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Ready to move beyond HTML? Try your hand at pasting JavaScript, learning JavaScript, a little CGI programming, DHTML, or try a Multi-topic site

JavaScript "Cut-n-Paste" sites - it's just that easy:

iBoost URL: http://www.iboost.com/build/programming/js/	Intermediate
Comments: Free Java scripts (over 600), DHTML scripts (31 and growing), and tutorials for both. New links to other resources make this page fresh daily.

Gamelan's JavaScript Directory URL: http://developer.earthweb.com/dlink.index-jhtml.72.950.-.0.jhtml/pages/dir.javascript.html	Intermediate
Comments: An indexed wealth of JavaScripts for you to cut and paste.

Autoscripts for Web Designers and Developers URL: http://www.infohiway.com/javascript/indexf.htm	Intermediate
Comments: Featuring more than 176 FREE JavaScripts you can paste into your HTML! Plus some Cut-N-Paste Perl and CSS. They'll send you their e-newsletter if you give them your address.

Tradepub URL: http://www.tradepub.com/	Intermediate
Comments: A commercial site dedicated to selling Practical JavaScript Programming, this site points to external articles, tutorials, and javascript examples. On my last visit, many of the links didn't work. Skip this one, folks!

JavaScript Tutorials - learn how this stuff works!

Note: the sites below are very similar - choose the one that fits your style

Netscape JavaScript Guide URL: http://developer.netscape.com/docs/manuals/communicator/jsguide4/index.htm	Intermediate
Comments: Learn the JavaScript language and extensions, including JavaScript 1.2 features

CNET - JavaScript for Beginners URL: http://builder.cnet.com/Programming/Javascript/	Beginner
Comments: User-friendly, but a little top-heavy on the advertising banners.

JavaScript for the Total Non-Programmer URL: http://webteacher.com/javascript/	Beginner
Comments: Interactive tutorial provides examples as you go through it.

CGI scripts

Matt's Script Archive URL: http://www.worldwidemart.com/scripts/	Advanced
Comments: Get your Perl CGI scripts here - thousands of 'em!

The CGI Book URL: http://www.cgibook.com/toc.html	Advanced
Comments: Run and see the source code that runs many kinds of CGI scripts, including Imagemaps, Server side includes, forms, and animations.

DHTML Resources

It is highly recommended that you use IE/Netscape 4.0 or greater when visiting the sites below.

DHTML guru URL: http://www.htmlguru.com/guru.html	Advanced
Comments: See some intense, creative DHTML in action as you explore this site. Come with a speedy internet connection and a good monitor.

DHTML Zone URL: http://www.dhtmlzone.com/index.html	Intermediate
Comments: If you want to have fun while learning to code DHTML, visit this site. Lots of cool demos, with explanations on how they were all done. Articles, tutorials, resources, discussion group, and a shockwave section.

iBoost JavaScript URL: http://www.iboost.com/build/programming/js/	Intermediate
Comments: Free Java scripts (over 600), DHTML scripts (31 and growing), and tutorials for both. New links to other resources make this page fresh daily.

The Dynamic Duo URL: http://www.dansteinman.com/dynduo/	Advanced
Comments: This site explaines how to write cross-browser DHTML, and includes a tutorial sequence. Fairly technical language and organization.

Netscape's Guide to DHTML URL: http://developer.netscape.com/docs/manuals/communicator/dynhtml/index.htm	Advanced
Comments: 15 on-line chapters teach DHTML from the Netscape perspective with coding examples.

The SiteExperts Community URL: http://www.siteexperts.com/	Intermediate
Comments: This site focuses on web-development discussion groups and resources. Join in or just lurk. New articles are posted regularaly on the main page.

Netscape's DHTML links URL: http://developer.netscape.com/dynhtml/resources.html	Beginner
Comments: Don't see what you're looking for? Try Netscape's directory to DHTML sites.

Multi-topic sites

JavaScript World URL: http://www.jsworld.com	Intermediate
Comments: Articles, tutorials, and lots of scripts for you to learn about and download. Also at this site is a "Netpedia" of HTML, dHTML, and JS terms.

HTML Help by the Web Design Group URL: http://www.htmlhelp.com	Intermediate
Comments: This is a subject-comprehensive site that covers all aspects of creating and designing web pages. It contains a lot of reference pages and tutorials, well organized and nicely designed. A little more geared towards the HTML designer who has already gotten their feet wet and needs more guidance on specific issues.

Internet User URL: http://www.zdnet.com/products/filter/guide/0,7267,1500102,00.html	Intermediate
Comments: This is a wonderful and very in-depth site with a large variety of subjects. Included on this site is a search tool to find what you are looking for, a signup for a free newsletter sent via email, web development tools, HTML validators, and much more. A bit busy and confusing at first, but extremely informative.

ScriptSearch URL: http://www.scriptsearch.com/	Intermediate
Comments: Sponsored by Sun, this site has an indexed archive to 5400+ scripts in CGI, Perl, JavaScript, VBasic, and more. Many of them require a fee for use

The Pixel Foundry URL: http://www.pixelfoundry.com	Beginner
Comments: This site is an excellent way of getting started on making buttons and graphic designs for your websites. It teaches you some of the most advanced photoshop techniques in a step-by-step tutorial. It has some cool links to some other sites showing ho w to make graphic animations and designs to jazz up your webpage.

HotWired URL: http://hotwired.lycos.com/	Intermediate
Comments: This site is a bit overwhelming and flashy, but it does have a great deal of information. Great glossary of terms and tutorials on a variety of subjects including web development, graphics, fonts, java, and more. Includes a searchable database.

The Web Developers Virtual Library
URL: http://www.stars.com

Beginner

Comments: This site looks like it has a lot of useful information and history about the web and its elements, but it's very poorly designed, looking jumbled and suffering from 'too much information at one time.' It's hard to parse things because of this, and it also contains annoying animated banner ads and too many disparate graphic elements. It's got a lot of information, but it's just ugly.

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