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JavaScript vs. Perl Discussion:
What are the strength and weaknesses of JavaScript and Perl?
What can be done in one language that can't be done in the other? Full discussion of the pros and cons.


Frameset Communication Prototypes:
Prototypes showing you how to properly pass information between frames and framesets. A tricky concept made easy with our script.

Perl Script Installation Help Page:
Need help installing a Perl/CGI script? Here's a brief lesson
in how to do it along with some advice for troubleshooting.

Server Side Includes Help Page:
Server Side Includes (SSI) provide a powerful tool to create
dynamic web pages. Here's a quick lesson on using SSI.

Every Day Browser OJT:
This script gives you a little tutorial every day about how to best
configure and use your browser. Similar to the daily tips included in Windows.

Improved BCS Image Simulator:
A script to show you the proper color palette for an image by
letting you compare different palettes. From  Bandwidth
Conservation Society.

Creating Amorphous Databases:
A tutorial showing you how to set up amorphous databases.

Troubleshooting Section:
Filled with tips, tricks of the trade, and documentation to make your scripts work for you.

Character Codes Reference Chart:
Quick reference to show you what the codes are for strange
symbols like copyright, reserved, etc.

MSIE 4 Oddities and Fixed Scripts:
MSIE 4 has it's own oddities. Here is some documentation
on what does and doesn't work in Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.

Book Review Page:
Recommended reading list if you are going to be doing web programming and design.

Cascading Style Sheets Examples:
Tina Hagerling brings a new script each month that uses the newest technology around: CSS and DHTML.

MSIE Oddities:
Microsoft Internet Explorer behaves radically different from
Netscape. Here's how it behaves differently...

HTML Literal Word Colors on White:
A graphical display of 140 JavaScript color values. Great to help
you choose the right color scheme for your sites.

Plugins: Netscape Plug-ins Reviews:
A review of several plugins: speech plugin and the Sizzler
animation plugin.

Easy Headers and Footers:
Simple tutorial showing you how to use external JavaScripts to
add consistent headers and footers to your site.

The Ugly JavaScript Book:
Free download of John Keyes' Ugly JavaScript book.

Prompt, Confirm, Alert Boxes:
This script shows you how to add alert messages, confirm
messages, and prompts to your pages.

Length Equivalents:
A set of scripts that do measurement conversions for the following measurements: length, liquid, area, volume, mass, velocity, acceleration, pressure, work, and power.

Two Dimensional Arrays Explanation:
Quick explanation on how to make two dimensional arrays and special objects in JavaScript.

Improved BCS Image Simulator:
A script to show you the proper color palette for an image by letting you compare different palettes. From Bandwidth Conservation Society.

Clear Frames From Your Browser:
How to break out of frames if someone has trapped your site in their frameset.

Brewing Java
This tutorial has grown into a book called The Java Developer's Resource, available now from Prentice Hall. It should be in bookstores in throughout the United States.

How do I find and run java applets
Java is a programming language used to created applications which run over the Internet. What makes it so unique is the programs developed in Java are platform independent. 

How to Activate Java in Browsers
How and where to go into the browser preferences to activate Java on
your browser.

Java FAQ Archive
A collection of Java discussion Forums.

Java Information
A detailed discussion about the design goals, merits, and attributes of the Java programming language. It includes a chapter on the HotJava browser--a useful World-Wide Web browser that demonstrates the power of Java.

Java Lecture Notes
These are the lecture notes I'm using in my course, Introduction to Java programming, currently (Spring semester, 1999) being taught at Polytechnic University in Brooklyn (formerly known as Brooklyn Poly). This class is being taught at the senior undergraduate and introductory graduate level for computer science majors, and is split into 13 two hour, fifteen minute classes plus a final exam:

Java at Middlesex
A complete online book that elaborates on Java from its early stages of the first applet to java consoles.

The Java Tutor
The Java Tutor Web site is the WWW home for the Java Tutor column published in Java Report Magazine. The second issue of Java Report is now out now, with great articles by Scott Oaks, our friends at EarthWeb and others.