Lesson 1 Flashcards
app container
Which means a seprate memory space. An app container prevents corruption of the operating system if the application fails for some reason and enables a user to cleanly uninstall the app.
app package
Is the result of the packaging process. Packaging is similar to archiving a folder that contains files and subfolders.
AppCache
stores resources like images, HTML pages, CSS files, and JavaScript-data that would ordinarily be stored on the server
application programming interface (API)
Is simply a list of instructions letting a program communicate with another program.
application state
is created when the web browser sends the first request for a web page to the web server and it ends when the user closes the browser
cascading style sheets (CSS)
defines styles for HTML in a separate file, so you can easily change fonts, font sizes, and other attributes in a CSS file and the changes are reflected across all HTML files that reference the CSS file.
cookies
Are small text files that contain information about the user and the Web site visited and are saved on the user’s computer.
debugging
an application involves detecting, finding, and correcting logical or syntactical errors
gesture
involve a single finger (one-touch, such as press, tap, press and hold, slide to pan, and so on) or a finger and a thumb (two-touch such as a pinch and stretch or a turn to rotate).
Hypertext Markup Language (HTML)
is the language you use to describe Web pages. It is a markup language, not a programming language, which means HTML uses markup tags
Hypertext Transport Protocal (HTTP)
is the protocol that transfers data on the World Wide Web
HTML5
the latest version of HTML
indentity permission
protects assemblies (complied code libraries) based on evidence or credentials
JavaScript
is a scripting language (a programming language that uses scripts and requires no compiler) that adds interactivity to Web pages.
launcher icon
It represents your app.
LocalStorage
is JavaScript methods to deal efficiently with state data
markup language
Uses markup tags such as and <h1> to describe parts of a Web page.</h1>
media queries
a CSS3 feature that detects the users type of screen and sized the output accordingly
Metro-style interface (UI)
The UI used by the latest Microsoft Windows version
namespace
A single package can have a lot of functionality. To keep all of the componenets separated so they don’t conflict.
permission sets
are groups of permissisons