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| shivajikobardan |
 Jun 5 2022, 03:30 AM
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QUOTE HTTP and the Web Services(8 hours) HTTP, Web Servers and Web Access Universal naming with URLs WWW Technology, HTML DHTML, WML, XML Tools WYS/WYG, Authoring Tools Helper applications: CGI, PERL, AVA, AVA SRIPTS, PHP, ASP. NEI Applications Introduction to AJAX (Programming) Bbrowser as a rendering engine text, HTML, gif and jpeg This is the 1 chapter of 7 chapters of a book. Around 15 marks questions get asked from this chapter. I am expecting around 5 marks worth of question to be asked from this topic called HTML, DHTML,WML and XML (as that is the trend of the previous year papers). But I am unaware how much should I learn about html for 5 marks? I can't afford to do a course on html and learn everything about it. But at the same time, I can't just write, html is not a programming language but a markup language and it is used in web development. Done. This won't fetch any marks. What are some crucial things to learn in htmll for an examiner point of view(totally in your opinion). 2 of my teacher's slides mention these stuffs-: html defintion html tags-: a) text display <em> <strong> structure-: <h1> <p> <ul> <ol> atributes align, text, bgcolor links <a href=""> images: <img src=""> an empty string and another teacher writes this-: <html> <body> <p> text goes here <p> <body> <html> that's all. What should I do? Just write in details about these stuffs? And make one html file containing all these ahref, img etc? |
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| Christian J |
Jun 5 2022, 06:10 AM
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QUOTE(shivajikobardan @ Jun 5 2022, 10:30 AM)  This is the 1 chapter of 7 chapters of a book. That's a lot of topics for just one chapter (or even for a single book), so I suspect it's only a brief orientation about every topic. By the way, "Tools WYS/WYG" looks like a typo, it should be spelled WYSIWYG: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WYSIWYG QUOTE But I am unaware how much should I learn about html for 5 marks? I don't think that chapter can go into any detail, but it's impossible to know exactly what it includes without actually reading it. Don't you have access to the book? Which level of education is this about? QUOTE I can't just write, html is not a programming language but a markup language and it is used in web development. Done. "WWW Technology, HTML DHTML, WML, XML" also covers - DHTML: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynamic_HTML (nowadays an old term); - WML: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wireless_Markup_Language (also an old term); - XML: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XML QUOTE This won't fetch any marks. What are some crucial things to learn in htmll for an examiner point of view(totally in your opinion). Based on the above, maybe you should know what each of the acronyms means, and what each of the technologies are/were used for. QUOTE 2 of my teacher's slides mention these stuffs-: html defintion html tags-: a) text display <em> <strong> structure-: <h1> <p> <ul> <ol> atributes align, text, bgcolor links <a href=""> images: <img src=""> an empty string and another teacher writes this-: <html> <body> <p> text goes here <p> <body> <html> That seems to be about basic HTML syntax. I don't think the first book chapter goes into detail like that, but if the teachers talked about it I guess it's best to learn it. https://developer.mozilla.org/ has many good tutorials and references, such as Getting started with the web and HTML basics |
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| pandy |
Jun 5 2022, 09:01 PM
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🌟Computer says no🌟 Group: WDG Moderators Posts: 20,734 Joined: 9-August 06 Member No.: 6 |
Some things you list sounds strangely antiquated. Attributes: align, text, bgcolor. None of that is used today. Likewise I haven't heard the term DHTML in many years, even if the concept is still used. Is this some kind of historical overview?
Sorry, don't know anything about course requirement so can't answer your question. |
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| Christian J |
Jun 6 2022, 04:49 PM
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QUOTE(pandy @ Jun 6 2022, 04:01 AM) Some things you list sounds strangely antiquated. Attributes: align, text, bgcolor. None of that is used today. Likewise I haven't heard the term DHTML in many years, even if the concept is still used. I thought the teachers relied on old study material (as is often their habit).  QUOTE Is this some kind of historical overview? Like Internet archaeology? No doubt such courses will exist at some time, maybe similar to studying Classic Greek. But I suspect they would only be aimed at people already well versed in newer versions of HTML. |
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| pandy |
Jun 8 2022, 06:46 PM
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🌟Computer says no🌟 Group: WDG Moderators Posts: 20,734 Joined: 9-August 06 Member No.: 6 |
No. I can see a point in reviewing what used to be the toolbox as well as learning the new tools. It would be odd if someone for instance was told to look over an old site made the old way and he doesn't even know what the deprecated stuff does.
But if they are teaching that that's how things should be done, that's a whole other matter and I would choose another course. |
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| Christian J |
Jun 9 2022, 08:40 AM
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QUOTE(pandy @ Jun 9 2022, 01:46 AM) No. I can see a point in reviewing what used to be the toolbox as well as learning the new tools. It would be odd if someone for instance was told to look over an old site made the old way and he doesn't even know what the deprecated stuff does. True, but starting a beginner course with teaching the old ways (without even telling the students that it's old school) may just create bad habits. QUOTE But if they are teaching that that's how things should be done, that's a whole other matter and I would choose another course. I can imagine many courses routinely do just that, and then only guide students into better habits as they reach higher levels. Maybe it goes something like: - Beginner: use WYSIWYG programs and/or HTML4 tag soup. - Intermediate: use templates, third-party library files and HTML5 DIV soup. - Advanced: learn hand coding and use of semantic HTML. |
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| pandy |
Jun 9 2022, 09:40 AM
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🌟Computer says no🌟 Group: WDG Moderators Posts: 20,734 Joined: 9-August 06 Member No.: 6 |
But we don't know what the content of the listed chapters is. As said, if it's just an orientation it could be a good thing. If it is what they teach, not so much.
Heck, it's been so long I begin to forget. I had to look 'text' up to be sure it really was an attribute! Probably dementia.  |
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| Christian J |
Jun 9 2022, 11:50 AM
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QUOTE(pandy @ Jun 9 2022, 04:40 PM) Heck, it's been so long I begin to forget. I had to look 'text' up to be sure it really was an attribute! Probably dementia. Now I had to look it up too.  |
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