My Favourite DHTML Resources
November 24, 2001
In a world of a million browsers on a million different platforms, it's near impossible to remember everything off the top of your head. Now, I've always been a fan of doing things as inexpensively as possible so I've put together my personal reference list. These are the sites I go to when I need to find a solution.
MSDN - DHTML Objects
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/workshop/author/dhtml/reference/objects.asp
I link right to a list of all the DHTML Objects that are supported
in Internet Explorer. From here, I can get access to all the DHTML
methods, properties, events, and more. This is by far my most popular
resource and is at the top of my list!
Index Dot
http://www.blooberry.com/indexdot/
I actually have two seperate links into this site. The first is
to the complete list of CSS properties and the other is to the complete
list of HTML tags. This site is an excellent resource because of
its compatibility list. Microsoft's site doesn't always make it
clear which version a specific feature made its debut so this site
is definitely a good one to rely on when checking for cross-browser
information!
Google Groups
http://groups.google.com/
There are many ways to find a solution and posting a question in
a newsgroup is an excellent way to find an answer. However, somebody
may have already asked the question. Do a search on google groups
and you have find the answer you've been looking for! I also read
specific groups on a regular basis to see what kind of problems
other people are running into. It's often a great source of ideas.
Microsoft has their own newsserver dedicated to microsoft technologies.
Check it out at: news:news.microsoft.com.
Netscape's DevEdge
http://developer.netscape.com/docs/manuals/index.html?content=javascript.html
I've linked directly to the JavaScript documentation from Netscape.
A good resource if you're trying to track down the correct syntax
for a JavaScript function.
MSDN: Windows Script
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/nhp/Default.asp?contentid=28001169
On the subject of scripting, I highly recommend downloading the
JScript and VBScript documentation from the site. It's faster than
waiting for a site to load and the differences between JScript,
JavaScript and the ECMA standard are fairly minimal.
Site Experts
http://www.siteexperts.com/
I don't go to this site too often but they have some really nice
DHTML examples and if you're looking for something fairly specific,
there's a good chance you might find it here. The only downfall
I have with this site is I find it hard to navigate.
There are, of course, a lot of other good resources out there and if you have a favourite that you think is worth a look then feel free to send it to me at ideas@snook.ca.
Additions:
Babu's...
http://vsbabu.org/
I feel bad for forgetting this one! Bernhard
Schelling recommended I add this to my list and considering
how much I used it in the beginning of my DEC days, it's a great
addition! Satheesh has a lot of good resources on his site and the
site isn't just DEC related. There's also PHP, ASP, and other useful
tidbits.