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Lecture notes and exercises for Week Two of Web Design and Development II (MGDP2050).

HTC web creative dot com

The domain htcwebcreative.com is available for student use, with some cautions and restrictions.

See: http://htcwebcreative.com

File Transfer Protocol (FTP)

File Transfer Protocol (FTP) is a standard tool for transferring files between computers over networks.

Working with FTP is a fundamental skill in this class.

LAMP, MAMP, XAMPP, etc.

Update: this section postponed until Week Two.

LAMP stands for:

• The Linux operating system
• The Apache HTTP Server
• The MySQL relational database management system (RDBMS)
• The PHP programming language, and the Perl scripting language

LAMP allows you to run a web server as a desktop application. This is very useful for web development.

See LAMP (software bundle) for more detailed information.

See also:

• MAMP
• XAMPP
• Getting started with XAMPP

Bootstrap

Bootstrap is a framework for responsive web design.

General discussion:

• Bootstrap (framework)
• Getting started with Bootstrap

Getting started, and download Bootstrap:

• Getting started
• Getting started #Download

Responsive web design (RWD)

Responsive web design is a set of web design techniques for creating web pages for a wide range of devices, from mobile phones to desktop computers.

Techniques include proportion-based grids, flexible images, and media queries:

• The proportion-based (or fluid) grid concept calls for page element sizing to be in relative units like percentages, rather than absolute units like pixels or points.
• Flexible images are also sized in relative units, so as to prevent them from displaying outside their containing element.
• Media queries allow the page to use different CSS style rules based on characteristics of the device the site is being displayed on, most commonly the width of the browser.

JavaScript, although not usually included in formal definition of RWD, is widely used with RWD.

Devices include:

• Mobile phone
• Tablet
• Laptop computer
• Desktop computer

See Responsive web design.

Exercises

In class

• Run MAMP
• Browse localhost
• View your work from last week (your Home page)

Exercise for next week

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By end of semester

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