Useful Web Sites to Help you with Web Development Activities

A List Apart
Explores the design, development, and meaning of web content, with a special focus on techniques and benefits of designing with web standards.

Contentious
For writers and editors who create content for the web and other online media.

CoolHomepages.com
The only know cure for designer’s block. Design templates, cool site gallery.

CssBeauty.com
Web site showcasing good css developed sites.

404 Research Lab
Dedicated to Error 404 page not found errors.

GVU’s Survey of Internet Users
Since its beginning in 1994, the GVU WWW User Survey has accumulated a unique store of historical and up-to-date information on the growth and trends in Internet usage. It is valued as an independent, objective view of developing Web demographics, culture, user attitudes, and usage patterns. Although the last survey posted is for 1998, there are still some interesting insights.

JavaScript Source
The JavaScript Source is an excellent JavaScript resource with tons of "cut and paste" JavaScript examples for your Web pages.

Microsoft bCentral
Search engine optimization can be difficult and confusing. Tips to help you with the process. They cover everything you need to know about optimizing your web pages for the search engines quickly and easily.

MSDN Library
The MSDN Library is an essential resource for developers using Microsoft tools, products, and technologies. It contains a bounty of technical programming information, including sample code, documentation, technical articles, and reference guides.

NetIQ Corporation
Commercial vendor site with a number of useful papers on web analytics.

Project Cool
With dozens of demos and hands-on tutorials, Project Cool is a great resource for Web developers and designers. Whether you’re building your first Web page, researching a specific client-side technique, or making your first foray into CSS or XML, you’ll find the information to get the job done here.

Stickysauce
The webmasters development resource – everything you need to design, build, develop and promote your web site.

Streaming Media World
Information on streaming media software.

techsoup.org
Vendors of software solutions supporting advancement and development.

Web Pages that Suck
The purpose of this web site is to help people design effective and aesthetically pleasing web pages. My methodology is somewhat different. I believe that if someone is exposed to bad web page design they’ll be less likely to use these techniques in the pages they create.

Web Redesign
Book on web redesign with links and various resource downloads.

Webmonkey
The web developer’s resource.

World Wide Web Consortium
Technical reports and specifications that outline web standards.

useit.com
Jakob Neilsen’s site on Web usability.

Zoomerang
Create surveys and get results. It’s easy, fast and it’s free.