HTML and web technologies resources

The following are some useful resources available on the web:

Cascading Style Sheets, Level 1 specification (CSS1) (www.w3.org/TR/REC-CSS1) and Level 2 specification (CSS2) (www.w3.org/TR/REC-CSS2/) are the official specifications for style sheets from the World Wide Web Consortium.

HTML 4.01 specification (www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/) is the official specification for HTML from the World Wide Web Consortium.

Index DOT HTML (www.blooberry.com/indexdot/html/) is a comprehensive listing of HTML tags, attributes, and values, as well as their compatibility with the various browsers.

XHTML 1.0 specification (www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/) is the official specification for Extensible Hypertext Markup Language.

O’Reilly XML.com site (www.xml.com/) provides information, tutorials, and tips about Extensible Markup Language (XML), as well as other web technologies.

xFront site (www.xfront.com/rescuing-xslt.html) provides an introduction to XSL transformations for new users.

Microsoft ASP Overview pages (http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/dnasp/html/ASPover.asp) provide information about Active Server Pages (ASP).

Microsoft ASP.NET page (http://msdn.microsoft.com/asp.net/) provides information about ASP.NET.

Sun JSP page (http://java.sun.com/products/jsp/) provides information about JavaServer Pages (JSP).

PHP website (www.php.net/) provides information about PHP.

MySQL site (www.mysql.com/) provides information about MySQL.

Entities Table (www.bbsinc.com/iso8859.html) lists the entity names used in ISO 8859-1 (Latin-1).

Macromedia ColdFusion product page (www.macromedia.com/go/coldfusion/) provides information about ColdFusion.

Macromedia JRun Server product page (www.macromedia.com/go/jrun/) provides information about the JRun Java application server.

Web Services Demystified (www.sitepoint.com/article/692) explains what web services are and how they work.

JavaScript Bible, by Danny Goodman (IDG Books), comprehensively covers the JavaScript 1.2 language.

JavaScript: The Definitive Guide, by David Flanagan (O’Reilly & Associates), provides reference information for every JavaScript function, object, method, property, and event handler.

CGI Resource Index (www.cgi-resources.com/) is a repository of all things related to CGI, including ready-made scripts, documentation, books, and even programmers for hire.

Common Gateway Interface site (http://hoohoo.ncsa.uiuc.edu/cgi/) includes an introduction to CGI.