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Programming
The CIT offers resources on a variety of new technologies that can provide new dimensions to online course material, streamline your everyday computer work environment, and fundamentally change the way you and your students interact.RAD
Toolbox
RAD—for rapid application development—is the focus
of CIT staffer Amy Miller's Web page featuring development tools she
likes to use and recommend to others. Included in RAD Toolbox are links
to examples,
resources, documentation, and books for further study.
Designing Web sites for
wireless access
The unwired Net is here. As personal
digital assistants, such as the Palm and Handspring Visor, and Web-enabled
cell phones become more popular, we'll see more sites enabled for these
devices. See WebMonkey's "Designing
Sites for PDA's" and Phone.com
to learn about the Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) and Wireless Markup
Language (WML).
AppleScript
AppleScript is an English-like language for the Macintosh used
to write script files which can automate the actions of the computer and
the applications which run on it.
Cascading
Style Sheets
A cascading style sheet provides
a set of rules describing how an HTML document should appear on a computer
screen. It is a simple mechanism for adding information about layout (e.g.
fonts, colors, spacing, type size) to Web documents. Style sheets can
also be used to add accessibility to Web pages for those with sight or
hearing impairments. Find out more about the promises of this evolving
technology.
Java
These local Java resources are
offered by CIT staff to give a general overview of Java and its place
in Web development, and to provide a practical introduction by working
through several examples of increasing complexity.
Offsite resource collections
Check these resources regularly for new information on emerging technologies.
O'Reilly
Network
The newest item on O'Reilly's is its JavaScript
and CSS Dev Center. Other developers' sections include Java, Linux,
Perl, PHP, Wireless, and XML.
Web
Developer's Virtual Library
A comprehensive illustrated encyclopedia of Web technology, the WDVL
is a collection of tutorials, examples, and links to resources.
MacInstruct's
Tutorial Archive
The largest collection of free Macintosh tutorials on the Internet.
There is an excellent two-part MacPerl tutorial in the Multimedia and
Interactive section.
Mac
OS X Programming: Getting Started
This Apple site contains tutorials, samples, documentation, information
on user newsletters, and other links to help programmers get started with
OS X.