Difference between revisions of "Programming"

Latest revision as of 10:27, 10 March 2014

This is a page for programming resources.

Websites

• W3Schools Free Web Building Tutorials
• Comparing Open Source Content Management Systems An analysis from Techsoup.
• Ultimate .htaccess tutorial
• The Absolute Minimum Every Software Developer Absolutely, Positively Must Know About Unicode and Character Sets (No Excuses!)
• How To Make a Web Site the Modern Way
• shitformakingwebsites.com Useful web development resources

Accessibility

• Free accessibilty validators round-up from htmlgoodies.com

HTML 5

• HTML 5 Tutorial from w3schools.com
• HTML 5 - Background, Basics & Examples slide deck from Klaus Birkenbihl of ISOC.DE
• HTML5 CSS3 Fundamentals Development for Absolute Beginners Microsoft video tutorials

Javascript

• Javascript Crockford guide

Accessible Javascript Libraries and Frameworks

• The AccDC API is designed to provide the most reliable JavaScript interface possible for rendering dynamic content accessibly with equal results across jQuery, Dojo, and MooTools.
• All of the interaction designs within the AccDC Technical Style Guide and Coding Arena combine the three principles, Keyboard, Screen Reader, and Cognitive Accessibility, in order to provide the most accessible component designs possible for engineers, educators, and AT vendors to compare and test functionality within a fully interactive sandbox environment.

JSON

• Introducing JSON

CSS

• CSS Colors: Take Control Using PHP tricks to make color gradients in CSS
• Learn CSS Positioning in Ten Steps Tutorial
• CSS Color Names

Icons

• Icons etc Royalty Free Icons & Clipart Stock Images

Ajax

• AjaxDaddy Ajax examples in action
• AJAX Libraries API content distribution network and loading architecture for the most popular open source JavaScript libraries

Misc Tools

• Web Data Encoder encodes text into various machine-readable encodings e.g. html entities

PHP

• Learning PHP, Part 1 Free online course from IBM

Color

• Color Theory lessons Tutorial
• 4096 Color Wheel Get hex color codes
• Color Wizard Theme color matcher
• Color Theme Chooser Theme color matcher

Video

• Video datasheets Comparison of encoding methods at popular video hosting sites.
• Live Broadcasting report Comparison of live webcasting services.
• Video Blogging Toolbox 100 Tools, Resources, and Free Software Packages.
• JW FLV MEDIA PLAYER embeddable flash player
• SWFObject Javascript Flash Player detection and embed script
• New file extensions & mime types flash player developments
• YouTube Chromeless Player Reference make your own YouTube player!
• 50 YouTube (and Online Video) Tips and Tricks
• Datagoround Lab - free mp4 fast-start utility
• Optimal Frame Dimensions for Flash Video for both SD and HD.
• Avanti GUI is a free (Windows) front-end for FFmpeg with the option to insert Avisynth as pre-processor.
• Miro Video Converter free video converter
• Quicktime 7.62 - classic version
• PiTiVi Free linux video editor.
• 25 Flash Video Resources You Might Have Missed from streamingmedia.com

YouTube

• A Guide to YouTube Removals from EFF
• YouTube Player Parameters

Facebook

• Extending Facebook Static FBML tabs with Dynamic Content
• free apps from Involver
• Shopping Cart app from ecwid

WordPress

• Show In A Box Videoblogging toolkit
• A Visual Guide to Installing WordPress for the Complete Novice from WordPress Modder
• Almost Perfect htaccess File for WordPress Blogs
• Protect Your WordPress WP-Config So You Don’t Get Hacked
• WPelements.com "an organic look at WordPress design"
• WordPress Modder "Customizing WordPress just got easy"
• Did your WordPress site get hacked? more fixes
• 10 Best Twitter Tools for Wordpress Blogs
• Wordpress Theme Generator This online generator creates your own custom unique WordPress Theme
• The Beginner's Guide to Tricking Out Your WordPress Blog from Lifehacker
• Rob Larsen: HTML 5 and WordPress
• 60+ Latest High-Quality Free WordPress Themes as of Feb 2010
• Gravity Forms recommended forms plugin ($39)
• Hardening Wordpress security tips

Mailman

• Mailman FAQ
• How do I create a newsletter, announcement, or one-way list?

Streaming

• Flash Media Encoder 2 encode flash live stream ($$)
• LiveStream free streaming service
• ustream.tv free streaming service
• SlideSync/SlideScroller Plugin for JW Player 5.x create a synchronized slide show entirely within the JW player.

Security

• Malicious iframe attack

Remote Access

• TeamViewer Remote access, VPN from mobile devices

Other

• wkhtmltopdf html to pdf converter.

ARIA - Accessible Rich Internet Applications - Training

• How Browsers Interact with Screen Readers and Where ARIA Fits in the Mix
• Why There are Only Two Ways to Make ARIA Widgets Programmatically Focusable for Screen Reader Users
• The Importance of Keyboard Accessibility & Why ARIA Widgets Don’t Work as Expected in Voice Navigation Software
• The Roles Model | Accessible Rich Internet Applications (WAI-ARIA)
• Supported States and Properties | Accessible Rich Internet Applications (WAI-ARIA)

Screen Reader User Statistics

• WebAIM: Screen Reader User Survey #5 Results (2014)