Tools & Resources
Helpful Online Tools
Reference Guides from W3Schools
- HTML: tags ordered alphabetically or tags ordered by function
- CSS: CSS Properties Reference
- JavaScript Javascript Properties and Methods
Code Validators & Accessibility Checkers
- WAVE (Web accessibility checker)
- W3C HTML Validator
- W3C CSS Validator
Code Editors
Helpful Browser Extensions
Both of the following extensions are available for either Chrome or Firefox.
Learning About Content Creation (Writing)
- Grammar.com - Offers many articles on grammar topics as well as a grammar check.
- Grammar Girl - A variety of articles on different grammar questions.
- Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL) - A variety of writing resources as well as citation guides.
Learning about HTML
- W3Schools HTML Tutorial
- HTML 5 Spec - the definitive source, but not easy reading!
Learning About CSS
- W3Schools CSS Tutorial
- CSS Zen Garden - a site that demonstrates the potential of CSS
Learning About Javascript
- W3Schools Javascript Tutorial
- Eloquent JavaScript - free online book by Marijn Haverbeke
Learning About Web Accessibility
- Creating Accessible Websites - the official UW site
- Introduction to Web Accessibility - online tutorial from WebAIM
- Accessibility Fundamentals - from the W3C
Learning About Everything
The following websites have free tutorials on HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, plus several other popular programming languages.