CMPT 165 Links

These are not "required readings," but they will help you get a better perspective on the topics covered in each Unit.

You might also want to see the Examples page, which contains the examples from the course guide.

Contents:

XHTML 1.0 Reference
Relative URLs
Logical vs. Physical Markup
mezzoblue Markup Guide
Bad HTML Tags, mostly how to get from transitional to strict markup.
Definition lists - misused or misunderstood? Discussion of proper usage of one tag in particular.
WDG's HTML validator (SFU mirror of WDG's HTML Validator)
W3C's HTML validator
Checky plug in for Mozilla adds validators and other page checkers to the right-click menu in Mozilla.
Language Codes, list of all of the codes that can be used to specify the language of particular content.
XHTML 1.0 Reference
The HTML 4.01 specification, the definitive specification—not exactly light reading.
The XHTML 1.0 specification, what is XHTML, exactly?

CSS1 Reference (SFU mirror of CSS1 Reference)
CSS2 Guide, a very nice CSS2 tutorial. It's a little old, so some of the "browsers don't support this" comments are no longer valid.
CSS2 reference, a little terse, but it will tell you what you need to know.
CSS Browser Support, a comparison of the CSS features that are supported by various browsers.
RBG Colour Chart, image containing a palette of colours and their 6-character colour code.
Layout examples with HTML/XHTML and CSS: (For this course, borrowing ideas is okay, copying code is not.)
More advanced CSS articles and sites:
- CSS/edge, experiments that push the limits of what CSS can do. Most work only in Netscape 7/Mozilla.
- The Noodle Incident, funny name, but excellent discussions of CSS design principles.
- css.maxdesign, great ideas for using CSS to fiddle with lists, floats and on using selectors.
- RichInStyle.com, several tutorials and tips for creating good style sheets.
Using Web Standards in Your Web Pages, practical tips to leave the old-school ways behind.
CSS validator, similar to an HTML validator, but it checks your style sheets.
CSS1 specification, formal specification of CSS1.
CSS2.1 specification, formal specification of CSS2.

Design a business card with style, discussion of design principles as they apply to business cards.
Alertbox, a bi-weekly column on web page and web site design. Some that might be of interest for students in this course:
Google, a web site that has gained popularity from good design (and being useful—it's all about content).
Quality Tips for Webmasters, some tips on what to do to make a technically good web site.
Semantic data extractor, a tool to extract heading info—the "Outline" should match your document if you've used headings properly.
Web Content Accessibility Guidelines
No-nos that ID you as an amateur, twelve things that you should avoid.
Current Web Style

How to Think Like a Computer Scientist: Learning with Python (SFU mirror of How to Think Like a Computer Scientist: Learning with Python)
Download Python, it would be tricky to run your programs without it.
Open Directory list of programming languages, a list of programming languages—as you can see, there are a lot of them.
Python Documentation (SFU mirror of Python Documentation)
- Tutorial (SFU mirror of Tutorial), maybe "tutorial" is a bit of an overstatement (it would be a good tutorial if you already knew how to program in another language).
- Built-in Functions (SFU mirror of Built-in Functions), the functions that are available in Python without loading any modules.
- Module Index (SFU mirror of Module Index), a big list of all of Python's built-in modules and what they contain.
Python for Non-Programmers, a collection of links to materials for people wanting to learn Python as a first language.
IDLE Toying, a tour of the IDLE environment under Windows.
Learning to Program, another beginner's guide to Python.

Teach Yourself Programming in Ten Years, or "why half a semester doesn't teach you everything."

World Wide Web