Programming, Web, HTML, etc. development references

• Safari O'Reilly and others excellent technical books online and searchable. Viewing complete text requires paid subscription. I subscribe so I can search all the books instantly, get instant access to books I don't have and not lug 30 kg of O'reilly books from home to office every day. Awesome!@
Safari Secure login Old secure login

• Rob Schluter's most excellent searchable HTML tag list

Other useful references

• Microsoft SQL Server Excellent FAQ, etc.
• ASP, JavaScript, Jet SQL, Style Sheets, VBScript
• Free Java Certification Training and Web Technology Resources
• JavaScript resources
• Tutorials for W3C HTML, XHTML, CSS, XML, JavaScript, SQL, ASP, etc.
• Web Design Group HTML, XHTML, CSS, HTML, CSS validators, CGI test kit, Link validator etc. Ad free. Link/HTML validator can do whole web site at once!
• XML Tutorials, training, references. A HUGE listing!
• PerlScript

Favorite tools I use. Some free, some you purchase.

• SecureCRT shareware Terminal emulator, telnet, SSH telnet client.
• UltraEdit shareware Programmer's editor, multiple files, languages, hex editing, huge files many cool productive features.
• ExamDiffPro shareware Directory / File difference (Diff) utility. Easy re-compare, direct editing of files in diff windows. Real productivity booster!
• Cygwin freeware Unix utilities / interfaces for Windows

RFC

• RFC lookup by number
• RFC's in nice framed, searchable, linked, status, obsolescence etc. format. May not have all RFCs. Useful!
• Internet Official Protocol Standards

HTTP

• RFC 2616 HTTP/1.1
• RFC 1945 HTTP 1.0
• RFC 2045 MIME
• RFC 2965 Cookies: HTTP State Management Mechanism
• RFC 2964 Use of HTTP State Management
• The joys of HTTP redirect 301, 302, 303, 307
• Easy CGI
• Easy HTTP

C

• GCC at GNU.org
• C Programming Reference for DEC true64
• libc reference
• short essay on C language

C++

• STL tutorials:
  http://www.decompile.com/html/tut.html
  http://www.yrl.co.uk/~phil/stl/stl.htmlx
    Phil's C Course http://www.pottsoft.demon.co.uk/c_course/course.html
  http://www.cs.brown.edu/people/jak/proglang/cpp/stltut/tut.html
  http://www.codeproject.com/cpp/stlintroduction.asp
  C++ general:
  http://www.icce.rug.nl/documents/cplusplus/
  
  STL msdn samples:
  http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/vclang98/HTML/sample_make_pair_(STL_Sample).asp
  STL MSDN VC++ may need VS6 SP5 6/7/2001
  http://www.cs.rpi.edu/~musser/stl-book/index_10.html
  safestl:
  http://www.horstmann.com/safestl.html
  Some STL gotcha's 
  http://www.nanotech.wisc.edu/~khan/software/stl/STL.newbie.html
  Javascript EVents
  MSDN Library PC: Dynamic HTML: Understanding the Event Model
  
  

WAP

• WAP forum / OMA - Open Mobile Alliance
• WAP Specifications hard to find by logical navigation from WAP forum :-(
• Simple WAP tutorial (I haven't taken time to find an excellent one yet...)
• Simple WAP Security tutorial
• WAP tutorials, reference, validator at w3schools other WWW technologies too.
• WML validator from wapuseek
• WAP development with WML and WMLScript full text available with safari subscription.

Yet more...

• htonl() Don't ask - it hurts! Gory networking stuff.
• BSD sockets
• TCP/IP tutorial
• Microsoft's concept of TCP/IP
• BindNT freeware DNS server for W2000 Professional
• Ethereal freeware ethernet sniffer
• Ethernet Sniffing FAQ
• Practically Networked SOHO networking info and reviews.
• Practically Networked SonicWALL Review
• smallnetbuilder SOHO networking info and reviews.
• CVS manuals at cvshome.org
• http://www.time.gov/
• W3C html validation service including xhtml
• Computer Controlled Xmas Sunnyvale, Ca

• yahoo search for html tutorial
• yahoo search for html guide
• yahoo search for html tag reference
• Inter-Locale's Cool I18N locale settings demos

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