20+ Useful Cheat Sheets Any Web Developer Must Print Out

Cheat sheets are very useful – they put together everything you need to know about a programming language, or a platform, or a tool, or anything, so that you can read it all in a glance. Be it a list of all the functions of Photoshop, or all the character codes in HTML, or even all the template tags in WordPress, cheat sheets can really help you reduce the time you spend developing. Instead of going through thick manuals to find that one piece of code, why not simply look it up in a cheat sheet?

So, here are 20+ useful cheat sheets for web developers that you really should print out and stick to your wall! [next time, we're doing a list of useful cheat sheets for web designers, so stay tuned!]

HTML

The following are cheat sheets concerning HTML. There are cheat sheets for character codes, HTML 5, HTML codes and what not.

1. HTML Cheat Sheet

2. HTML 5 Cheat Sheet

PDF file.

3. HTML Character Entities Cheat Sheet

4. XHTML Cheat Sheet (PDF)

5. HTML Help Sheet. Panic Over.

CSS

Having a CSS cheat sheet handy is a great way to save time web developing.

6. CSS 3 Cheat Sheet (PDF)

PDF file.

7. CSS Cheat Sheet (V2)

8. CSS Shorthand Cheat Sheet

9. CSS Shorthand Guide

10. Cascading Style Sheets (PDF)

JavaScript

The following are cheat sheets for JavaScript and things dealing with JavaScript (jQuery etc)

11. JavaScript Cheat Sheet

12. mootools 1.2 cheat sheet

13. jQuery Cheat Sheet

14. What’s Ajax (PDF)

15. JavaScript Reference Card (PDF)

16. The most common DOM methods at a glance (PDF)

17. AJAX on Rails (PDF)

18. jquery CheatSheet

19. jQuery Visual Map

20. Prototype Cheat Sheet (PDF)

PHP

The following two cheat sheets are about PHP. Really useful, aren’t they?

21. PHP Cheat Sheet

22. PHP Reference Sheet (PDF file)

You Got Any?

Do you know of any cheat sheet that’s not included here but deserves a place? Do tell us in the comments. And oh, if you liked this post, please share it with others, using the buttons below