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Practical Web Development

You're reading from   Practical Web Development Learn CSS, JavaScript, PHP, and more with this vital guide to modern web development

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jul 2015
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ISBN-13 9781782175919
Length 276 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Paul Wellens Paul Wellens
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Preface 1. The World Wide Web FREE CHAPTER 2. HTML 3. CSS 4. JavaScript 5. PHP 6. PHP and MySQL 7. jQuery 8. Ajax 9. The History API – Not Forgetting Where We Are 10. XML and JSON 11. MongoDB 12. Mobile First, Responsive Design with Progressive Enhancement 13. Foundation – A Responsive CSS/JavaScript Framework 14. Node.js A. Bootstrap – An Alternative to Foundation Index

Programming 101


There is no such thing as a smart computer. A computer is a device that is capable of executing just a few instructions, but can do that very fast. One such instruction could be to take a value stored somewhere, and another stored somewhere else, add the two, and store the result in a third place. A program is a list of such instructions, written down in some logical and structured order, and in a human readable format. The format is called a programming language. A smart program would turn the useless device we described into a calculator.

For a lot of programming languages, a special program called a compiler exists. It translates a program from a human readable format—usually a text file referred to as source code—into a format the computer can understand, typically a binary executable file.

Your computer or tablet contains many different kinds of programs. There is a program to manage the computer, programs to manage programs, others to create programs, a program that...

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