#Welcome to the Nashville Software School Resource List

This is the school's opinionated list of the top resources for learning the various technologies we teach. We will update this list as we present topics to the students.

##HTML

#####Books

• [HTML & CSS Book] (http://htmlandcssbook.com/)
• [Dive into HTML] (http://diveintohtml5.info/)

#####Online

• [World Wide Web Consortium] (http://www.w3.org/)
• [Global Structure of A HTML Document] (http://www.w3.org/TR/html401/struct/global.html)
• [Principles of Writing Consistent, Idiomatic HTML] (https://github.com/necolas/idiomatic-html)

##CSS

#####Books

• [HTML & CSS Book] (http://htmlandcssbook.com/)

#####Online

• [The CSS Box-Model] (http://css-tricks.com/the-css-box-model/)
• [All About Floats] (http://css-tricks.com/video-screencasts/42-all-about-floats-screencast/ ) (Video)
• [Why Containers Don't Clear Themselves] (http://css-tricks.com/containers-dont-clear-floats/)
• [Positioning: The Mozilla Developer Network] (https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/CSS/position)
• [How Z-Index Works] (http://css-tricks.com/video-screencasts/40-how-z-index-works/) (Video)
• [Principles of Writing Consistent, Idiomatic CSS] (https://github.com/necolas/idiomatic-css)

#####Web Fonts

• [Font Matrix] (http://media.24ways.org/2007/17/fontmatrix.html) - see the fonts that come with computers
• [Typetester] (http://www.typetester.org/) - experiment with font stacks
• [Google Webfonts] (http://www.google.com/webfonts) - the easiest way to get web fonts up on your site
• [@font-face guide] (http://sixrevisions.com/css/font-face-guide/) - the standard method
• [@font-face syntax snippet] (http://css-tricks.com/snippets/css/using-font-face/)
• [Font Squirrel] (http://www.fontsquirrel.com/) - @font-face kits and a generator
• [Typekit] (https://typekit.com/) - hosted library of fonts you can use
• [Font Deck] (http://fontdeck.com/) - hosted library of fonts you can use
• [Webink] (http://www.webink.com/) - hosted library of fonts you can use
• [The League of Moveable Type] (http://www.theleagueofmoveabletype.com/) - free fonts
• [Lost Type Foundry] (http://www.losttype.com/) - free fonts

##Command Line

• Command Line Crash Course

##Version Control With Git/Github

• [ProGit] (http://git-scm.com/book)
• [Git Immersion] (http://gitimmersion.com/)
• Try Git
• [Git Reference] (http://gitref.org)

##How To Contribute To This List

1. fork the repo click the fork button on the top right of the Github page
2. clone the repo git clone THE_URL_GITHUB_GIVES_YOU_FOR_THE_REPO
3. edit the README.md file using [Markdown syntax] (http://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/syntax). Also review Github flavored markdown
4. commit your changes to the branch git add README.md then git commit -m "updated the list"
5. push your repo up to Github git push origin master
6. issue a pull request via Github click on the pullrequest button on the repo page