Components of a Web Site

Question 1

PHP

Answer 1

Hypertext prepocessor

Open source server side scripting language

embedded within the page as HTML, code processed in the server and replaced by HTML

popularity enhanced by MySQL (free database) and Apache, most widely used web server

Question 2

HTML

Contains_____ which are used to ____

Answer 2

Hypertext Markup Language

the standard markup language

contaings tags used to identify elements of a document and provide structure

Question 3

When was HTML first drafted?

Answer 3

early to mid 1990s

Question 4

HTML 2.0 release:

What was its significance?

Answer 4

released in 1995

first release of the language as a standard

Question 5

Which HTML release stabilized the language according to web standards?

Answer 5

4.0

Question 6

WHATWG

What did this emerge from?

Answer 6

Web Hypertext Application Technology Working Group

group of developers that were unhappy with the development of XHTML 2.0, efforts led to HTML%

Question 7

CSS

Answer 7

Cascading Style Sheets- Controls the presentation of HTML documents

collection of formatting rules, usually in an external file, that can control a page/website

based on where styles are found, can overwrite one another when conflict arises

Question 8

Benefits of CSS

Answer 8

separation of style and structure- highly modular design

speed development/site maintenance by controlling and formatting for entire site through a very small number of CSS files

media types can be declared for style sheets- can control how it looks on multiple screens

Question 9

XML

How is it different from HTML?

Primary Purpose?

Popular Uses

Answer 9

Extensible Markup Language

Semantic markup language. No tags, contains rules for defining document structure and data

Purpose: store and transport structured data from one system to another

Uses= RSS & AJAX

Question 10

RSS

Answer 10

Real Simple Syndication

Standard means of publishing and syndicating conten over the web

XML based format, contains headlines, descriptions, links, author name

usually automatically created via Javascript or server side software (ie: PHP)

Question 11

JPG

compressed with ___

Answer 11

Joint Photographic Experts Group (1992)

compressed w/ lossy compression

to keep file size down, throws away image data

good for photos

Question 12

GIF

Answer 12

Graphic Interchange Format

limited to max of 256 colors (8 bit graphics)

supports transparency and limited animation

Question 13

PNG

Answer 13

Portable Network Graphics (1995)

created as a response to copyright disputes over GIF format

supports transparency, supports millions of colors

has larger file sizes than JPG and GIF

Question 14

Javascript

Answer 14

Javascript and java have nothing to do with each other

allows your content to respond to user interaction

since it is client side, page content doesn’t need to be refreshed for changes to occur

Question 15

AJAX

Answer 15

Asynchronous Javascipt and XML

refers to development of interactive applications, widgets, and interfaces through the use of existing technologies

a specific approach to web dev that focuses on building engaging user experiences

Question 16

JSP

Answer 16

Java Server Pages

server side application tool developed by Sun

code embedded into HTML and processed on server

Question 17

.NET

Answer 17

application network developed by Microsoft

encompasses many programming languages like visual basic, C#, J#, ASP.NET

allows developers to build large scale apps for web and desktop

must be hosted on a windows server

Question 18

Coldfusion

Answer 18

Allaire –> Macromedia –>Adobe

added to HTML by using own markup language, CFML

less code, most similar to HTML

not free, more expensive than PHP

Question 19

SQL

Answer 19

Structrured Query Language

standard for managing and retrieving information databases

web apps use SQL or some form of it to update, create, delete, retrieve information from relational databases

filter data sets