Webmaster Tools
This section presents a collection of utilities and references useful to the ongoing work of webmasters and web application developers. The tools available here may also serve as study guides, learning aids, patterns, reminders, or even introductions to more advanced tools available elsewhere.
Use these resources freely and as often as you need to help solve problems and resolve uncertainty. Keep in mind, while using these resources and others you find on your own, understanding is more important than memorization. Even experienced developers depend on references as tools of their trade.
- ASCII Character Code Chart
- The basic set of Latin characters commonly encountered as plain text. Character code values are listed in their decimal, hexadecimal, and octal equivalents.
- Unicode Character Code Charts
- Useful visual aid to cross reference the Unicode character set and their hexadecimal equivalents.
- Base 64 Character Coding [Web Service]
- Encode plain text strings as Base 64 encoded text. Decode Base 64 encoded text to plain text. This simple, Hash String Encoding-based web service permits study of the character encoding commonly used for Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME) content.
- Hash String Encoding [Web Service]
- Generate one-way hash encoded strings from plain text. Avaliable hash encodings: MD5.
- Hexadecimal Character Coding [Web Service]
- Encode plain text strings as hexadecimal encoded character strings. Decode hexadecimal encoded characters to plain text. This handy web service provides a simple means to study the coding scheme commonly used in general computing to represent program data.
- URL Character Coding [Web Service]
- Encode plain text as URL encoded text. Decode URL encoded text to plain text. This web service is useful for quick coding of URL strings.
- CSS Property Index
- Well organized index of style properties defined by the cascading style sheet language. The author provides succinct definitions and clear examples.