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<p>Browser company unveils complete curriculum for Web standards-based design<br />
and development</p>
<p>Oslo, Norway - July 8, 2008 - Opera today launched a sweeping education<br />
initiative aimed at supporting and enhancing Web standards education and<br />
training in secondary schools, colleges, universities and businesses<br />
worldwide. The first planned step in this initiative is the Opera Web<br />
Standards Curriculum, a complete curriculum of learning material to provide<br />
a thorough understanding of client-side Web design and development from the<br />
ground up. These materials are available completely free under a Creative<br />
Commons license from <a href="http://www.opera.com/wsc/" title="http://www.opera.com/wsc/">http://www.opera.com/wsc/</a></p>
<p>Aimed at both educational institutions and Web developers, these materials<br />
cover CSS, HTML, and background concepts thoroughly, provide good<br />
instruction on Web design theory (including typography, color, and<br />
information architecture), and deliver enough introductory information<br />
about JavaScript for the reader to be able to work with JavaScript when it<br />
is encountered, including debugging and writing simple scripts.</p>
<p>So far 23 articles have been published, with more than 50 planned in total.<br />
Authors contributing to this project include well-known Web developers such<br />
as Christian Heilmann and Mark Norman "Norm" Francis of Yahoo!, Peter-Paul<br />
Koch of quirksmode.org, Jonathan Lane, Linda Goin, Paul Haine, Roger<br />
Johansson of 456bereastreet, and Jen Hanen.</p>
<p>"Industry best practice demands standards-based Web development, but<br />
there's very little foundation-level information available for students,"<br />
said Ben Buchanan, a prominent Web developer and speaker. "The average<br />
beginner tutorial is out of date and most standards-based articles are<br />
beyond beginner level. Opera's new curriculum aims to fill that gap, with a<br />
set of articles showing how to build standards-compliant Web sites from the<br />
ground up."</p>
<p>The Opera Web Standards Curriculum is also an ideal training course for<br />
businesses who want to promote good coding practices as well as enjoy the<br />
bandwidth savings, easier maintenance and enhanced innovation Web standards<br />
provide.</p>
<p>"As one of the world's premier Web technology companies, Yahoo! prides<br />
itself on following best practices and building the Web the right way to<br />
enable us to become the starting point on the Internet for our consumers,"<br />
said Sophie Major, Manager, Yahoo! Developer Network International.<br />
"Therefore Yahoo! insists its employees be competent in their knowledge of<br />
Web standards. The Opera Web Standards Curriculum delivers exactly the<br />
spread of knowledge Yahoo! would expect a front-end developer to know."</p>
<p>Educators and universities stand in support of the initiative:</p>
<p>"Web development and design are ever evolving professions. Anyone teaching<br />
these subjects must ask themselves if they are equipping their students<br />
with best practices or burdening them with impractical methodologies, said<br />
Glenda Sims, Senior Systems Analyst, TeamWeb - Information Technology<br />
Services University of Texas. "The Opera Web Standards Curriculum,<br />
developed by top industry professionals, is an excellent rubric for<br />
educators to review, affirm and enhance their current instruction. Indeed,<br />
all of us in this field can benefit from this resource and use it as a<br />
catalyst to further the W3C vision of 'Web for Everyone. Web on<br />
Everything.'"</p>
<p>"The School of Computing, University of Dundee gives its full support to<br />
the Web standards curriculum from Opera. This will be an invaluable<br />
resource for the teaching of Web standards at all levels and will fill an<br />
important gap in the available resources about this important subject,"<br />
said Andrew Cobley, Lecturer in Internet Programming, Dundee University.<br />
"Opera's choice of industry leaders for preparing course material<br />
emphasizes the importance of the material. This course will help students<br />
to learn the right way to implement Web design and will increase their<br />
understanding of the importance of Web standards for creating valid Web<br />
resources. University-level students will find the wealth of material in<br />
the course allows them to brush up on current knowledge, find new ways of<br />
doing old tasks and discover new technologies for implementing Web design.<br />
Dundee University intends to use material from the course in our<br />
undergraduate teaching to emphasize the right, modern way of doing Web<br />
design."</p>
<p>"Opera has always fought to bring Web standards to a global audience," said<br />
Håkon Wium Lie, CTO, Opera. "The new Web Standards Curriculum will reach<br />
many Web developers who are new to Web standards, arming them with the<br />
tools and information they need to deploy Web standards easily and<br />
efficiently. I'm proud that Opera can play an even greater role in<br />
spreading Web standards to developers all over the globe."</p>
<p>Get Involved<br />
Our developer community, <a href="http://dev.opera.com/" title="http://dev.opera.com/">http://dev.opera.com/</a> , is a central hub to learn<br />
about Web standards, advanced Web development techniques and connect with<br />
developers worldwide. The Opera Web Standards Curriculum needs your support<br />
to help prepare the next generation of Web developers. If you would like to<br />
develop new articles or translate existing content to reach a global<br />
audience, we welcome your input. Visit <a href="http://dev.opera.com/" title="http://dev.opera.com/">http://dev.opera.com/</a> and<br />
<a href="http://www.opera.com/wsc" title="http://www.opera.com/wsc">http://www.opera.com/wsc</a> to learn more.</p>
<p>Opera Education<br />
Opera's Web Standards Curriculum is part of Opera Education, a<br />
comprehensive initiative to promote Web standards and choice on the Web as<br />
a force for good. Opera Education encompasses university tours, lectures<br />
and materials for system administrators, students and educators at<br />
institutions of higher learning worldwide. Visit<br />
<a href="http://www.opera.com/education/" title="http://www.opera.com/education/">http://www.opera.com/education/</a> to learn more.</p>
<p>About Opera Software ASA</p>
<p>Opera Software ASA has redefined Web browsing for PCs, mobile phones and<br />
other networked devices. Opera's cross-platform Web browser technology is<br />
renowned for its performance, standards compliance and small size, while<br />
giving users a faster, safer and more dynamic online experience. Opera<br />
Software is headquartered in Oslo, Norway, with offices around the world.<br />
The company is listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol<br />
OPERA. Learn more about Opera at <a href="http://www.opera.com" title="http://www.opera.com">http://www.opera.com</a></p>
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