Web Programming Step by Step, by Marty Stepp, Jessica Miller, and Victoria Kirst

References

This page lists every link and reference that is included at the end of each chapter of the textbook. We hope it will give you a convenient way to check out the references from the book without having to type them in manually. Special thanks to Ewout B. from the Netherlands, who suggested the idea of this page!

Chapter 1: The Internet and WWW

Senator Ted Stevens explains internet: http://youtube.com/watch?v=f99PcP0aFNE
A Brief History of the Internet: http://www.isoc.org/internet/history/brief.shtml
Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF): http://www.ietf.org/
IETF Requests for Comments (RFCs): http://www.ietf.org/rfc.html
Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN): http://www.icann.org/
World Wide Web Consortium (W3C): http://www.w3.org/
HowStuffWorks: What is an IP address? http://computer.howstuffworks.com/question549.htm
What Is My IP address: http://www.whatismyip.com/
List of all TCP and UDP port numbers: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_TCP_and_UDP_port_numbers
Apache web server project: http://www.apache.org/
Mozilla Firefox web browser: http://www.getfirefox.com/
Opera web browser: http://www.opera.com/
List of top-level domains: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Internet_top-level_domains
ICANN rejects proposal for .xxx top-level domain: http://news.com.com/ICANN+rejects+.xxx+domain/2100-1047_3-6071124.html
List of all HTTP error codes: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Http_error_codes
List of MIME types (alphabetical): http://www.w3schools.com/media/media_mimeref.asp
List of MIME types (by file extension): http://www.webmaster-toolkit.com/mime-types.shtml
Homestar Runner: http://www.homestarrunner.com/

Chapter 2: HTML Basics

List of all HTML tags: http://www.w3schools.com/tags/default.asp
List of HTML character entities: http://www.w3schools.com/tags/ref_entities.asp
W3C XHTML 1.1 Specification: http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml11/
W3C XHTML 1.1 Elements Reference: http://www.w3.org/2007/07/xhtml-basic-ref.html
Differences between HTML/XHTML: http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/#diffs
HTML 4.01 specification: http://www.w3.org/TR/html401
Original HTML proposal: http://www.w3.org/MarkUp/draft-ietf-iiir-html-01.txt
W3C XHTML validator: http://validator.w3.org/
Wikipedia - XHTML: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xhtml
Wikipedia - Web standards: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_standards

Chapter 3: CSS for Styling

W3 List of all CSS properties: http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/propidx.html
W3 CSS 2.1 Specification: http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/
W3C CSS validator: http://jigsaw.w3.org/css-validator/
Wikipedia, CSS: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cascading_Style_Sheets
Fonts of each operating system: http://www.apaddedcell.com/web-fonts
W3Schools CSS color names: http://www.w3schools.com/css/css_colors.asp
HTML color code table 1: http://html-color-codes.com/
HTML color code table 2: http://www.december.com/html/spec/colorhex.html

Chapter 4: Page Layout

W3C CSS2 Specification: http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-CSS2/
W3C Schools CSS2 Reference: http://www.w3schools.com/css/css_reference.asp
W3Schools CSS Tutorial: http://www.w3schools.com/Css/default.asp
EchoEcho.Com CSS Tutorial: http://www.echoecho.com/css.htm
CSS by Quirksmode: http://www.quirksmode.org/css/contents.html
CSS Specificity Wars: http://www.stuffandnonsense.co.uk/archives/css_specificity_wars.html
CSS Float Theory: Things You Should Know by Smashing Magazine: http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2007/05/01/css-float-theory-things-you-should-know/
CSS Positioning by Relatively Absolute http://www.autisticcuckoo.net/archive.php?id=2004/12/07/relatively-absolute
CSS Positioning in 10 Steps http://www.barelyfitz.com/screencast/html-training/css/positioning/
Web Design from Scratch: Block and Inline elements http://www.webdesignfromscratch.com/css-block-and-inline.cfm
CSS Zen Garden: http://www.csszengarden.com/
Most Useful 50 CSS Tips And Tools For Webmasters by Emma Alvarez http://www.emmaalvarez.com/2008/04/most-useful-50-css-tips-and-tools-for.html
Internet Explorer Layout Hacks 1: http://www.tdrake.net/ie7-hacks/
Internet Explorer Layout Hacks 2: http://www.positioniseverything.net/ie-primer.html
Internet Explorer Layout Hacks 3: http://www.satzansatz.de/cssd/onhavinglayout.html
Should I Use Tables for Layout?: http://shouldiusetablesforlayout.com/

Chapter 5: PHP for Server-Side Programming

PHP home page: http://www.php.net/
Types: http://www.php.net/manual/en/language.types.php
Operators: http://www.php.net/manual/en/language.operators.php
Expressions: http://www.php.net/manual/en/language.expressions.php
Math functions: http://www.php.net/manual/en/ref.math.php
String functions: http://www.php.net/strings
Control statements: http://www.php.net/if
Array functions: http://www.php.net/manual/en/ref.array.php
File system functions: http://www.php.net/manual/en/ref.filesystem.php
W3Schools PHP tutorial: http://www.w3schools.com/PHP/
Practical PHP Programming (free online PHP book): http://hudzilla.org/phpwiki/PHP Cookbook: http://commons.oreilly.com/wiki/index.php/PHP_Cookbook
PHP security guide: http://phpsec.org/php-security-guide.pdf
Programming languages and beards: http://blogs.microsoft.co.il/blogs/tamir/archive/2008/04/28/computer-languages-and-facial-hair-take-two.aspx
words.txt input file: http://webster.cs.washington.edu/words.txt

Chapter 6: HTML Forms and Server-Side Data

W3C XHTML Controls: http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/interact/forms.html
W3Schools HTML forms tutorial: http://www.w3schools.com/html/html_forms.asp
EchoEcho.com UI controls tutorial: http://www.echoecho.com/htmlforms04.htm
Browser Compatibility and Styling Form Controls: http://www.456bereastreet.com/archive/200409/styling_form_controls/
List of character URL-encodings: http://www.w3schools.com/TAGS/ref_urlencode.asp
PHP superglobals: http://www.php.net/manual/en/reserved.variables.php
Quirksmode - Styling and laying out forms: http://www.quirksmode.org/css/forms.html
CSS fun with forms: http://www.picment.com/articles/css/funwithforms/
Fancy form design using CSS: http://www.sitepoint.com/article/fancy-form-design-css/
PHP handling file uploads: http://www.php.net/features.file-upload

Chapter 7: JavaScript for Interactive Web Pages

ECMAScript Specification: http://www.ecma-international.org/publications/standards/Ecma-262.htm
Mozilla Developer Center - Core JavaScript 1.5 Guide: http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Core_JavaScript_1.5_Guide
Mozilla Developer Center - Core JavaScript 1.5 Reference: http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Core_JavaScript_1.5_Reference
Microsoft Developer Network - JScript Language Reference: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/yek4tbz0(VS.85).aspx
W3 Schools style DOM object properties: http://www.w3schools.com/HTMLDOM/dom_obj_style.asp
W3 Schools JavaScript Tutorial: http://www.w3schools.com/js/default.asp
JavaScript: The Definitive Guide: http://books.google.ie/books?id=VOS6IlCsuU4C
ppk on JavaScript by Quirksmode: http://www.quirksmode.org/js/contents.html
JSLint syntax checker: http://www.jslint.com/

Chapter 8: The Document Object Model (DOM)

Seven Rules of Unobtrusive JavaScript: http://icant.co.uk/articles/seven-rules-of-unobtrusive-javascript/
Mozilla DOM reference, window: https://developer.mozilla.org/En/DOM:window
W3Schools DOM tutorial: http://www.w3schools.com/htmldom/
W3Schools, DOM node reference: http://www.w3schools.com/dom/dom_node.asp
Quirksmode DOM tutorial: http://www.quirksmode.org/dom/intro.html
Ryan's DOM tutorial: http://www.pageresource.com/dhtml/ryan/part4-1.html
GUIStuff, DOM Modifications: http://www.guistuff.com/javascript/js_dom_a2.html

Chapter 9: Events and the Prototype Library

Prototype home page: http://www.prototypejs.org/
How Prototype Extends the DOM: http://www.prototypejs.org/learn/extensions
Prototype reference chart: http://www.developer.com/img/2007/01/prototype1280.png
Quirksmode, intro to events: http://www.quirksmode.org/js/introevents.html
Quirksmode, event compatibility: http://www.quirksmode.org/dom/events/
Quirksmode, mouse events: http://www.quirksmode.org/js/events_mouse.html
Quirksmode, detecting keystrokes: http://www.quirksmode.org/js/keys.html
Wikipedia, ASCII tables: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ascii
Switch on the Code, Using setInterval and setTimeout: http://blog.paranoidferret.com/index.php/2007/09/06/javascript-tutorial-using-setinterval-and-settimeout/
JavaScript Madness, Keyboard Events: http://unixpapa.com/js/key.html

Chapter 10: Ajax and XML for Accessing Data

Ajax, A New Approach to Web Applications, by Jesse James Garrett (coined "Ajax" term): http://www.adaptivepath.com/ideas/essays/archives/000385.php
Google Code University Ajax Tutorial: http://code.google.com/edu/ajax/tutorials/ajax-tutorial.html
W3Schools Ajax tutorial: http://www.w3schools.com/Ajax/
Tizag Ajax tutorial: http://www.tizag.com/ajaxTutorial/
Prototype, Introduction to Ajax: http://www.prototypejs.org/learn/introduction-to-ajax
Modelworks Ajax tutorial: http://www.modelworks.com/ajax.html
Wikipedia, XMLHttpRequest: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XMLHttpRequest
Wikipedia, XML: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XML
W3Schools XML DOM tutorial: http://www.w3schools.com/dom/default.asp
Microsoft beginner's guide to the XML DOM: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa468547.aspx
DevGuru XML DOM reference: http://www.devguru.com/Technologies/xmldom/QuickRef/xmldom_intro.html
Mozilla Developer Center, JavaScript exception-handling statements: https://developer.mozilla.org/en/Core_JavaScript_1.5_Guide/Exception_Handling_Statements

Chapter 11: Relational Databases and SQL

FirstSQL.com SQL tutorial: http://www.firstsql.com/tutor1.htm
PHP MySQL manual: http://www.php.net/mysql
Wikipedia - SQL: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SQL
W3Schools PHP database tutorial: http://www.w3schools.com/PHP/
Custom error handling in PHP: http://php.dzone.com/news/custom-error-handling-php
PHP error handling: http://www.w3schools.com/php/php_error.asp
PHP MySQL functions: http://www.php.net/manual/en/ref.mysql.php
SQL for Web Nerds: http://philip.greenspun.com/sql/
Tutorials Point, MySQL tutorial: http://www.tutorialspoint.com/mysql/
MySQL home page: http://www.mysql.com/
MySQL documentation: http://dev.mysql.com/doc/
MySQL operators and function reference: http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/6.0/en/func-op-summary-ref.html
MySQL operator precedence: http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/6.0/en/operator-precedence.html

Chapter 12: Web 2.0 and Scriptaculous

Wikipedia - Web 2.0: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_2.0
Grid Design Basics: http://dev.opera.com/articles/view/grid-design-basics-grids-for-web-page-l/
Smashing Magazine, Design Reference: http://www.smashingmagazine.com/
10 Principles of Effective Web Design: http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2008/01/31/10-principles-of-effective-web-design/
Patterns in Interaction Design: http://www.welie.com/
W3C content accessibility guidelines: http://www.w3.org/TR/WAI-WEBCONTENT/
Designing accessible tables: http://www.netmechanic.com/news/vol4/accessibility_no16.htm
Scriptaculous home page: http://script.aculo.us/
Scriptaculous wiki (API): http://wiki.github.com/madrobby/scriptaculous
Scriptaculous tutorial: http://www.tutorialspoint.com/script.aculo.us/
Dijit Toolkit: http://dojotoolkit.org/developer/dijit

Chapter 13: Going Live: Creating/Launching a Website

Wikipedia - Use Case: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Use_case
Apache Web Server: http://httpd.apache.org/
Google AdWords: https://adwords.google.com/
Wikipedia - Search Engine Optimization: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Search_engine_optimization
Wikipedia - PageRank: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PageRank
Wikipedia - nofollow: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nofollow
Google Analytics: http://www.google.com/analytics/
Google Webmaster Tools: https://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/
Google AdSense: https://www.google.com/adsense/
Wikipedia - Intellectual Property: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intellectual_property
Wikipedia - Copyright: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyrights
Wikipedia - Trademark: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trademark

Appendix A: Database Design

Wikipedia - Database design: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Database_design
Wikipedia - Data Definition Language: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drop_(SQL)
Database Design for Mere Mortals: http://www.amazon.com/Database-Design-Mere-Mortals-Hands/dp/0201752840/
Database Modeling and Design: Logical Design: http://www.amazon.com/Database-Modeling-Design-Kaufmann-Management/dp/0126853525/