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Database-Driven Web Sites, by Mike Morrison and Joline Morrison, Course Technology, 2000. ISBN 0-619-01556-X. Excellent introductory text, very well organized, with hands-on examples and downloadable files. The focus is on Microsoft technologies, but the concepts apply to all.
Don't Make Me Think: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability, by Steve Krug, Que, 2000, ISBN 0789723107. The bible of web page design. Nothing specific about database websites, but anyone building a web site, tiny or huge, absolutely must read this book.
ASP In A Nutshell, by A. Keyton Weissinger. OReilly, 1999. Excellent ASP reference book, but not for beginners.
Beginning ASP Databases, by John Kauffman. Wrox Press 1999. ISBN 1-861002-7-26. Excellent for any level, despite the scary-looking guy on the cover. Focus on databases is a plus. Lots of examples, plus a web site
Active Server Pages for Dummies, 2nd Edition, by Bill Hatfield. IDB Books, 1999. ISBN 0-7645-0603-X. Hey, even smart people have some of the Dummies books! Great introduction to ASP in easy-to-understand language. Includes a CD-ROM with ASP samples, software, and more.
Developing ASP Components, by Shelly Powers. O'Reilly. How to write your own COM objects. Excellent technical resource for those that want to go that way.
Teach Yourself Active Server Pages 3.0 in 21 Days, Scott Mitchell Sams, Paperback, Published February 2000, 783 pages, ISBN 0672318636. I haven't seen this one, but the "Teach Yourself..." books are usually pretty good.
ASP101 - Good down-to-earth site. Lots of snippets and tutorials.
www.learnasp.com - Tutorials, info. Good place to start.
ActiveServerPages.Com - Also a good place to start.
Action Jackson.Com - Good stuff.
15 Seconds - I don't get the name, but good stuff here.
Active Server Corner - Good stuff.
ASP Developers Network - Technical and useful.
The Humble ASP FAQ - Humble.
OJMNet - Pretty technical.
4guysfromrolla - Really!
www.microsoft.com - Obviously, there will be tons of info here. Search for it.
www.microsoft.com/com - Microsoft's page for COM-related resources.
Apache, The Definitive Guide, by Ben Laurie and Peter Laurie. OReilly, 1999. Indespensible for Apache users.
www.apache.org - The Apache home page.
www.apacheweek.com - Weekly ezine for Apache information (tips, tools, latest releases, bugs, etc).
comp.infosystems.www.servers.ms-windows - Usenet newsgroup for general webserver info on Windows platforms
comp.infosystems.www.servers.unix - Usenet newsgroup for general webserver info on Windows platforms
The Downloads page on this site for installation files and instructions.
www.fatbrain.com - Fatbrain
www.bookpool.com - Bookpool
www.wiley.com - J. Wiley & Sons
Sam's Teach Yourself CGI Programming in a Week, by Rafe Colburn. Sams.net 1998. ISBN 0-57521-381-8. Excellent introduction to the subject, with well-paced exercises. Good starting point for those without a technical background.
CGI Programming with Perl, 2nd Edition, by Scott Guerlick, Shishir Gundavaram, and Gunther Birznieks. O'Reilly, 2000. ISBN 1-56592-419-3. Absolutely gotta have this if you're doing Perl CGI programming.
(Also see the Perl and Scripts sections).
ColdFusion Web Application Construction Kit (Third Edition), by Ben Forta. Que, 1998. ISBN 0-7897-1809-X. The bible, by the acknowledged top-dog expert.
Advanced ColdFusion Application Development, by Ben Forta. Que, 1999. ISBN 0-7897-1810-3. Another must-have.
www.allaire.com - Home page for Allaire, the makers of ColdFusion.
alive.allaire.com - Allaire Alive - Video training from the Allaire staff. Free!
www.fusebox.org - FuseBox
www.fusioncube.net/index.cfm - FusionCube. "Knowledge, resource sharing, and communication on ColdFusion topics." Good source for code snippets and how-tos.
www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Campus/7521/coldfusionhelp.htm - ColdFusion Code Factory
www.houseoffusion.com - House of Fusion
www.coldfusionjournal.com - ColdFusion Developer’s Journal
www.defusion.com - Defusion
www.cfadvisor.com - ColdFusion Advisor
www.bacfug.org - Bay Area ColdFusion Users Group
www.etechsolutions.com/pacfug/default.htm - Philadelphia area ColdFusion User Group.
cftexas.outer.net/ - Austin Texas ColdFusion User Group
www.cybercash.com - Cybercash. Provides for commercial payment processing by providing specialized software on both the customer and merchant side of the transaction.
www.setco.org - SET (Secure Electronic Transaction) protocol.
www.openmarket.com - Open Market Corporation
www.inquiry.com/techtips/thesqlpro/ - Ask the SQL Server Pro. Tons of useful info and links.
www.jcc.com/SQLPages/jccs_sql.htm - A SQL standards home page, maintained by JCC Consulting. Lots of info about the SQL standards, but not so much about the language itself.
w3.one.net/~jhoffman/sqltut.htm - SQL info
www.jcc.com/SQLPages/jccs_sql.htm - SQL info
www.contrib.andrew.cmu.edu/~shadow/sql.html - SQL info
www.webdatabase.org - A site that could turn out to be useful, but is still in its infancy. Maintained y the author of "Choosing a Database For Your Web Site" (see below).
Access97 for Dummies - Excellent for a first introduction. Hey, don't be embarassed... you can always get a plain brown cover for it!
An Introduction to Database Systems, by C. J. Date. Classic text on database systems. Technical and a bit dry, but if you're into the academics of the technology, this is the recommended text.
A Guide to the SQL Standard, by C. J. Date and Hugh Darwen - Excellent, small, readable.
Choosing a Database For Yor Web Site, by John Paul Ashenfelter. John Wiley & Sons 1999, ISBN 0-471-29690-2. Good overview of database software and tools for adding database power to a website. A little dated, and I would like to see some examples and exercises, but overall a good book. Also see the author's website at http://www.webdatabase.org.
Database Design for Mere Mortals, by M. J. Hernandez, Addison-Wesley Developer's Press, 1997. ISBN 0-201-69471-9. Very readable and useful book, especially for beginners.
Database Solutions - A Step-By-Step Guide to Building Database, by Connoly & Beggs. Addison Wesley, 2000. ISBN 0-102-67476-9. Excellent introduction to the hows and whys of designing databases.
Oracle8i for Dummies - A good introduction. Again, plain brown wrappers are available.
Oracle SQL*Plus Pocket Reference, O'Reilly, ISBN 1-56592-941-1
Oracle SQL The Essential Reference, O'Reilly, ISBN 1-56592-697-8
Oracle Web Applications, by Andrew Odewahn. O'Reilly 1999. ISBN 1-56592-687-0.
Relational Database Design Clearly Explained, by Jan L. Harrington. 1998, Morgan Kaufmann. ISBN 0-12-326525-1. Very good iintroductory book on database design.
Special Edition Using SQL, by Rafe Colburn. Que, 2000, ISBN 0-7897-1974-6. Good introductory text on the SQL language and databases in general. Lots of examples. Clearly written.
SQL Server 7 for Dummies - Good for beginners and even experts.
SQL for Dummies - Don't knock it until you've tried it!
The Practical SQL Handbook, Second Edition, by J. S. Bowman and S. L. Emerson, Addison-Wesley, 1996. Covers standard SQL, and includs many examples. Reportedly very readable and useful.
The Data Warehouse Toolkit, by Ralph Kimball. Wiley 1996. ISBN 0-471-15337-0. With CD-ROM. Classic text on Data Warehousing techniques, by the guy that knows it all. Very technical. Out of print, but worth looking for if this is your bag.
The Data Webhouse Toolkit, by Ralph Kimball & Richard Mert. Wiley, 2000. ISBN 0-471-37680-9. Modernized version of Kimball's classic text. Technical, but probably the best book on the subject.
bignosebird.com - BigNoseBird. Crazy, but good info here.
www.cmpnet.com - CMPNet
www.codebits.com - CodeBits. Interesting snippets of code and advice for general web programming.
www.devx.com - The Developer's Exchange
www.developerfusion.com - Developer Fusion. Online community for multiple web technologies. Lots of great articles and tips. All source code on this site may be freely used.
reallybig.com - ReallyBig. "The Complete Resource for All Web Builders."
www.technetcast.com - Dr. Dobbs TechNetCast. A repository of software technology related streaming media material.
www.ugeek.com - Geek.com. Online technology resources.
www.wdvl.com - Web Developer's Virtual Library
www.webmonkey.com - Webmonkey
www.webproforum.com - Tutorials on how the Web works. Grab bag of concise white papers on various web-related technologies.
www.webreview.com - WebReview - lots of articles, tips, techniques for various web technologies. Good stuff.
www.webtechniques.com - WebTechniques Magazine. Developer resources, articles, how-to, emerging technologies.
(Also see the Scripts and E-Zines sections)
www.techweb.com/encyclopedia - TechWeb Encyclopedia
www.whatis.com - WhatIs
www.webopedia.com - Webopedia
www.advisor.com - Advisor Technical Magazines. A portal to a family of web-oriented publications.
www.byte.com - Byte Magazine. This one started back in the 70's, and has kept up to date all the way. Good technical resources and links.
www.computeruser.com - Computer User. Excellent articles, links, resources.
www.computerworld.com - Computerworld. Covers the computing industry in general, with spotlights on special topics. Interviews with industry leaders.
www.dbmsmag.com - DBMS. General, some technical. Monthly magazine devoted to database and client/server solutions.
www.designshops.com - Design Shops. "Web design tutorials, product reviews, book excerpts and insight from large and small design firms".
www.dmreview.com - DMReview. General reading. Technologies and issues that big companies face regarding data warehousing, client/server and object tecnologies, and more.
www.fcw.com - Federal Computer Week. A guide to government information processing.
www.internetworld.com - Internet World. General reading. Interviews with industry leaders, spotlights on current technologies.
www.oracle.com/oramag - Oracle Magazine. General reading.
www.pcworld.com - PCWorld Magazine. Products, reviews, development techniques, technology.
www.webreview.com - Web Review. Good articles on techniques, products. Interesting editorial reviews.
www.webtechniques.com - WebTechniques. Technical. Developer resources. Good stuff.
www.webreference.com/internet/magazines - WebReference Internet Magazines. Categorized links to internet-releated magazines. Good starting point.
www.zdnet.com/eweek - eWeek from ZDNet
How to Set Up and Maintain a Website, by Lincoln Stein, ISBN 0-20163-462-7. Book and CD-ROM. Excellent. May be a bit too Perl-oriented and technical for the general reader, but still a valuable resource.
Webmaster In A Nutshell, OReilly. Great quick-reference for HTML, CGI, Apache, and more.
www.hostindex.com - An index and rankings of Web-hosting companies.
webservercompare.internet.com - Webserver comparison. Excellent.
serverwatch.internet.com - Webserver and related info. Excellent.
www.boutell.com/faq/ - Tom Boutell's FAQ's. Cruise the whole site... tons of info here.
stein.cshl.org/~lstein/ - Lincoln Stein's homepage. This guy knows and does it all... a great resource. Excellent books, too.
www.useit.com - Jakob Nielson's WebSite ("the guru of web page useability")
www.netcraft.com - Netcraft Web Site Finder. Find out what server a site is running. Web server stats. Lot of interesting stuff.
www.w3c.org - The WWW Consortium. All about standards for the web. (aka www.w3.org)
java.sun.com/products/jsp - JavaServer Pages Home. The entrance to all of Sun's JSP information.
java.sun.com/products/jsp/whitepaper.html - Excellent white paper overview of the technology, with examples.
developer.java.sun.com/developer/onlineTraining/ - Java and JSP tutorials, for developes.
java.sun.com/products/jsp/syntax.html - JavaServer Pages Syntax Reference Card
java.sun.com/docs/glossary.print.html - Java Glossary
java.sun.com/products/jsp/download.html - JavaServer Web Development Kit
www.sun.com/software/jwebserver - Sun's Java Web Server
www.esperanto.org.nz/jspbook/ - The Esperanto Group.
www.jrun.com - Allaire's Jrun
www.software.ibm.com/webservers - IBM's WebSphere
orion.evermind.net - Orion Application Server
www.cetus-links.org/oo_javaserver_pages.html - Massive amount of high-quality information and links.
jakarta.apache.org/tomcat/ - The Tomcat project, which is the Apache Group's implementation of the JSP capability, as sanctioned by Sun.
java.apache.org/ - The Java Apache Project
www.componentsource.com/java/ - Off-the-shelf Java components.
www.jspin.com/ - Jspin JSP Resource Center. Information and links.
www.burridge.net/jsp/ - Brian Burridge's Java/JSP Development Site
theserverside.com/home/index.jsp - ServerSide.com, a Java community portal. Nice place to poke around.
Core Servlets and Java Server Pages, by Marty Hall. Prentice Hall/Sun Microsystems Press, 2000. ISBN 0-13-089340-4. Excellent. Technical, and assumes knowledge of Java. Get this if you've already played around with JSP and need to dig in.
Java In A Nutshell. O'Reilly.
Teach Yourself JAVA in 21 Days. SAMS.
Dynamic Web Doings - Article comparing ColdFusion, ASP, JSP, PHP for web development.
MySQL and mSQL, by Randy Jay Yarger, George Reese, and Tim King. O'Reilly 1999. ISBN 1-56592-434-7.
Official Guide to Mini SQL 2.0, by Brian Jepson and David J. Hughes. Wiley, 1998. ISBN. 0-471-24535-6.
www.mysql.com - The home for MySQL.
The Downloads page on this site for downloading and installation instructions.
www.cetus-links.org - "18,800 links on Objects and Components"
http://www.microsoft.com/data/odbc - Microsoft's ODBC website
CGI Programming with Perl, 2nd Edition, by Scott Guerlick, Shishir Gundavaram, and Gunther Birznieks. O'Reilly, 2000. ISBN 1-56592-419-3. Absolutely gotta have this if you're doing Perl CGI programming.
Learning Perl, by Randal Schwartz and Tom Christiansen. Excellent programming book. Gets you going quickly with exercises and solutions. Also sections on CGI programming.
Learning Perl on Win32 Systems, by Randal Schwartz, Erik Olson, and Tom Christiansen, O'Reilly 1997. A gentle introduction to Perl. Indespensible for learning Perl on Windows sytstems.
Programming Perl, by Larry Wall, Tom Christiansen, and Randal Schwartz. The classic, authoritative guide to Perl 5. Larry Wall is the creator of Perl.
The Perl Cookbook, by Tom Christiansen and Nathan Torkington. A collection of practical problems and solutions.
Writing Apache Modules with Perl and C, by Lincoln Stein and Doug MacEachern. Shows you how to extend the Apache web server API to include Perl and DBI functionality. A must for serious database work with Apache, Perl, and DBI.
www.perl.com - This is the O'Reilly Perl site. Excellent. See especially the FAQ section.
www.perl.org - The Perl Mongers. Wonderful Perl site. Tons of links and resources.
www.cpan.org - CPAN is the Comprehensive Perl Archive Network. Comprehensive: the aim is to contain all the Perl material you will need. Archive: 760 megabytes as of September 1999. Network: CPAN is mirrored at more than one hundred sites around the world.
www.activestate.com - Get the latest Windows version of Perl here. ActiveState Tool Corporation creates solutions in Perl for Win32 platforms. They also help the freeware community by contributing a wide range of free binary run-time products while developing high-end tools and support for professionals.
http://www.itknowledge.com/tpj - The Perl JournalAbout Perl CGI.pm
stein.cshl.org/WWW/software/CGI/cgi_docs.html - The Perl 5 CGI library. It will save you many hours of typing and debugging.
http://www.wiley.com/compbooks/stein/index.html - The Official Guide to Programming with CGI.pm, by Lincoln Stein.
The Official Guide to Programming with CGI.pm, by Lincoln Stein. Wiley, 1998. ISBN 0-471-24744-8.
About Perl DBI
Programming DBI, by Tim Bunce and Alligator Descartes, O'Reilly. Absolutely must have if you're doing Perl DBI programming.
http://www.symbolstone.org/technology/perl/DBI- The DBI home page.
http://ns2.hostingservices.net/DBI/FAQ.html - Perl DBI FAQs
http://www.boutell.com/faq - Links for help on DBI-driven web sites. What to watch out for in CGI programming. Excellent stuff.
About Perl Win32 ODBC
http://www.roth.net/ - The Win32 ODBC home page. Also a great set of Perl links.
(Also see the Scripts section)
Building Database Applications on the Web Using PHP3, by Craig Hilton and Jeff Willis. Addison-Wesley, 2000. ISBN 0-201-65771-6. An excellent introduction to PHP, and how to use it for database applications. There are 8 varied examples which, although short, demonstrate basic important concepts. Good book for newcomers. The last two-thirds of the book is a Reference section that clearly describes each PHP function and gives an example. CDROM included contains PHP, PostgreSQL database and MySQL database software for installation under Red Hat Linux. CDROM does not include the examples - you have to type 'em in yourself, which is good for you anyway.
Core PHP Programming, by Leon Atkinson. Prentice Hall, 1999. ISBN 0-13-020787-X. An excellent book on how to program using PHP in general. Lots of real-world examples, including some that use databases. CDROM included.
http://www.php.net - The PHP home site. Downloads, documentation, tutorials, and more. Check out the LINKS page to find other PHP resources.
http://www.evilwalrus.com - General scripting resource center, with lots of PHP tutorials and examples.
http://www.phpwizard.net - Good source of PHP examples, info, and links.
http://www.devshed.com/Server_Side/PHP/ - The Developer Shed. Great site for hardcore developers. Tons of techie info on PHP and many other web software technologies.
http://www.hansanderson.com - Some neat PHP stuff, and a wacky site.
(Also see the Scripts section)
www.macromedia.com/generator - Macromedia's new product Generator. To quote from their marketing material: "The solution for automated and personalized Web site graphics... By reducing development time, Generator bridges the gap between professional Web design and server-side flexibility. Generator draws from data sources to dynamically serve rich media content..." A 60-day free trial is available.
www.webbase.com - A product from Expertelligence, a local Santa Barbara company. Contains its own Web Server, database server, and web application server. Uses WebBase ADL, a proprietary application development language. Check out the demos and sample sites. A 30-day trial copy is available.
www.extropia.com - eXtropia
www.netexpress.net/~mkruse - Mat Kruse's Site
www.worldwidemart.com/scripts - Matt's Script Archive. If you're in the busines, you gotta go here.
www.cgi-resources.com - The CGI Resource Index. Absolutely tons of great stuff here.
php.resourceindex.com - The PHP Resource Index. Excellent.
www.w3.org/Security - World Wide Web Consortium site for Security info and links.Comprehensive WWW and CGI Security FAQ, by Lincoln Stein. Excellent source.
CGI Security FAQ - It's been up there since 1995, but the basic information is still good.
www.icsa.net - Site security information.
http://www.cert.org/tech_tips/denial_of_service.html - Information on Denial of Service attacks
ftp://ftp.cert.org/pub/cert_advisories/ - Postings of new security holes, other up-to-date information. Also some security info here.
http://www.verisign.com/ - Verisign Corporation, providers of digital authentication certificates.
http://www.thawte.com/ - An alternative to Verisign for digital authentication certificates.
www.xml.com - "XML from the inside out". Good starting point. Lots of tutorials, FAQ's, tools, reviews, links, and other resrouces.
www.sys-con.com/xml/ - Sys-Con XML Journal
www.xmlmag.com - XML Magazine
wwws.sun.com/software/xml/ - All about XML at Sun.
www.egroups.com/group/xml-doc/ - eGroups XML-Doc "is a mailing list where technical writers, XML developers, XML product vendors and systems integrators, and others discuss the application of XML tools and techniques to the creation of documentation, particularly documentation for computer software and hardware".