DevX: Project Cool

Project Cool: Web Development Basics

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.

Basic Web Dev

	HTML Basics: Introduction to HTML
	HTML Basics: Basic Text Tags
	HTML Basics: Style and Structure
	HTML Basics: Links
	HTML Basics: Lists
	HTML Basics: Using Images
	HTML Basics: Backgrounds and Colors

Advanced Web Dev

	HTML Advanced: Tables
	HTML Advanced: Meta Tags
	HTML Advanced: Imagemaps
	HTML Advanced: Frames

DHTML

Twelve Dynamic HTML Lessons

Audio

	Audio Basics
	Audio QuickStart: Why Use Sound?
	Audio QuickStart: Steps for Using Sound
	Audio QuickStart: Common Formats
	Audio QuickStart: Examples from the Web
	Making Sound
	Designing with Sound
	Inserting Audio
	Editing Sounds
	Audio by Example
	FlashSound API: The Sound of Invisible Flash

Color

	What Is Color?
	Using Web Color
	Design with Color

JavaScript

	JavaScript QuickStart: What Is JavaScript?
	JavaScript QuickStart: Elements of JavaScript
	JavaScript QuickStart: Rules of JavaScript
	JavaScript QuickStart: Next Steps
	JavaScript Operators
	JavaScript Objects

AJAX (Asynchronous JavaScript and XML)

	AJAX: A Fresh Look at Web Development
	A Detailed Explanation of the XMLHttpRequest Object
	The AJAX Framework Roundup

HTML

	HTML QuickStart
	My First Web Page
	HTML Tag Quick Reference Guide
	HTML Basics: Choosing A Color
	HTML Hands-on Practice

XML

	XML QuickStart
	XML Concepts
	XML Documents
	XML DTDs
	XML Reference
	XML Applications
	XML in Action

Graphics

	Getting Started With Web Graphics: The Basics
	Getting Graphics
	Using Graphics
	Technical Options and Decisions
	Web Design QuickStart

CSS

	CSS Style Properties
	CSS: Units of Measurement
	CSS: Color and Backgrounds
	CSS: Fonts and Text
	CSS: Position and Visibility
	CSS: Spacing and Areas
	Build a Flexible CSS Web Navigation Architecture

Optimizing

	Optimizing the Graphics File
	Optimizing Design: Bandwidth
	Optimizing Design: Text Vs. Graphics
	Optimizing Design: Cache and Reuse
	Optimizing Design: Slicing
	Optimizing Design: Thumbnails
	Optimizing Design: Interlacing
	Optimizing Design: Transparency
	Optimizing Design: One-pixel GIFs
	Cross Browser and Cross Platform Issues
	Optimizing the HTML Code

Copyrights

Copyrighting

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	DHTML 10-Minute Solutions
	JavaScript 10-Minute Solutions

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