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'''Most tutorials are drafts''' that may never be completed since the web is already rich with tutorials - [[User:Daniel K. Schneider|Daniel K. Schneider]] october 2009. That was still true as of Feb 2011. Some technical information has been added. As of 2020, major additions have been made in the area of [[:category:Fab lab|Fab lab]] technology and practice.

== Introduction ==

This entry indexes various web technology and web design tutorials. Roughly, the learning goals are the following

Web technology level 1 - Learning goals
# Use simple Web 2.0 services like [[Webtop]]s
# Configure a web 2.0 application, e.g. a a blog or a social network
# Import widgets and understand how content syndication works
# Learn how the Internet works and about some major Web protocols
# Design a web page with (X)HTML and CSS and upload it to a server
# Evaluate and use web page styles
# Edit and code simple JavaScript programs 
# Know how to make use of JavaScript libraries
# Create and validate an XML file (learn how to read and use DTDs and XML Schemas)

web technology level 2 - learning goals:
# Learn web design and usability principles
# Design XML grammars
# Write XSLT stylesheets for text or database centered XML applications
# Access a web server, code, test and run a very simple server-side program 
# Design a simple SQL database
# Be able to use some PHP/MySQL generators
# Install and configure [[LAMP]]-based web applications

web design - learning goals:
# Implement a user-centered agile design practice
# Use prototyping tools like pencil and paper and wireframing tools
# Identify major usability issues
# Conduct simple usability tests
# Understand requirements for accessibility

== List of (future) tutorials ==

Note: The list below is really provisional, got some renaming and (of course) work to do. Also, some entries are ''less'' than incomplete ...

=== Getting started ===
I suggest to start creating web sites with online services. This way you will be aware of what you can do without learning to code or install anything. In addition, you will implicitly become aware some issues and concepts that will be introduced later.

* [[Creating websites with online services]]
* [[Using web widgets]]
* [[Browser extension]]
* [[Search engine]] (needs some rewriting)

=== Internet principles ===

* [[Internet tutorial]] (not done yet, see [[Internet]] in the meantime)
* [[Hypertext Transfer Protocol]] (not done yet)
* [[URL]]s, [[URN]]s and [[URI]]s (short definition of these standards)

=== Managing identities on the Internet and Authentication ===

* [[single sign-on]]
* [[OpenID]]
* [[LDAP]]

=== HTML ===

* [[Basic tools for web developement]] (not done, see [[Web authoring system]] for a list of tools.
* [[HTML]], [[XHTML]] and [[HTML5]] for some background information
* [[HTML and XHTML elements and attributes]], an introductory (X)HTML elements tutorial. Explains some markup principles and introduces the most important elements.
* [[HTML and XHTML validation and repair]]
* [[HTML5]] (see also SVG)
* [[HTML5 audio and video]]
* [[WebVTT]]

=== HTML forms ===

* [[HTML forms tutorial]]

=== SVG ===

* [[Static SVG tutorial]]
* [[Using SVG with HTML5 tutorial]]
* [[SVG/SMIL animation tutorial]]

=== CSS ===

* [[CSS]] and [[CSS links]] (for some background infos)
* [[CSS tutorial]]
* [[CSS text styling tutorial]]
* [[CSS color and background tutorial]]
* [[CSS media and alternative style sheets tutorial]]
* [[CSS box model tutorial]]
* [[CSS float tutorial]]
* [[CSS positioning tutorial]]
* [[CSS for XML tutorial]]
* [[Analyzing CSS tutorial]]
* [[CSS compatibility]]
* [[CSS transforms tutorial]]
* [[CSS animations tutorial]]

=== JavaScript and DHTML ===

* [[Javascript tutorial - basics]]
* [[JavaScript libraries]]
* [[DHTML]]
* [[HTML forms tutorial]] (using JS a lot)
* [[ECMAScript data types]]
* [[AJAX]]
* [[HTML5 video and JavaScript]]
* [[Animate CC 2018 - Interactive animated web sites‎]]

=== XML tutorials ===

* [[XML]]
* [[XML principles]]
* [[Tour de XML]]
* [[Editing XML tutorial]]
* [[DTD tutorial]]
* [[XSLT Tutorial - Basics]]
* [[XSLT to generate SVG tutorial]]
* [[XPath tutorial - basics]]
* [[XSLT for compound documents tutorial]]
* [[XQuery tutorial - basics]]
* [[PHP - MySQL - XML tutorial - basics]]

=== PhP tutorials ===

* [[PHP tutorial - basics]]
* [[PHP-MySQL tutorial -basics]]

=== Web applications ===

* [[WAMP]]
* [[SQL and MySQL tutorial]]
* [[PHP-MySQL tutorial -basics]]
* [[BPMN 1.2 tutorial]]

=== Design and usability ===

* [[Usability]], [[cognitive ergonomics]] and [[Human-computer interaction]]
* [[Web usability]]
* [[web accessibility]]
* [[Font readability]]
* [[User interaction and user interface design]]
* [[Web prototyping software]]
* [[web wireframe]]

== Other EduTech Wiki entries of interest ==

; Overviews
* [[ECMAScript]]
* [[HTML]]
* [[Scripting language]]
* [[PHP]]

; Links pages
... to help you find good web sites
* [[Character encoding]]
* [[Clipart]]
* [[CSS links]]
* [[HTML links]]
* [[JavaScript links]]
* [[PHP links]]
* [[Portalware]]
* [[WAMP]]
* [[Web design links]]

; Other tutorials

* [[Flash tutorials]] (lots)
* [[Screen capture tutorial]]

; Installation tips
See the [[:Category:Installation tips|category installation tips]]

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