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midterm! Flashcards

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GIU

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  • graphic user interface

* one way to operate in an OS

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OS

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  • operating system
  • examples: ubuntu, windows, macOS, atom OS, chrome OS, android, iOS
  • used for personalizing, hooking up to the internet, and password/username
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BASH

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  • a way of managing systems
  • no graphics, just command line
  • comes down from unix
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kinds of file permissions

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  • read: allows you to open and read whatever’s in the file (4)
  • write: edit the file (2)
  • execute: there’s a script that executes on the operating system and you can either allow or disallow that, like actually doing the thing the code allows says (1)
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644

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  • HTML file permission
  • 6 is for owner, 4 is for group, 4 is other
  • 6 is read + write, 4 is read
    • |rw-|r- -|r - -|
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755

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  • HTML file permission
  • 7 is for owner (read, write, execute), 5 is read and execute
    • | rwx | r - x | r - x
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frontpage examples + permission sets

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  • HTML, CSS, javascript, image files

* 644

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only programming language in the front end is:

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javascript

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markup languages in the front end

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  • hypertext markup language (HTML)

* cascading style sheets (CSS)

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back end

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  • interacting with the frontend, catching the events.

* things are not stored in the front end, but in the cloud. the backend catches them.

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examples of backend programming languages

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  • PHP, ruby, nojs-75

* needs 755 to execute

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FTP

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  • file transfer protocol
  • application that allows you to upload and download files from and to a server
  • filezilla
  • they is also SFTP (secure)
  • port 21 is FTP, 22 is SFTP
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terminal commands

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  • clear = clears everything
  • files named “index” are homepages
  • touch = create a file
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tags not requiring closing

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<img></img><hr>

<br></br>

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15
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basic HTML sublime set up

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iframe

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  • put a tiny version of another webpage in that webpage

* looks like:

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ways to connect CSS and HTML

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  • external CSS: you have fo have a .css file, then include it in your HTML with a tag
  • internal CSS: you have to use a tag
  • in-line CSS: you have to use HTML attribute called <tag style=“css code”>cose</tag>
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difference between tag and #id

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  • tag: all elements will be included

* id: only that one element will be included

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hexadecimal colors

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  • rgba
  • rgb
  • rrggbb
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rgb

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  • red green blue
  • deals with light (cmyk deals with print)
  • values from 0 - F
  • # 000 is black, #FFF is white, #999 is gray
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rgba

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  • rgb goes from 0-255

* a is for alpha, translucency (0-1)

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javascript

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  • scripting language that adds interactivity and behaviors to web pages
  • checks form entries for valid entries
  • swapping out styles for an element or entire site
  • loading scrolling feeds with more content automatically
  • building interface widgets, such as embedded video players or special form inputs
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DOM

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  • document object model

* scripting used in relation to javascript

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AJAX

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• asynchronous javascript and XML

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W3C

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  • world wide web consortium

* founded by tim berners-lee in 1994 at MIT

26
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what is the internet?

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• an international network of connected computers

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protocols

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• standardized methods for transferring data or documents over a network

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what is the web?

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  • originally called world wide web
  • one way information can be shared over the internet
  • unique in that it allows documents to be linked to one another via hypertext links
  • uses protocol called HTTP (hypertext transfer protocol)
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server

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  • the software that allows the computer to communicate with other computers
  • also called HTTP servers
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IP address

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• internet protocol address

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DNS

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  • domain name system

* how we refer to servers by their domain name instead of IP address

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intranets

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  • special web-based networks
  • created and function like ordinary websites
  • use special security devices called firewalls that prevent the outside world from seeing them
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extranet

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  • like an intranet

* but allows access to select users outside of the organization

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client

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  • software that does the requesting from the server

* client-side = frontend

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rendering engine

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  • program responsible for converting HTML and CSS into what you see rendered on a screen
  • also called browser engine or layout engine
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URL

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  • uniform resource locator
  • every page and resource on the web has one
  • subset of URI
37
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HTTPS

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• secure form of HTTP

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source document

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• text file behind the scenes

39
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empty elements

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• aka self closing tags

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progressive enhancement

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• a strategy for coping with unknown browser capabilities

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RWD

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  • responsive web design

* strategy for providing appropriate layouts to devices based on the size of the viewport (browser window)

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WAI

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  • web accessibility initiative
  • started by the W3C
  • also there is the WAI-ARIA (accessible rich internet applications)
43
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what is SFTP?

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  • secure file transfer protocol
  • an application that allows you to upload and download files to and from a server
  • used by filezilla
  • in bash, you can type “sftp netID@i6.cims.nyu.edu” to connect our computer to another one on the internet
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what does SSH mean? how do you use it?

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  • secure shell
  • used to connect to a remote computer to manage the file system
  • the command in bash is “ssh netID@i6.cims.nyu.edu”
  • the terminal changes from the local environment to the remote environment
  • once we are connected we can use bash commands to navigate and manage the web server’s resources
45
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what is Bash?

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  • a command line utility that allows us to operate our computer systems
  • allows us to connect to other computers over the internet using secure shell (SSH) or to download/upload files using SFTP
46
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what is “cd”?

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  • a bash command
  • “change directory”
  • changes directory on the REMOTE system
47
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what is “vim”?

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• a simple text editor
• when in vim, we are taken to another user interface, UI, that is composed of two views:
1. insert view (i)
2. command view (esc)
• vim commands include :w to save or write a file to a disk, :q to quit out of vim

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what is “cp”?

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  • bash command

* copy a file

49
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what is “mkdir”?

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  • bash command
  • creates new folder
  • mkdir
50
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what is “rm”?

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  • bash command
  • removes or deletes a file
  • rm
51
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what is “rmdir”?

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  • bash command
  • deletes a folder
  • rmdir
52
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what is “passwd”?

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  • bash command

* change your password

53
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what is “pwd”?

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  • bash command

* path of working directory

54
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what is “ls”?

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• bash command
• list files of a directory
• also there is
ls -a (which lists all files)
or 
ls -l (long list of files)
55
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how to add a favicon?

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• create a .png file using photoshop, 32x32, name it “favicon.png” and save it at the root of your web project folder
• add to tag on index.html file
•

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what is a terminal window on mac? why and when do you use it?

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  • command-line tool
  • type Unix commands for setting file permissions, moving or copying files and directories, or managing the server software
  • uses a shell program called bash

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