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If you're a developer, or would-be developer, working on any type of web-based project, there are a couple of free resources that I recommend for following web application standards, and mastering cutting-edge web development languages. Open source developers and proprietary developers alike can benefit from Opera Web Standards Curriculum and W3 Schools. Both sites are extremely rich in resources for building best-of-breed online applications. Here's what's under the hood.

If youﾒre a web developer, you may have a love-hate relationship with CSS: itﾒs great stuff, but itﾒs hard to go from a blank screen to a fully-worked-out design, especially if writing CSS isnﾒt your everyday activity. So says Mike Gunderloy on our sister site WebWorkerDaily. To jumpstart your thinking the next time you get stuck on this problem, Mike suggests bookmarking Open Source Web Designs: over 2000 web site designs, with most of them being XHTML/CSS-based. Check out the story.