Journal 1 Blog Post: Chapter 1-3 Learning Web Design

Robbins, N., & J. (2012). "Learning Web Design: A Beginner's Guide to HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and Web Graphics" (4th ed.). Sebastopol, CA: O'Reilly Media.

For the most part the first three chapters of this book tries to orient the readers on what they need to know. It covers from the basic concepts of vocabulary all the way to what equipment someone would need in order to begin pursuing a career in web development. While a lot of the information is useful, as someone who is familiar with programing and computers in general there was very little information that I didn’t know already. What did intrigue me though was the software for web design as well as what operating systems was best for using said software. I am for the most part a PC user so hearing that Macs performed better and had more options really surprised me.

Q1          What are the three main parts of a URL address and what function do they serve?

The three main parts of a URL is the protocol, the site name and the absolute path. The particle is used to determine what specific particle will be used to retrieve the information from the WEB. For the most part this is http:// also known as hypertext transfer protocol. The site name as the name implies is essentially a mailbox code for the information you are trying to retrieve. For example, the www. refers to a profiler server while everything after refers to a particle site. The path is the direct file path in the server where the information is stored and being retrieved from.

Q2          What are the three main things web designers use to make web page and what do they do?

The three main things are HTML, cascading style sheets, and Java Scrips. HTML is text based coding language that tells browses how to display thing on the monitor. Cascading style sheets determine how specifically things like the text and other element look when displayed. While Java Scrips is used to create interactions in the page like buttons.