Bret Wilson's CSC 485 Space

About me

I have come here to chew bubble gum and make awesome websites - and I'm all out of bubble gum.

Assignments

• Story 1 (under construction)
• Story 2 (under construction)
• jQuery Razzle-Dazzle - an interactive quiz with bells and whistles galore
• PHP/JavaScript Clock World - a comparison of the server's time with the client's using PHP and JavaScript
• Grocery List - stores and retrieves a list of items using a plain text file
• PHP/MySQL Survey - a survey on classic movie monsters

Project

My Tips Database (under construction) is my big project for the semester. It is a database of helpful tips that anyone can add to. Users can submit tips, vote tips up or down, and view tips by category, recency, and popularity.

Useful links

• Software
  • NetBeans IDE
  • Notepad++ - a free software full-featured text editor for Windows
  • WinSCP - an FTP and SFTP client for Windows
  • Web Developer Add-on for Firefox
  • Firebug Add-on for Firefox
• Learning resources and references
  • W3C - The World Wide Web Consortium
  • w3schools - a web development learning and reference resource
  • PHP Manual
  • Mozilla Developer Network Web Community
• Color Picker - choose colors and get hex and RGB codes
• Creative Commons Search - find content licensed for reuse, redistribution, modification
• CSS Zen Garden
• Nuvola icon set (LGPL license)
• Alertbox - Jakob Nielsen's column on Web usability