200+ Cheat Sheets for Web Designers and Developers

Cheat sheets are very useful for web developers and designers simply because they offer great functionality to them. Cheat sheets are codes and program extracts which can be fitted in to the existing codes and tweak them. You can easily implement these cheats because they also are very easy to use. The cheat sheets displayed here are specifically for performing definite tasks. Some of these cheats apply to WordPress and some to Adobe Photoshop. Anyways, web designers and developers can actually rejoice because we know that coding and programming is not at all an easy task and to get such extracts of codes in the form of cheat sheets is like an angel in disguise.

Basically, cheat sheets are codes in printable format. This means you can easily download these cheat sheets and then keep a hard copy too. This is really interesting, I have also tried and tested many times such cheats but sometimes they are in a format which cannot be printed.

The cheat sheets given here are for various applications like blogging, HTML/XHTML, CSS, browser shortcuts and internet slang. These cheat codes can also be applied to different operating systems like Windows, UNIX, Linux and DOS.

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1. Blogging

Blogging is tough if you don’t have any knowledge of programming and cheat sheets make it easier for the non coders.

• Blogger (PDF)

• Movable Type (PDF)

• RSS 2.0 (PDF)

• TypePad ( PDF)

• WordPress (PDF)

2. HTML/XHTML

Cheat sheets for HTML and XHTML are very important because you save a lot of time and take that time which is otherwise spent on coding for other useful purposes.

• 216 Web browser-safe colors

• ASCII Codes

• Character Entity References in HTML 4 and XHTML 1.0

• Creating Links

• Doctype Declarations (DTDs) (1)

• Doctype Declarations (DTDs) (2)

• HTML (1)

• HTML (2)

• HTML (3)

• HTML (4)

• HTML Entities

• HTML & XHTML Tag Quick Reference (PDF)

• HTML Character Entities

• HTML Special Character Reference

• HTML Special Entity Codes

• HTML/XHTML Character References

• Server Side Includes (SSIs) (PDF)

• Special ASCII HTML Character Codes

• Special ASCII characters and how to type them

• W3C DOM

• XHTML (PDF)

• XHTML Character Entity Reference

3. XML

XML codes are tough to be implemented and if we have good and functional cheats for the same, then it becomes easy for the website owners.

• Fusebox 4.1 XML

• MathML Reference (PDF)

• VoiceXML Reference (PDF)

• XML Quick References (PDF)

• XML Schema 2001: children – parents – (PDF)

• XML Schema 2001: elements – attributes (PDF)

• XML Schema 2000/10 (PDF)

• XML Schema – Structures Quick Reference (PDF)

• XML Schema – Data Types Quick Reference (PDF)

• XSL FO Reference (PDF)

• XSLT Quick References (PDF)

4. CSS

CSS and the newer versions CSS3 have interesting features but at the same time, you need to have a good grip on the subject or otherwise it won’t turn out the way you want it to be.

• CSS

• CSS 2 – Quick Reference Guide (PDF)

• CSS 2.1 – Quick Reference Card (PDF)

• CSS Property Index

• CSS Shorthand Guide

5. Browser Shortcuts

We also have many browser shortcuts that help save time and effort. The shortcuts may vary a bit from one browser to another.

• Firefox/IE/Opera

• Firefox Keyboard Shortcuts (PDF)

• Firefox Keyboard Shortcuts

• Firefox Keyboard Shortcuts (2)

• Firefox Keyboard Shortcuts (3)

• Firefox Keyboard Shortcuts (4)

• Internet Explorer 7

• Twitter

6. Internet Slang

Using emoticons, internet slangs, jargon and contraction which could be easily understood using these cheat sheets for internet.

• Advertising Terminology on the Internet

• Blog Glossary

• Chat Abbreviations

• Emoticons

• Mathematical Symbols

7. OPERATING SYSTEMS

Operating systems also have to be properly taken care of. If you were stuck in some problem then these cheat sheets would definitely be of great help.

a). Windows

MS Windows is so commonly used and therefore we find a wide scope for the application of these cheat sheets.

• An A-Z Index of the Windows NT/XP command line

• Graphical vi-vim Cheat Sheet and Tutorial

• Power Point 2000 – Keyboard Shortcuts

• Powerpoint 2003 – Quick Reference Card (PDF)

• TCP Ports list (3498 ports in list)

• Windows – Alt Key Numeric Codes

• Windows Error Messages

• Windows Keyboard Shortcuts

• Windows 7 Keyboard Shortcuts

• Windows 7 Information Cheat Sheet

• XP Keyboard Shortcuts: version 2 – PDF

b). Unix

Cheat sheets for UNIX is extremely important as it isn’t very common and if a problem occurs then you refer to the cheat sheets for help.

• Bash emacs editing mode (PDF)

• CVS

• CVS (2)

• ed UNIX Text Editor (PDF)

• GNU emacs (PDF)

• GNU emacs Shortcuts

• GNU Screens

• Rosetta Stone for Unix

• screen Terminal Emulator (PDF)

• sed (Stream EDitor) PDF

• Subversion Quick Reference (PDF)

• TCP Ports List

• Treebeard’s Unix Cheat Sheet

• Unix Commands

• Unix Command Line

• Vim Commands

• Vim Keyboard Shortcuts

• Vim Quick Reference

c). Linux

LINUX is another of the old used coding language and cheat sheets for them aren’t easily available, but we give everything you want.

• Debian Package Management Utility (APT)

• Debian Reference Card (PDF)

• Linux Shortcuts and Commands

• Red Hat Program Manager (rpm)

• RPM

• The One Page Linux Manual – Version 3 (PDF)

d). DOS

DOS is so commonly used but when a trouble arises, cheat sheets would help by providing the right way out.

• DOS commands

• DOS to Linux

• Linux for Mac and Windows Programmers

8. MICROSOFT OFFICE

MS Office also is a good platform to use cheats because there are a lot of troubles which we aren’t able to find solutions to.

a). Microsoft Word Cheat Sheets

I am a great fan of MS Word and so I know well the importance of cheat sheets for it.

• Creating equations in Word

• Getting Rid of that (*)#”@^ paperclip! – Taming the Office Assistant

• Troubleshooting Autoformat Defaults

• Word Keyboard Shortcuts

b). Microsoft Outlook Cheat Sheets

MS Outlook is also a very essential software and to manage it properly, you can use of the techniques.

• Microsoft Outlook Shortcuts

c). Microsoft Excel Cheat Sheets

MS Excel also has many complex formulas and tricky things; navigation is extremely difficult without the help of some applications.

• Excel Basics (PDF)

• Excel Keyboard Shortcuts

9. Miscellaneous Cheat Sheets

• Basic FTP Commands

• CHMOD Chart

• Dreamweaver Acronyms, Terms and Cheat Sheet

• Essential FTP Commands

• Every file format in the world

• FTP Commands for the Microsoft FTP Client

• Gmail Keyboard Shortcuts

• Photoshop CS2 Keyboard Shortcuts for Windows (PDF)

• Photoshop CS2 Keyboard Shortcuts for Mac (PDF)

• Pretty Good PGP Reference Card

• Google Corporate (PDF)

• Google Help (Operators)

• Google Search

• How Digg Works

• How many bytes for… (storage)

• Logic Gates

• Mathematical Symbols

• Microformats

• Microformats (2)

• Quick Reference Cards

10. Search Engines

Cheat sheets for search engine are widely used and they can help to divert the traffic to the websites.

• Google Search Help

• Google

• Google Advanced Operators

• Google Teaching Tools Collection

• Search Engines (General)

• Yahoo!

• Gmail Shortcuts

11. PROGRAMMING AND SCRIPTING LANGUAGES

Cheat sheets are program codes and this makes it obvious that you can also them for the programming script.

a). ADA

• ADA Quick Reference Card (PDF)

• ADA Syntax Card (PDF)

b). AJAX

• What’s Ajax? (PDF)

• Microsoft Ajax Library

• Prototype Dissected (PNG)

• scriptaculous Combination Effects (PDF)

c). Apache

• Apache

• htaccess

• mod_rewrite

d). ASP

• ASP / VBScript (PNG)

• ASPLogin

• ASP Life Cycles/Events (PDF)

e). C

• C Quick Reference Sheet (PDF)

• C Reference Card (PDF)

• C Reference Card – ANSI (PDF)

f). C# and VB.NET

• Core C# and .NET Quick Reference (PDF)

• C# and VB.NET Comparison (PDF)

• Casting in VB.NET and C#

• String Formatting in C#

g). C++

• C++ Containers

• C++ Language Summary

• How to Code in C++

• STL Quick Reference Card (PDF)

h). Drupal

• Getting Started with Drupal

i). Java

• Erich’s Java Reference for C++

• Java 1.5 Cheat Sheet

• Java Quick Reference (PDF)

• (JSPª) SYNTAX version 1.1 (PDF)

• (JSP™) SYNTAX version 2.1 (PDF)

j). JavaScript

• JavaScript in a page

• JavaScript

• JavaScript Quick Reference (1)

• Javascript Quick Reference (2)

• Javascript Quick Reference Card (PDF)

• JavaScript and Browser Objects Quick Reference

• jquery 1.2 (PDF)

• Prototype 1.5 (PDF)

k). Microsoft Foundation Library

• Microsoft Foundation Class (PDF)

l). MySQL

• MySQL(1)

• MySQL(2)

• MySQL(3)

m). .NET

• .NET Standard DateTime Format Strings (PDF)

• ASP.NET 2.0 Page Life Cycle & Common Events (PDF)

• VB .NET (PDF)

n). Oracle

• Oracle

• Oracle PL/SQL

• Oracle Relational SQL

• Oracle SCM Installation

• Oracle Server Architecture (PDF)

• Oracle Server 8i – Quick Reference (PDF)

o). Perl

• Perl

• Perl (2)

• Perl (3)

• Perl 5.8

• Perl Regular Expression (PDF)

p). PHP

• PHP

• PHP (2)

• symfony PHP5 Framework Admin Generator (PDF)

q). PostgreSQL

• PostgreSQL

• PostgreSQL (PDF)   or   PNG

r). Regular Expressions

• Regular Expressions

• Regular Expression (.NET)

s). Unified Modeling Language (UML)

• UML

t). SQL

• SQL (1)

• SQL (2)

• SQL Injection

• SQL Server

• Sybase SQL

u). Visual Basic

• Visual Basic 6 (PDF)

• VB6 to TCL

• VisualStudio.NET (PDF)

• More Resources

• Refcardz Developers’ Cheatsheets

12. Security

Security is very important issue which needs to be handled with care and so when we want some security plugin to work more efficiently, we can use the cheat sheets given below.

• ASP.NET Security Architecture

• Google Hacking and Defense

• How to Suck at Information Security (common errors)

• Information Security Assessment RFPs

• Netcat

• Network DDoS Incident Response

• Network Security

• Reverse-Engineering Malware

• Security Architecture for Internet Applications

• Security Incident Questionnaire for Respondents

• Security Incident Survey for Administrators

• SQL Injection Prevention

• Windows Command Line

• X86/WIN32 Reverse Engineering

• XSS (Cross-Site Scripting) Prevention