In parts one and two, we’ve covered a few of the primary web languages: PHP, SQL, HTML, and CSS. Let’s get into a few of the more advanced languages. Explanations of these will be brief as some of the concepts here are difficult to grasp until you are actually developing and need them.
XML is the language that HTML is based on. It is structure, structure, structure when it comes to data! XML quite simply defines ownership, relationship, and type for data…
In part one, we were talking about internet languages and we managed to pull some data using PHP and SQL from a database about some purchases that we made on our debit card. We then took that data and structured it using HTML giving us a simple table that looks like it got the raw end of the ugly stick. I’ll redraw the table so we can remember what it looked like.
Cover your eyes…
So many of the conversations that I have with non-developers about development eventually lead to some explanation of the languages and frameworks that I use to build a site or application. It becomes necessary, then, to explain the specific roles that each language performs, why they do what they do, and why the do not do what the other languages do.
In the interest of good relations, here are some (very) simple examples and explanations of a few of the languages, what they do and why they do it…
Let’s continue our discussion by talking about image file types, compression, and transparencies. There are a few file types associated with vector images – the most popular or familiar being SVG, AI, and PDF. SVG stands for Scalable Vector Graphic, and it is the most compatible, pure XML-based vector format. The SVG file is an open standard supported by the W3C…
From Keynote and Powerpoint documents to websites and instruction manuals, most modern documents have at least one embedded image, even if it’s just a logo. Let’s discuss a bit about raster vs. vector image files, the pros and cons of each, and how to deal with them. So, Diving right in — Raster vs. Vector. All image files fit into one of two categories…
