Reference & Tutorials:
Google Code University
At the Google Code University (GCU) does not require registration and materials are free to use. It includes tutorials and courses on advanced topics, video lectures and exercises. Find courses like Intro to Distributed System Design, and HTML, CSS and Javascript from the Ground Up and lots of info on web security.
HTML5 Cheat Sheet
If you’re interested in getting started with HTML5, you will probably appreciate the HTML5 cheat sheet posted by Smashing Magazine. Even though HTML5 won’t be completely supported until 2022 it looks like it’s already on it’s way to becoming popular. SmashingMagazine promised to update this cheat sheet as new changes are being published.
HTML5 Specification (Editors’ Draft)
The ultimate resource for learning HTML5 is its specification. W3 is the authority behind the HTML5 specification. The HTML5 specification in the link is still not in its final version but this is the basis for HTML5, so dramatic changes are unlikely to happen in the final version.
Scripts Directory and Tutorials
Browse through a directory of over 40,000 dynamic development tools, programming scripts for more than 16 programming languages as well as informational resources including books and tutorials on hotscripts.com. You’ll find things like PHP clone scripts, plugins and add-ons AJAX tutorials, free Java Scripts, Ruby on Rails scripts and ASP.NET resources.
Thousands of Photoshop Tutorials
Photoshop is a huge program and can be overwhelming at time. But learning little tips and tricks here and there will turn you into a Photoshop pro sooner or later! You can add to your repertoire of Photoshop tricks through the thousands of tutorials offered on Tutorialized. Learn photo effects from user submitted tutorials like the mad horror clown , or a fish eye effect. The site also offers links to tutorials on brushes, buttons, animations and more. Unfortunately the design of the site is pretty annoying, because each submitted tutorial is served through a frame, so prepare to scroll a lot…
HTML5 Visual Cheat Sheet
If you want to learn HTML5, or are already using it, having a cheat sheet like the one on WoorkUp.com will be very useful. It’s designed as a grid with HTML tags and their related attributes supported by HTML 5. You can print it or download through Scribd.
HTML5 Reference
For a comprehensive explanation and reference of HTML5, visit W3′s site. The page is very detailed and in depth, but it also has a getting started section that will help you create a sample document.
CIA’s World Fact Book: Free Statistics
To get statistic on all kinds of facts from around the world, check out the CIA’s World Fact Book. The World Factbook provides information on the history, people, government, economy, geography, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues for 266 world entities. The continuously updated site also includes pictures, flags, maps and time zones.
Check for example statistics of the US: you get info on age, ethnicity, education, mobile cellular use, internet domains, transportation, comparisons to other countries, income, public debt, imports and exports, HIV/AIDS, natural resources and hazards and more.
If you’re targeting visitors from other countries, this site is a great resource to get started collecting basic world market information.
List Of Special Characters in HTML
Use this handy list of special characters in HTML at Degraeve as a quick reference in your website projects. Find code for special characters, including mathematical expressions, foreign language characters, arrows and more.
Unicode Standard Characters
For info on thousands of Unicode Standards characters, visit Unicode.org. In the Unicode Character charts you’ll find scripts and symbols as PDF downloads.
You may need to look in several locations to find your character: “Punctuation and symbols are applicable across a very wide range of usages and scripts (writing systems). Even the notion of a script itself is not well-defined; text in a given language may make use of characters from multiple scripts. For example, the digits 0-9 are in widespread use; the Devanagari danda is used across many Indic scripts.”
