Software Development

Software Development

1. System software and application software

   • System software is the set of programs that make a computer work. It includes all the basic functions and features like memory management, input/output control, file system, etc.
   • Application software is a collection of programs that run on the computer and perform some tasks or provide specific services. These tasks or services are related to the actual use of the computer, such as controlling its keyboard, monitor, printer, and hard disk drive.

2. Computer programming

   • Programming is the art of writing computer programs At its core, computer programming is solving problems To solve a problem using a computer, you must express the solution to the problem in terms of the instructions of the particular computer. A computer program is just a collection of the instructions necessary to solve a specific problem. The approach or method that is used to solve the problem is known as an algorithm.

3. Software Development

   • SDLC is a set of steps used to create software applications. These steps divide the development process into tasks that can then be assigned, completed, and measured.

4. HTML & XML

   • HTML is an acronym which stands for Hyper Text Markup Language which is used for creating web pages and web applications. Let's see what is meant by Hypertext Markup Language, and Web page.
   • XML is a markup language created by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) to define a syntax for encoding documents that both humans and machines could read. It does this using tags that define the structure of the document, as well as how the document should be stored and transported.

5. Software programming vs Software development

   • Software programming is the act of writing computer code that enables computer software to function.
   • Software development is the process of conceiving, specifying, designing, programming, documenting, testing, and bug fixing involved in creating and maintaining applications, frameworks, or other software components.

6. Web Page

   • A webpage is a digital document that is linked to the World Wide Web and viewable by anyone connected to the internet having a web browser. It can contain any type of information, such as text, color, graphics, animations, videos and sounds, etc.

7. CSS

   • CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) is a stylesheet language used to design a webpage to make it attractive. The reason for using this is to simplify the process of making web pages presentable. It allows you to apply styles on web pages. More importantly, it enables you to do this independent of the HTML that makes up each web page.