Computer Fundamentals

Computer Fundamentals
Understanding Web Development

  • The Shifting Landscape of Personal Web Pages

    This section delves deeper into the changing landscape of personal web pages, emphasizing the evolving role of vanity pages and the influence of social media. They highlight the advantages of social media platforms, like LinkedIn, in terms of ease of updates and cost-effectiveness compared to traditional vanity pages. This discussion underscores that while vanity pages…

  • The Evolution of Personal Web Pages in the Era of Social Media

    We continue to explore the transformation of personal web pages, particularly vanity pages, in the context of the social web and platforms like LinkedIn. They emphasize that social media platforms often incorporate “about” sections that resemble traditional vanity pages, making the latter somewhat redundant. However, the distinction remains in how individuals use these platforms. While…

  • The Evolution of Vanity Pages in the Age of Social Media

    This section delves into the concept of the vanity or “about” page, a single webpage dedicated to showcasing an interesting subject, often a person or their experiences. These pages are handcrafted, hosted, and usually contain details about the individual, their background, and areas of expertise. However, the traditional about page is becoming outdated, largely replaced…

  • Categories of Published Content Websites

    We gain insights into the logical organization of published content websites. There are five distinct categories identified: vanity pages, home pages, content landing pages, news, blogs, and wikis. The content within these pages plays a pivotal role in determining their value, and each category serves a unique purpose. We need to emphasize the importance of…

  • Navigating the Logical Organization of Websites

    This section delves into the logical organization of websites, drawing a crucial distinction between content-focused pages and front-end applications. Content sites, vanity pages, and home pages are highlighted as key components of the former, while front-end applications, like calculators, stand out as separate entities. The article sets the stage for a focus on content pages…

  • The Logical and Physical Aspects of Websites

    In this section, we delve into the dual nature of websites, emphasizing the importance of understanding both the logical (design) and physical (implementation) aspects. While the logical view sees a website as a collection of web pages with a central theme, the physical perspective reveals the underpinning HTML files and the intricacies of how content…

  • File URL

    Mention the URL. This is also the way that we actually then link to other resources. If you want to say, in my HTML page, I want to display this other image, you still use a URL. If I want to include this other JavaScript source file, I use a URL. If I wanna say,…

  • Basic Web Interaction

    So the basic web interaction, it’s a client server. The server actually runs and waits forever. The clients then connect to the server. And if they’re doing HTTP, they do one file at a time. I make– I do a get request. I get the file. It’s stored in the cache. This right here actually…

  • URL

    Now we have the URL, but the URL is really talking about the file, the file that I actually want to be transferred. And so I have a URL example. The HTTP is the protocol. How do we actually transfer the file? HTTP, hypertext transfer protocol, simply means that I’m gonna open up a connection…

  • Web Client Perspective

    Okay. So it’s all about the presentation. K? That’s and and the reason why I say it’s really all about the presentation is a lot of these companies make a lot of money, and you think that they’re gonna spend a lot of money on their websites. Only there isn’t the ROI. They’re gonna get…