Custom themes: Other resources

Related technologies

• Apache FreeMarker is a template engine: a Java library to generate text output (HTML web pages, e-mails, configuration files, source code, etc.) based on templates and changing data. For more information, see documentation at Apache FreeMarker portal https://freemarker.apache.org/index.html.
• Soy, or Closure, Templates use a data model that's not specific to any language: you can use the same template in JavaScript and Java. For more information, see documentation at Google Developers portal https://developers.google.com/closure/.

HTML and CSS Resources

Books:

• Designing with Web Standards (2nd Edition) at https://www.amazon.com/Designing-Web-Standards-Jeffrey-Zeldman/dp/0321385551/
• Don't Make Me Think: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability at https://www.amazon.com/Dont-Make-Me-Think-Usability/dp/0321344758/

Web sites and articles:

• Bulletproof HTML: 37 Steps to Perfect Markup at https://www.sitepoint.com/html-37-steps-perfect-markup/
• CSS Zen Garden at http://www.csszengarden.com/
• class="clearfix" : What the hell is that? on Worx

Blogs about web standards, CSS bleeding-edge techniques, and accessibility:

• A List Apart at https://alistapart.com/
• 456 Berea Street at https://www.456bereastreet.com/
• Green Beast at http://green-beast.com/blog
• W3Schools at https://www.w3schools.com/
• Sitepoint at https://www.sitepoint.com/
• Quirksmode Compatibility overview at https://www.quirksmode.org/compatibility.html

Developer tools

Firefox extensions:

• Firebug at https://getfirebug.com/

Validators:

• CSS Validation Service at http://jigsaw.w3.org/css-validator/
• Other validators at https://w3c.github.io/developers/tools/#validators