Twitter: What are you doing?

Twitter and TwitterFeed can be very useful in attracting followers to your blog site -- ral

Twitter: What are you doing?: "Twitter is a service for friends, family, and co–workers to communicate and stay connected through the exchange of quick, frequent answers to one simple question: What are you doing?"

YouTube - Google AJAX APIs go RESTful

If this doesnt mean much to you now, hopefully by the end of the course it will -- ral
YouTube - Google AJAX APIs go RESTful: "Mark Lucovsky sat down with me to discuss the fact that developers can now access Google Search, Feed, and Language APIs not only through the browser, but from the server side and elsewhere. He clarifies the new access, and compares it to the Google SOAP API"

YouTube - Interview with Steve Yegge on Rhino on Rails and more

YouTube - Interview with Steve Yegge on Rhino on Rails and more: "I had the pleasure of chatting with Steve Yegge, of long blogging fame, at the Google Kirkland office. We discussed the birth, growth, and future of the Rhino on Rails (RnR) project, as well as oth..."

Douglas Crockford's Wrrrld Wide Web

Douglas Crockford's Wrrrld Wide Web: "When you get bored, click something. If that doesn't help, then turn off your computer immediately."

The Philosophy of JavaScript | 20bits

The Philosophy of JavaScript | 20bits: "It's been said many times but bears repeating: JavaScript is an underappreciated
language. Most serious programmers spend time working outside or on the fringes of the world of web development and so don't have a real use for it, while most web developers don't have the theoretical background to appreciate the fact that JavaScript is actually a wonderful language. But with all this Web 2.0 brou-ha-ha it's important to understand the philosophy of JavaScript."

Google Doctype, an Encyclopedia for Web Developers

Google Doctype, an Encyclopedia for Web Developers: "Google released Doctype (HTML version), an encyclopedia of the open web. 'The open web is the web built on open standards: HTML, JavaScript, CSS, and more. The open web is a beautiful soup of barely compatible clients and servers. It comprises billions of pages, millions of users, and thousands of browser-based applications.'

Google Doctype is an encyclopedia that can be edited by anyone who has a Google account and wants to keep it up-to-date or add new articles. The encyclopedia contains articles about web security, DOM manipulation, CSS, HTML best practices, references for HTML, DOM, CSS, complete with browser compatibility information. There's also previously-unreleased code used internally by Google that is now documented and available for anyone to use.

You could call it Wikipedia for web developers or cross-browser MSDN, but Google Doctype is a clear sign that Google wants to foster a community of developers and encourage building web application using open standards."

Add gadgets to your homepage

This is the tool where we will develop our applications -- ral

Add gadgets to your homepage: "A gadget that lets you build gadgets! Load source code of gadgets by URL into a color-coded editor, make changes, and preview the gadget on the fly. If you have a Google account, you'll also be able to save and publish your gadget through the built-in hosting service."