Part 4: Validation Tools for becoming a web developer
Validating tools offer an easy way to honour the structured way of writing code. This post details ways to do validation on your code. (This tutorial is a part of the series – “How to become a web programmer in 4 easy steps”. Read previous post here.)
HTML, XML, CSS, RSS and JavaScript can be validated using the following tools – online as well as offline.
| Aspect | Offline Validation | Online Validation |
| HTML | HTML Validator Firefox plugin | w3.org |
| XML | Libxml2 | xmlvalidation.com |
| CSS | CSS Tidy | w3.org |
| RSS Feed | Feed Validator | w3.org |
| JavaScript | JSLint using Rhino | JSLint |
| Broken Link Detector | LinkChecker | w3.org |
[Note: The last item is out-of-syllabus – strictly to be taken as a bonus : - ) ]
What’s next?
Good coding alone is not enough. To bring out the best performance, a site and its components needs to be optimised. Part 5 of this tutorial sums up the series with various ways to optimise your site for best performance.
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FULLfx.antzFx.com » Part 5: Optimisation Tools for becoming a web developer on December 7th, 2009
[...] Every aspect of a web page needs to be carefully scrutinised for optimisation. Strip off anything and everything that is not needed. Less is sometimes better. (This tutorial is a part of the series – “How to become a web programmer in 4 easy steps”. Read previous post here.) [...]