Feb 12

Fourth (and final for now) episode of "share some html, css, or js stuff" :

• Jimmy - ?
• Julian - DOM basics
• Leslie - ?
• Nate - ?
• Kat - node and npm

next

front end projects , due one Tue Feb 26 :

• design and build a front-end-only site (i.e. html, css, js; no back end dynamic generation) that has user interaction
• some ideas include
  • a game
  • a calculator
  • a graphics-drawing thing
• put some effort into the layout and "look"
• work with someone else in a group
• besides the source files, create a short write-up describing your process, choices, and who did what.
• ... enough for someone else in the class to recreate your work.
• include a bibliography

Teams :

• ...
• ...

after that

probably do the back end stuff next :

• possible back end topics

  • web servers : apache, nginx
  • CGI
  • dynamic content: php, rails, flask, ...
  • forms , ajax, and frontend / backend communication ...
  • sessions, authentication, and cookies
  • data persistence : files , process memory , databases

• related :

  • REST paradigm
  • model/view/controller paradigm
  • HTTP

other possible topics - probably later in the term :

• SPA = single page application : react, backbone, ember, angular, ...
• practicalities of deploying (name servers, hosting, ...)
• design (usability, accessibility, branding, ...)
• databases : SQL and all that
• networks & protocols (TCP/IP, Ethernet, ARP cache, email, DNS, routers, ...)
• ads, search, and the economy of the internet

asides

• None of my projects want to be SPAs | discussion
  • Single Page Application
  • "the absurd pace of change in web development has been as follows: ignore 99% of it and see if it goes away."
  • "Some years ago, 3 of us picked React for a startup. I consider it the single biggest mistake in my career..."
• Russia considers unplugging itself from the internet | discussion
• how one developer broke node with 11 lines of javascript (March 2016)