OStatic

Some really remarkable resources for open source and web development skill improvement have shown up online this week, including Smashing Magazine's roundup of 50 Excellent AJAX Tutorials (and more)--currently a top performing story on Digg. There are also some great resources for Firefox users. In this post, I'll round up some of these good educational posts, and throw in some learning-oriented highlights from OStatic too.

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.