Difference between revisions of "Anatomy of a Webpage 1"

Revision as of 03:13, 20 March 2013

HTML = HyperText Markup Language
CSS = Cascading Stylesheets
JS = JavaScript (no relation to Java)
Browser = Software which renders/displays webpages.
Client = End-user device, running browser software.
Server = Powerful computers running application software and/or providing [HTML] files.

First things first. CSS and JavaScript are exciting things, but without HTML they have nothing to do. Peanut butter and jelly, but no bread.

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-== All Webpages Are Created Equal ==
+== Basic Terminology ==
-All webpages are created using HTML. Each page's HTML is loaded by the web browser, and rendered into what we see.
+*HTML = '''H'''yper'''T'''ext '''M'''arkup '''L'''anguage
-Things like CSS make it look fancy, and things like JavaScript make it dance, but it's all HTML at it's core.
+*CSS = '''C'''ascading '''S'''tyle'''s'''heets
-With the decline of Flash due to the mobile experience's lack of hover events, HTML5 is the dominant medium for rich web experiences for the forseeable future.
+*JS = '''J'''ava'''S'''cript (no relation to Java)
+*Browser = Software which renders/displays webpages.
+*Client = End-user device, running browser software.
+*Server = Powerful computers running application software and/or providing [HTML] files.
+== All Web Pages Are Created Equal ==
 First things first.
 CSS and JavaScript are exciting things, but without HTML they have nothing to do. Peanut butter and jelly, but no bread.