/31/10-principles-of-effective-web-design/">10 Principles of Effective Web Design</a>. A very good summary of things to do and things to avoid.</p>
<p><br /> <a href="http://www.quirksmode.org/css/quirksmode.html">Erik Meyer</a>. One of the most well-known authors on CSS. This page lists many of his websites and other useful information.</p>
<p><br /> <a href="http://meyerweb.com/eric/css/edge/">CSS/EDGE</a>. "A search for new ways to approach Web-based design. It's a cry for creativity, and a stab at innovation. It's a playground and a proving ground. It's a rejection of what's practical in favor of what's possible."</p>
<p><br /> <a href="http://meyerweb.com/eric/articles/webrev/200001.html">Clean CSS</a>. A powerful CSS optimizer and formatter. Basically, it takes your CSS code and makes it cleaner and more concise.</p>
<p><br /> <a href="http://www.cssplay.co.uk/index">Experiments with Cascading Style Sheets</a>. Stuart Nicholls created this site in the hope that it will help newcomers to CSS and show old hands that it is more than just a mechanism for styling your documents. It is oh so much more.</p>
<p><br /> <a href="http://css-tricks.com/">CSS-Tricks</a>. A blog that covers advanced CSS topics.</p>
<p><br /> <a href="http://css-tricks.com/what-beautiful-html-code-looks-like/" target="_blank">HTML 5 Document Outline Algorithm.</a> "By now, we all know that <a href="http://coding.smashingmagazine.com/2010/12/10/why-we-should-start-using-css3-and-html5-today/" target="_blank">we should be using HTML5</a> to build websites. The discussion now is moving on to how to use HTML5 correctly. One important part of HTML5 that is still not widely understood is sectioning content: section, article, aside and nav. To understand sectioning content, we need to grasp the document outlining algorithm."</p>
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