Beginner's Walk - Web Development

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HTML – Basics Required For Making Web Sites

HTML For Beginners By Nongjian Zhou
- Basic tags and Page Structure
- Elements
- Attributes
- Paragraph, Divs, Tables
- Design, Formatting Tags – Style Declaration (Basic CSS)
- Div Page Design – Why using tables for layout is bad
- Protocols – HTTP, Port Numbers, SSL (HTTPS)
- URL-encode (for specifying addresses in hyperlinks) / HTML Encode (for representing entities in HTML)
- What not to use
- Designing for different browsers / Cross Browser Compatibility / Quirks vs Standards Mode
- XHTML schema, and how to target it

CSS

CSS For Beginners By Nongjian Zhou
- Syntax
- Text Properties
- Borders, Margins, Padding - Differences in how these are rendered in different browsers
- Positioning
- Cross Browser Issues, CSS 2.1

JavaScript

JavaScript For Beginners By Nongjian Zhou
- Syntax
- Functions
- DOM access, Event Handlers
- Applications
- Class Resources
- Libraries

ASP.NET

General Overview
- Introduction to ASP.NET and AJAX By Suchi Banerjee
- How web forms (page design) compare to basic HTML forms
ASP.NET Events
- What they are
- How/when are they fired
- How to use them
- Event Procedure
ASP.NET application and page life cycle By Shivprasad koirala
- GET vs POST for Beginners
- Web.Config – how to set it up, etc.
User State By N a v a n e e t h
- Viewstate – What, why, when to use, when not to use By Abhijit Jana
- ViewState: Various ways to reduce performance overhead By Brij
- Caching By Abhijit Jana
- Session By Abhijit Jana
- Application State and Application Object By Brij
- Cookies By Abhijit Jana
- Other methods (static variables, application variables, file storage, database storage)
Data Binding
- Simple (i.e. fields) By Qwertie
- Complex (list and datagrid)
- Database Access Using Basic ADO.NET By Huseyin Altindag
ASP.NET User Interface
- ASP.NET controls (text boxes, buttons etc) and writing your own User- and Custom-controls
- Theming and Skinning
- Inserting and using JavaScript By SeaWater
- Inserting and using Stylesheets By SeaWater
- Ajax (basic)
- IsPostback - what is it? When does it not occur? By ThirstyMind
- IsCallback
- Custom Sorting with Jquery UI By Farooq Kaiser
- Exploring ASP.NET Validators By Brij
Incorporating JavaScript
- Embedding JavaScript into DLL's by AspDotNetDev
- Interacting with Server Controls
Design Guidelines, Usability and Accessibility
Resources
- Including Resources in your web application (WebResource.axd)
- App_Data directory - By Abhijit Jana
- App_Resources Directory - By Abhijit Jana
- App_Code - By Abhijit Jana
- App_GlobalResources - By Abhijit Jana
- App_Themes - By Abhijit Jana
- App_Browsers - By Abhijit Jana
Internationalization
- Web Site vs. Web Application, Deployment
- Localizing ASP.NET MVC - By Farooq kaiser
- Beginner's Guide : Exploring IIS 6.0 With ASP.NET - By Abhijit Jana
- Deployment of a Website on IIS By Brij
- Configuration Overview: ASP.NET By Brij
Testing
- Errors – syntax, logic, testing, debugging, tracing
- Beginner Guide to Page and Script Debugging with Chrome By Dave Auld
- Mastering Debugging in Visual Studio 2010 - A Beginner's Guide - By Abhijit Jana
- Debugging Your ASP.NET Application Hosted on IIS - By Abhijit Jana
- Remote IIS Debugging : Debug your ASP.NET Application which is hosted on "Remote IIS Server" - By Abhijit Jana
Web Services
- Building and consuming web services
- Creating and Consuming Your First WCF Service - By Farooq kaiser
- Test Your ASP.NET WebService using SoapUI - By Abhijit Jana
Cross browser issues – App_Browsers directory – and targeting different devices using the same code

PHP

General Overview
- Basic Syntax
- Using Operators, Functions, Statements, Namespaces, Exceptions, etc.
- GET vs POST
Basics
- Page Creation
- Inserting PHP Script
- Files — create, read/write, open, delete, etc.
Objects
- Overview
- Constructors and Destructors
- Class Definitions
- Object Iteration
Function Reference
APC
Error Handling
Database Extensions
Directory
Filesystem
FTP
HTTP
libxml
XML Parser
Session Handling
Web Services
- SCA
- SOAP
- XML
- RPC
Libraries
MySQL
SQLite
LDAP servers

Ajax

General Overview
- What is it, how does it work, older methods that were used (hidden IFRAMEs etc)
- When not to use it
HTTP Requests
- GET vs POST and how they work in general
Ajax Frameworks – ASP.NET Ajax – UpdatePanel
Ajax Frameworks – ASP.NET Ajax – Ajax Control Toolkit
Introducing AJAX for ASP.NET with Prototype By Neal Bailey
Ajax Frameworks – jQuery By Farooq kaiser
AJAX with ASP.NET MVC By Farooq Kaiser
Beginner’s Guide to Adding Ajax to a Web Page
Widgets and Components
User Interface Guidelines
ASP.NET AJAX extensions - Understanding OOP By Petr Pechovic

Security

Security – Cross Site Scripting
Security – SQL Injection by Colin Angus Mackay
Security – HTML Injection
Security – Spoofing and Phishing
Security – Handling Passwords and Logins
Security – General Overview – all possible threats

History

November 22, 2008 -- Initial Version Posted
November 25, 2008 -- Added:
- HTML For Beginners By Nongjian Zhou
- CSS For Beginners By Nongjian Zhou
- SQL Injection Attacks and Some Tips on How to Prevent Them By Colin Angus Mackay
December 5, 2008 -- Added:
- PHP Section
December 7, 2008 -- Added:
- Beginner's Guide To ASP.NET Application Folder - By Abhijit Jana
December 20, 2008 -- Added:
- Beginner's Guide to Cookies By Abhijit Jana
- Beginner's Guide to View State By Abhijit Jana
- Beginner's Guide to Asp.net Application Folder By Abhijit Jana
- Exploring Caching in ASP.NET By Abhijit Jana
December 22, 2008 -- Added:
- A Detailed Data Binding Tutorial By Qwertie
- Using ADO.NET for BeginnersBy Huseyin Altindag
December 23, 2008 -- Added:
- Beginners Introduction to State Management Techniques in ASP.NET By N a v a n e e t h
January 15, 2009 -- Added:
- Exploring Session in ASP.NET By Abhijit Jana
January 22, 2009 -- Added:
- JavaScript For Beginners By Nongjian Zhou
- ASP.NET Page Lifecycle By Vivek Thakur
February 5, 2009 -- Added:
- Inserting and using JavaScript By SeaWater
- Inserting and using Stylesheets By SeaWater
- IsPostback - what is it? When does it not occur? By ThirstyMind
June 11, 2009 -- Added:
- Debugging Your ASP.NET Application Hosted on IIS - By Abhijit Jana
June 11, 2009 -- Added:
- Introduction to ASP.NET and AJAX By Suchi Banerjee
July 16, 2009 -- Added:
- Remote IIS Debugging : Debug your ASP.NET Application which is hosted on "Remote IIS Server" - By Abhijit Jana
August 11, 2009 -- Added:
- Test Your ASP.NET WebService using SoapUI - By Abhijit Jana
September 30, 2009 -- Added:
- Beginner's Guide : Exploring IIS 6.0 With ASP.NET - By Abhijit Jana
April 10, 2010 -- Added:
- Exploring ASP.NET Validators By Brij
- Deployment of a Website on IIS - By Brij
- Configuration Overview: ASP.NET By Brij
May 8, 2010 -- Added
- Mastering Debugging in Visual Studio 2010 - A Beginner's Guide - By Abhijit Jana
May 10, 2010 -- Added:
- Introducing AJAX for ASP.NET with Prototype By Neal Bailey
May 11, 2010 -- Added:
- ASP.NET AJAX extensions - Understanding OOP By Petr Pechovic
Oct 8, 2010 -- Added:
- A walkthrough to Application State By Brij
- ViewState: Various ways to reduce performance overhead By Brij
May 26, 2011 -- Added:
November 1, 2011 -- Added:

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Sean Ewington

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Sean Ewington is the Content Manager for CodeProject.

His background in programming is primarily C++ and HTML, but has experience in other, "unsavoury" languages.

He loves movies, and likes to say "inconceivable" often, even if it does not mean what he thinks it means.

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