Resources
Throughout my years as a designer and Web developer I have come across many on-line resources that I find to be invaluable. Here I have compiled a list of some of my favorites separated into categories. Note: all links will be opened in a new window.
General Resources
- Good-Tutorials.com
- Just like it says, good tutorials!
- Pixel2life.com
- As far as collections of tutorials go, this is the motherload. Chances are if it's not here it has yet to be written.
- purephotoshop
- A fine collection to advance your Photoshop knowledge and technique. Not limited to Photoshop however despite the title of the site.
- SitePoint
- One of the greatest on-line community for Web Developers. The forums provide invaluable information to aid in just about any situation. This one's for the bookmarks.
- W3Schools
- A great place for people new to the web development arena to get their feet wet. It contains many great starter tutorials and quizes you on what you've learned.
CSS Resources
- centricle : css filters
- A handy quick reference chart and other info regarding common (and not so common) CSS hacks.
- CSS Beauty
- A nice CSS design showcase.
- CSS PLaY
- Experimental and advanced CSS techniques.
- CSS Vault
- A frequently updated collection of impressive CSS designed sites.
- CSS Zen Garden
- Showcase of sites emphasizing and encouraging the use of CSS design. This demonstrates nicely the separation of content and presentation.
- glish.com
- Various CSS layout techniques.
- Position Is Everything
- Techniques for creating better CSS layouts.
- Stylegala
- A publication about web design and standards.
JavaScript Resources
- DHTML Shock
- Lots of Dynamic HTML scripts to bring life to your website.
- Dynamic Drive DHTML
- Another great place to come for DHTML scripts. A bit more organized than the above.
- JavaScript Kit
- A large resource for JavaScript deveopers.
- Quirksmode
- Contains many CSS and JavaScript tips and tricks, and is a great source for studying and defeating browser incompatibilities.
Flash Resources
- actionscript.org
- A wide range of tutorials for beginners to advanced users of Flash and ActionScripting.
- Flash Guru
- There is a lot to find here in regards to the world of ActionScripting including discussion, tutorials, and many other sorts of informative Flash goodies.
- Flash Kit
- Filled with a wide range of tutorials, animations, sound effects, fonts and other things to aid in the development of Flash media.
- Prototype
- Excellent library for extending Actionscript's built in objects. A must see for more serious flash developers!
- ultrashock
- Filled to the brim with complex, downloadable Flash files which are very helpful to show how some very complex and useful components and effects can be created.
- Were-Here
PHP Resources
- Codewalkers
- PHP Classes
- PHP Freaks
- PHP Resource Index
- PHP Security Consordium
- Smarty Template Engine

