Week Three (MGDP2050)
Lecture notes and exercises for Week Three of Web Design and Development II (MGDP2050).
Contents
In the news
2015's worst password was 123456
Not really news -- Worst Passwords of 2015:
- "123456"
- "password"
See also Credentials, Web security.
Followups
Books
No textbook is required for this class. You are free to use any supplemental materials.
Recommended reading:
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Links
According to the W3 HTML Recommendation:
A link is a connection from one Web resource to another.A link has two ends -- called anchors -- and a direction. The link starts at the "source" anchor and points to the "destination" anchor, which may be any Web resource (e.g., an image, a video clip, a sound bite, a program, an HTML document, an element within an HTML document, etc.).
Source: 12.1 Introduction to links and anchors @ W3.org
See Link (HTML).
Scaling up
Scale is a measure of proportion.
Scale is a critical factor in many areas of technology, art, and life.
A classic problem in software development:
- We have software development in progress
- We wish to finish sooner
What can we do to finish sooner?
- TO DO: discuss in class
See also The Mythical Man-Month.
Parallax scrolling
Parallax scrolling is a technique in computer graphics and web design, where background images move slower than foreground images, creating an illusion of depth in a 2D scene.
User interface
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Usability
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User Experience (UX)
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Accessibility
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Prototypes, mockups, etc.
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Exercises
In class
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For next week
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By end of semester
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