Links To External Websites
This is the Dandy Web Design links page...
Website technology is a complicated subject with so many different methods out there. However the Internet itself is also vast and a great repository of information.
The following links all relate directly to the web-development ideas covered by this website. All have proved extremely useful at one time or another, and if what you are looking for is not covered then Google™ for it!
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Google The name needs little introduction,
without question one of the best search engines on the 'net.
Enter your
search keywords into the box and away you go, click the
Google logo for an advanced search... - »W3C - World Wide Web Standards Consortium The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) develops interoperable technologies (specifications, guidelines, software, and tools) to lead the Web to its full potential. W3C is a forum for information, commerce, communication, and collective understanding.
- »HTML A detailed reference guide to HTML (including xHTML). This is the mark-up language used to form webpages and which tell your browser how to display them.
- »CSS A detailed reference guide to CSS (Cascading Style Sheets). CSS is a simple means to control the appearance of the website from an external file without having to embed formatting instructions within the HTML.
- »JavaScript A versatile scripting language used in millions of webpages to improve the design, validate forms, detect browsers, create cookies, enable DHTML and more...
- »DHTML Dynamic HTML - A combination of HTML, CSS and JavaScript technologies used to create dynamic and interactive websites.
- »Apache The definitive web-server. An open-source project freely available to all, Apache is the back-bone of the Internet serving the vast majority of pages.
- »Perl A stable, cross platform programming language. It is used for mission critical projects in the public and private sectors and is widely used to program web applications of all types. This can make a website highly dynamic and as interactive as you wish. This may be especially useful to those involved in commerce.
- »MySQL An open-source database. MySQL can provide database functionality to your website and has the advantage of being open source - free! MySQL provides powerful functionality and is a key part of LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, Perl), a fast growing open source enterprise software stack. More and more companies are using LAMP as an alternative to expensive proprietary software stacks because of its lower costs without the need for expensive licenses.
»Firefox Browser A high quality freely available browser
with secure user-friendly features; The latest offering from the Mozilla
stable, a serious competitor to Microsoft's Internet Explorer...