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Chapter 01: Introduction

by Tharith Sriv

This course covers the following topics: Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) Cascading Style Sheets JavaScript PHP Basic Graphic Design using Adobe Photoshop

(optional) Web Hosting and FTP Commands Project (one for each participant)

Topics to Be Covered

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What is the Internet? Worldwide collection of networks that connects

millions of computers

Related Technical Terms

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What is the World Wide Web (WWW)?

A Web site is a collection of

related Web pages

A Web site is a collection of

related Web pagesA Web page contains text, graphics, sound,

video, and links to other Web pages

A Web page contains text, graphics, sound,

video, and links to other Web pages

You can share information by

creating Web pages or posting photos on a photo community

You can share information by

creating Web pages or posting photos on a photo community

Billions of documents, called Web pages, available to anyone connected to the Internet

Related Technical Terms

Related Technical Terms

Homepage/ home page- the page typically encountered first at a World Wide Web site that usually contains links to the other pages of the site.

Homepage/ home page- the page typically encountered first at a World Wide Web site that usually contains links to the other pages of the site.

Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) is a simple mechanism for adding style (e.g. fonts, colors, spacing) to Web documents.

Related Technical Terms

Web Browsers- Software that interprets the markup of files in HTML, formats them into Web pages, and displays them to the end user. Some browsers also permit end users to send and receive e-mail, read newsgroups, and play sound or video files embedded in Web documents.

Some Popular Web Browser for Windows: Internet Explorer Google Chrome Netscape Navigator Mozilla Firefox Safari Opera Konqueror Flock AOL Explorer

Related Technical Terms

What protocols are used?

Related Technical Terms

Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP)-The protocol used to transfer information on the World Wide Web. An HTTP address (one kind of Uniform Resource Locator [URL]) takes the form: http://www.microsoft.com.

File Transfer Protocol (FTP)-A member of the TCP/IP suite of protocols, used to copy files between two computers on the Internet.

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Computer Applications in SocietyWhat are some examples of computer applications in society?

Education Finance Government Healthcare Science Publishing Travel Industry and much more!

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Why do users access the Internet?

2. Information3. Shopping4. Banking and Investing5. Classes6. Entertainment

1. Communications

Why are users surfing the Net?

7. Social Networking8. etc.

What is a programming language? A vocabulary and set of grammatical rules for

instructing a computer to perform specific tasks. The term programming language usually refers to high-level languages, such as BASIC, C, C++, COBOL, FORTRAN, Ada, and Pascal. Each language has a unique set of keywords (words that it understands) and a special syntax for organizing program instructions.

Programming Languages

Programming Languages

Programming and Scripting LanguagesA number of programming and scripting languages are

used to write web pages: HyperText Markup Language (HTML) Dynamic HTML (DHTML) JavaScript VBScript Action Script PHP (originally stood for "Personal Home Page", it is now

said to stand for "PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor) Perl etc.

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Programs Used to Write Your Web Page?

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NotepadEditPlusMS-Office WordMacromedia DreamweaverFrontPageOr any Text Editor