Clearinghouse for Professional Development: Website Development Tools

General | Accessibility | Editors | Animation & Images | Page Evaluation | Scripts | Usability

General

• Developer Shed

  Contents: " ... offers tutorials and timely articles, covering programming and developer related topics, computer hardware and gadget reviews, developer scripts, search engine optimization tutorials, and web hosting."
  Source: Varies.
  Cost: Articles and forums are free, as are some scripts. Charges vary for commercial scripts.

• W3C (World Wide Web Consortium)

  Contents: World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) develops interoperable technologies (specifications, guidelines, software, and tools) ...
  Source: World Wide Web Consortium.
  Cost: Free

• Writing for the Web

  Contents: A general introduction to Web content creation, briefly describes newer technologies and provides references and access to other resources.
  Source: Eric H. Schnell, M.L.S.
  Cost: Free.

Accessibility

• Bobby

  Contents: Bobby is a free service provided by Watchfire to help Web page authors identify and repair significant barriers to access by individuals with disabilities.
  Source: Watchfire Corporation
  Cost: Free.

• Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI)

  Contents: Access to guidelines and working documents in five primary areas: technology, guidelines, tools, education and outreach, and research and development
  Source: W3C
  Cost: Free.

Editors

• HTML Goodies

  Contents: Offers help with any topic area that goes to building a Web site. Provides tutorials covering everything from basic HTML to fully-functioning PERL CGI scripts.
  Source: Joe Burns, Ph.D, Mass Communications
  Cost: Free

Animation & Images

• Animation Factory

  Contents: Access to original, 3D rendered animations.
  Source: Animation Factory staff artists
  Cost: Free for personal use only. For any other use, including commercial purposes, membership or purchase required.

Page Evaluation

• Bobby

  Contents: Bobby is a free service provided by Watchfire to help Web page authors identify and repair significant barriers to access by individuals with disabilities.
  Source: Watchfire Corporation
  Cost: Free.

• OptiView.com

  Contents: Commercial site providing free evaluation of image sizes and load times. Sells products to compress images, etc..
  Source: OptiView Technologies.
  Cost: Free evaluation; charge for software.

Scripts

• The Java Boutique

  Contents:Java Applets, Games, Programming Tutorials, and Downloads
  Source: Varies.
  Cost: Free.

• The JavaScript Source

  Contents: Provides access to "cut and paste" JavaScript examples for your web pages.
  Source: Varies.
  Cost Free.

• ScriptSearch

Contents: Organized by programming language with subfolders for various script categories. Rating features allow you to find the most popular and most useful resources according to other visitors.
Source: Varies.
Cost: Free and fee.

Usability

• Usability Research Lab

  Contents:Links to selected resources on usability testing of library websites.
  Source: D.H. Hill Library, North Carolina State University
  Cost: Free.

Clearinghouse for Professional Development | Education Committee