This information will help you complete your assignment and navigate the Internet. You will be
directed back to this page as required throughout the semester. Some of this material could end up on
the Exams. If you are looking for more advanced material, then search the net!!
Basics
Internet Applications and Utilities
The World Wide Web
HTML tutorials
- The CGS3063 HTML Tutorial. Covers
everything you have to know to complete the assignments. There is some advanced material, but it
concentrates on class related tasks. It is a work in progress and is likely to change through out
the semester.
- This tutorial covers topics we won't get
into but you might want to look at it. As a matter of warning, it does go quickly and expects
you to pick it up easily. It covers some forms and CGI stuff. Note: this tutorial is a little old.
- Another tutorial covering advanced topics. This one is
in progress (21 free lessons as of now, others if you pay). Unfortunately this site now requires
money for the advanced material. As this material is available free on the web, we don't think it
is worth paying for. It does go into more depth and has more examples than the others (covers some
advanced topics like: Javascript, CGI, DHTML, Stylesheets, etc).
- NCSA--A
Beginner's Guide to HTML.
- HTML Demonstration of fairly basic stuff. It
just quickly covers the material stopping with forms..
- Another tutorial with info about colors including hexadecimal codes
for use with html (font and body tags) as well as other info on special characters and such.
- When all else fails, look at what other people have done. This can be done by click on the
View menu in your browser window and selecting Document/Page/Frame
Source. This will show you exactly how others do their HTML magic (it won't show the
script code that may have been used though) (The words view, document, ... may vary according to
your browser) (Cut and pasting other people's code for your assignments is CHEATING, if you want to do things we don't teach then feel free to look
around, also you should have someone's permission if you are going to copy their stuff).
Recommended books
Note, for books on languages make sure you get the most current version.
- HTML: Holzschlag, Molly E. Using HTML 4.0 Special Edition, 1998.
- JavaScript: Flanagan, David. The definitive guide to JavaScript. O'Reilly, 1998.
- For an intro to Perl, Learning Perl O'Reilly, 1997.
- For the whole scoop, Programming Perl, 3rd edition by Larry Wall. O'Reilly, 2000.
Some places online that sell these books include
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