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What is Web Development?
The development of web-based applications in a client/server environment.
Web Development includes:
- website project planning
- structuring the web page(s) with XHTML,
- page presentation using Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)
- dynamic features and information flow via programming and database access on the backend
WEBDEV Terminology 101
Some common web terminology that you need to know:
- Client/Server
A client requests service(s) and a server services the request if possible. In the world of the web, the client
is the browser and the server is a web server running software like Apache or IIS
- Web Browser
Client-side software application that includes an HTML interpreter, JavaScript interpreter, and plugins like Flash Player
to render and display web pages to the user. Microsoft's Internet Explorer and Mozilla's Firefox are two
popular web browsers.
- Web Server
Server-side software application that responds to web browser requests to retrieve web pages
possibly executing server-side programs that contribute to the content returned to the browser.
The Apache web server and Microsoft's IIS are the two most popular current web servers.
- URL
Uniform Resource Locater - contains the address (location) of the document to be retrieved. Is made up of
protocol, hostname of web server, path to document, and several other (optional) parts.
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WEBDEV Anthology - Q&A
Questions you have... Answers you need to know
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WEBDEV General Resources
- Sitepoint
SitePoint.com - With a vast variety of web design tutorials and articles
coupled with a vibrant and well informed community
- onlamp.com
ONLamp.com, the high performance web development site from the O'Reilly Network
offering comprehensive Lamp developer information and resources
- w3schools
What does a Web developer have to know? W3Schools will answer this,
and help you become a professional Web developer, well prepared for the future.
- WebMonkey
HTML cheat sheet, special characters, colour codes, browser chart,
stylesheets guide, etc. Resources for beginners and more advanced users.
- WebDeveloper.com
resources for daily news, how-to articles, product reviews, and downloads of
special interest to Web designers, programmers, developers, and Webmasters
- Dev Shed
Open Source web development tutorials, forums, and tools. Topics covered
include PHP, Apache, mySQL, Zope, Roxen, Jserv, Zend, XML, DHTML, and Javascript.
- Web Developer's Virtual Library
News, tutorials, and reference material focusing on technical web development topics
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