Networks- Web Pages and Web apps

Networks- Web Pages and Web apps

1. A web page is a document that can be viewed on a web browsers

2. It can contain:

   • Animations
   • Hyperlinks
   • Sounds
   • Images
   • Text

3. Most web pages are written using:

   • HTML
   • HTML5
   • XML
   • CSS

4. Static and Dynamaic Websites

   • Static
     • A static website has no form of interactivity.
       • It only uses HTML and CSS
       • and there are no options for the user to input data
   • Dynamic
     • Dynamic websites contain elements that allow the user to interact with the site.
       • They can automatically update sections of a site based on other information or databases
       • Contact forms and search are basic types of dynamic interaction
   • An online shop would use a database to automate the prices of products
     • Product details will be stored on an online database
     • The owner could update the database on the sever
     • This system is better as it iseasier than updating the prices in HTML on a static page

5. A software application is stored on a computer's hard drive

6. But a web application is stored on a sever and used through a web browser

7. The client-side is the user interface of the where apps are displayed in the browser using:

   • HTML
   • CSS
   • JavaSript

8. The sever-side stores and processes the bulk of the data and source code using languages such as:

   • SQL
   • PHP
   • Python