Intro to Interactive Programming

Question 1

What is JavaScript?

Answer 1

is a programming language that adds complex interactive features to a website

Question 2

JavaScript can be used to

Answer 2

validate data on web forms, generate new content in response to
user actions, and store data that will persist from one web session to the next.

Question 3

What are the three types of languages used in website design?

Answer 3

Programming languages; scripting languages; markup languages

Question 4

What is a programming language?

Answer 4

A set of instructions directing the actions of the computer or computer device

Question 5

What is a scripting language?

Answer 5

belongs to a subcategory of programming languages that do not require compiling but instead
are run directly from a program or script.

Question 6

What is a Markup language?

Answer 6

is a language that defines the content, structure, and appearance of a document.

Question 7

The Document Object Model and the Browser Object Model are examples of an

Answer 7

Application Programming Interface
(API),

Question 8

What is a Application Programming Interface
(API)?

Answer 8

is a set of procedures that access an application such as a web page or a web browser.

Question 9

What is the primary role of the client in a two-tier system?

Answer 9

is the presentation of an interface to the user.

Question 10

What is a server (in a two-tier system)?

Answer 10

is a device or application from which a client requests information. A server fulfills a request for information by managing the request or
serving the requested information to the client

Question 11

Responsibilities of a server?

Answer 11

Data storage; management and communicating with external servers

Question 12

Explain when you get a three-tier client architecture

Answer 12

After adding databases and other types of applications to a web server

Question 13

Name the three pieces that a three-tier client/server system is made up of

Answer 13

the client tier; the processing tier; the data storage tier

Question 14

What does static mean?

Answer 14

Unable to change

Question 15

What is client-side scripting?

Answer 15

the scripting language runs on a local
browser (on the client tier) instead of on a web server (on the processing tier).

Question 16

client-side scripting allows

Answer 16

web pages to respond
dynamically to user actions without putting extra strain on the operations of the server

Question 17

What is server-side scripting language?

Answer 17

programming using a scripting language that is executed from a web server

Question 18

In which tier does server-side scripting language work?

Answer 18

Processing tier (three-tier system) and therefore, handles communication between the client tier and the data storage tier

Question 19

What is a web application

Answer 19

is a program that is executed on a server but is
accessed through a web page loaded in a client browser.