CMSC122 Resources

Resources

Validators

HTML Validator http://validator.w3.org/#validate-by-upload
CSS Validator http://jigsaw.w3.org/css-validator/
Link Checker http://validator.w3.org/checklink/

HTML/CSS References

JavaScript Resources

http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Core_JavaScript_1.5_Reference
JavaScript Lint - http://www.javascriptlint.com/online_lint.php NOTE: When using Lint, it is recommended you fix the first error found and then run lint again. Process each error using this approach.

HTML Editors

Photo Editing Software

Dealing with Colors

HTML Color Values
Color Wheel colorWheel.png
Web 2.0 Colors http://www.modernlifeisrubbish.co.uk/article/web-2.0-colour-palette
Color Schemer http://www.colorschemer.com/online.html
Background Gradient Image Generator http://www.allcrunchy.com/Web_Stuff/Gradient_Generator/
Grab web site colors http://www.colorcombos.com/
Get color palette that matches an image http://www.degraeve.com/color-palette/

Favicons

Tool to generate favicons http://www.htmlkit.com/services/favicon/

Tools To Generate Round Corners

Additional Resources

File Transfer Clients

WinSCP FTP Client WinSCP FTP Client (Windows)
SSH/SCP GUI for Mac. Although you already have ssh/scp available as part of Mac OS X you may find fugu( http://rsug.itd.umich.edu/software/fugu/) helpful.

Clients to Connect to Remote Machines

VPN Client

VPN at UMCP

TerpConnect

You can have a web page via TerpConnect. Additional information is available at: http://www.terpconnect.umd.edu/

Class Announcements and Associated RSS Feed

Class announcements are located at Class Announcements. You should check announcements often (at least once every day). Notice that this announcements page is made possible through the forum software and unlike the class forum you cannot modify/post to this page.

You can also receive the class announcements by subscribing to the announcements RSS Feed and receive announcements via your favorite RSS reader. Keep in mind that there might be a delay (20 minutes or more) in receiving messages via the feed. To subscribe to the feed:

Make sure your browser/system has a RSS Reader. In firefox you may use several RSS Reader extensions (e.g., Simple RSS Reader (SRR))
You need to import the Computer Science Department root certificate into your browser as described in http://www.cs.umd.edu/faq/rootcert/
The announcements RSS Link is: https://forum.cs.umd.edu/external.php&?type=RSS2&forumids=126