NOTES FROM 1ST WEEK

Uniform Resource Identifier

A URN that identifies resource by name

Character encoding

A standardized collection of letters, numbers, and symbols used in the doc.

Inline element

AKA text-level semantic element or phrasing element

Marking up

Adding descriptive tags to a test document

Dynamic websites

Backend programming, PHP or ASP. Access content and data from database, may be customized for each user.

Tags

Brackets with text content inside of it that describe each element on the pg

User agent style sheets

Browsers' own built in style sheets that describe the default rendering of elements

Semantic markup

Choosing the HTML element that provides the most meaningful description of the content at hand (not the way it should look)

Servers (AKA HTTP servers)

Computers that make up the internet because they "serve up" documents

Head element

Contains elements that are not part of the content (title, style sheets, scripts, metadata)

Meta element

Contains info about the document (character encoding, etc)

Document Type Declaration

DOCTYPE declaration - lets browsers know which HTML spec to use to interpret the document

Index file

Default file server searches for when address does not include a file name.

Boolean attribute

Describes a feature that is either on or off

Title element

Descriptive title of the document; Mandatory for every doc, per HTML specification

User-Centered Design

Designing around the user's needs

Domain Name System

Developed to allow reference to servers by its domain name "_____.com" instead of IP numbers.

Empty element

Do not have content, used to provide simple directive (get an image, line break, horizontal rules, etc)

Interaction Design

Easy experience

Secure Web Protocol

Encrypts form information when sent between server and client

Apache

Free server software for Unix, Macs and Windows

User Interface Design

Functionality

Content Management Systems

Generate web pages and keep content in databases and use templates to assemble the data into pages on the fly

Static websites

HTML files with fixed content that's the same for every visitor

User experience Design

Holistic view of the entire design process (visual, interface, content, overall performance)

Block elements

How headings and paragraphs are displayed in browsers, in little rectangular boxes stacked up on the pg.

HTTP Header

Info about doc that server sends to user agent

Attributes

Instructions that clarify or modify an element (src, alt)

Internet

International network of computers to share information, through protocols

Javascript

Language that adds interactivity and behaviors to web page

HyperText Markup Language

Language used to create web page content

DNS server

Matches IP address to text domain names.

Microsoft Internet Information Services

Microsoft server solution

Subdomain

More than one website at a domain; ex: "development.example.com"

Web

Originally "world wide web" one way info is shared over internet, via hypertext links, forming huge "web" of connected info

Rendering Engine

Program responsible for converting HTML and CSS into what is rendered on the screen

Secure Socket Layer

Protocol that works with HTTPS. Must be enabled on server for secure transactions to work

Code points

Reference numbers

Browser Engine

Rendering Engines:

Storyboard

Shows path thru a site from typical user's point of view.

Site diagram

Shows structure of site as a whole & how pages relate to each other

Mockups

Sketch of the way a site will look

Open Source

Software developed as collaborative effort to make its source code available to other programmers

Validator

Software that checks your source against HTML version specifications

Intranet

Special web-based networks that use firewalls to prevent outside world from seeing

Document Object Model

Standard list of elements used with JavaScript

Coded character set

Standardize collection of characters with their reference numbers

Protocols

Standardized methods for transferring data or documents over a network

HTTP Status Code

Status codes in response to browser requests.

Markup

Tags that are added around content

Asynchronous JavaScript and XML

Technique used to load content in the background

Mobile Web

Term used to describe web accessed from mobile phones and tablets

Source Document

Text files behind the scenes of a web page

Elements

Text inside the tags and the content

Syntax

The anatomy of an HTML element

Tag

The angle brackets and text within the bracket

Root element

The entire document, the html element, contains all the other elements in the document

Validate

To check markup to ensure all rules of the HTML version used are being adhered to and the doc is error-free.

File Transfer Protocol

Tool used to moves files across the internet

Persona

Typical user's point of view

Unicode

Universal Character Set

Cascading Style Sheets

Used to create the look (presentation) of the web page