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| − | * Send to instructor via email: [mailto:karl@karljones.com karl@karljones.com]
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| − | == Optional student guest lectures ==
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| − | Optional: student guest lectures (optional non-credit activity for personal growth)
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| − | == Guest lectures ==
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| − | == Clients and servers ==
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| − | A [[client (computing)]] is a [[computer program]] which sends a [[request (computing)]] to a [[server (computing)]].
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| − | The server receives the request, and sends a [[response (computing)]].
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| − | See also [[Client-server model]].
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| − | For each kind of data, there is a client, and a corresponding server.
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| − | Example: [[web browser]], [[web server]].
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| − | Get: use get method for repeatable requests.
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| − | * Send email
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| − | == Web forms ==
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| − | When a user clicks the submit button in a [[web form]], the browser sends a request to the server.
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| − | Depending on the web form, the request is typically either [[Get method (HTTP request)|get]] or [[Post method (HTTP request)|post]].
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| − | == PHP ==
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| − | [[PHP]] is a [[programming language]].
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| − | It is widely used for [[server-side scripting]], including [[web development]].
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| − | * That is, the <code>action</code> attribute of the form is set to the URL of some PHP page
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| − | * When a server receives a request for PHP page, the server's PHP module processes any PHP code in the page
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| − | PHP pages typically contain a mix of [[HTML]] and [[PHP code islands]], although it is also common for PHP pages to contain one large PHP code island, and no HTML.
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| − | == LAMP stack ==
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| − | In computing, a stack (or bundle, or collection) is the union of two or [[Computer programs]] which were not originally intended to interact with each other.
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| − | The stack acts as a single entity, managing the individual programs
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| − | A '''LAMP stack''' -- or [[LAMP (software bundle)]] -- is a well-known stack for [[Web server|web servers]].
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| − | * [[PHP]], [[Perl]], [[Python (programming language)]]
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| − | LAMP stacks make it easy to run a web server on your desktop. You can run any LAMP-based program, for example [[WordPress]].
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| − | == localhost ==
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| − | == phpMyAdmin ==
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| − | In the broadest sense, the WordPress themes which ship with WordPress as "custom themes", because someone created those themes.
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| − | == WordPress functions.php ==
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| − | == MediaWiki ==
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| − | [[MediaWiki]] is free and open source software which you can use to run your own wikis for any purpose.
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| − | It is the same software which powers [[Wikipedia]].
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| − | == Web host control panel ==
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| − | [[Web hosting service|Web hosting services]] typically provide a browsed-based control panel, so customers can log and manage their accounts.
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| − | [[Domain name registrar|Domain name registrars]] have similar control panel for managing [[Domain name|domain names]].
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| − | See [[Domain name]] for more detailed information.
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| − | == WHOIS ==
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| − | Use [[WHOIS]] to look up information about domain names.
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| − | Many free WHOIS services are available.
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| − | == Domain name registration ==
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| − | == Spring 2016: Web Design and Development II (MGDP2050) ==
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| − | * [[Cascading Style Sheets]]
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| − | * Introduction to [[JavaScript]]
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| − | See [[Web Design and Development II (MGDP2050)]].
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| − | == See also ==
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| − | * [[Web_Design_and_Development_III_(MGDP2060)]]
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