But First ... – Terms & Technologies – Deployment

But First ...

3 Inspiring Female Developers

• Jennifer Dewalt @JenniferDewalt
• Isis Anchalee @isisAnchalee
• Lyndsey Scott @Lyndsey360

180 Websites

in 180 Days - Jennifer Dewalt

180 websites

#ilooklikeanengineer

Twitter campaign by Isis Anchalee

http://ilooklikeanengineer.net/

Model/App Developer

Lyndsey Scott

Terms & Technologies

General Terms

IDE: Integrated Development Environment - Software meant to support the entire development process, often including compilation for a server-side language.

CMS: Content Management System - A program that allows publishing, editing, and modifying content as well as maintenance from a central interface.

Open source: A program in which the source code is available to the general public for use and/or modification from its original design.

Version Control: is a system that records changes to a file or set of files over time so that you can recall specific versions later.

• IDE - Sublime Text 2, Atom, Visual Studio
• CMS - (Web CMS) Wordpress, Drupal. (Enterprise-level) Interwoven
• Open source - Perl, Python, PHP, jQuery. Mention derivative works also being open source.

Architecture: an approach to the design and planning of websites that involves technical, aesthetic and functional criteria. Ex. MVC

Library: a collection of resources used to help build software. Ex. Underscore

Framework: Already architected code that provides a structure for you to build in. Ex. Angular Framework

• IDE - Visual Studio, Eclipse, Xcode
• CMS - (Web CMS) Wordpress, Drupal. (Enterprise-level) Interwoven
• Open source - Perl, Python, PHP, jQuery. Mention derivative works also being open source.

API: Application Programming Interface - An easy-to-use interface or set of tools made available to access a complex application

IP Address: Internet Protocol Address - A unique address for a computer or a server. Some IP Addresses are only unique to the network they are on while others are completely unique

URL: Uniform Resource Locator - a reference (an address) to a resource on the Internet.

DNS: Domain Name Service - A directory that associates domain names with host IPs to allow users to connect to web sites via URLs

• API - like the "drive thru" version of interfacing with a service

SEO: Search Engine Optimization - The process of increasing your web site's perceived value to search engine algorithms, raising its rank in search results

Web 2.0: Buzzword generally describing a trend towards interactivity, rich media, and social engagement in web design

The Cloud: Services and technology that offer remote storage, processing, or other functionality by way of the internet

• Cloud - your Google Drive, for example

Front End Languages

HTML

Hyper Text Markup Language - The code structure used to convey the content of a web site

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CSS

Cascading Style Sheets - A language used to describe the presentation of the content

                            .tweet {  border-bottom: 1px solid #e1e8ed; 
            cursor: pointer;}
                            
                        

JavaScript

An object-oriented computer programming language commonly used to create interactive effects within web browsers.

                            
                console.log("why isn't my shit working?");
                            
                        

Front End Tools

Ruby

A dynamic, open source programming language with a focus on simplicity and productivity.

Ruby Gems

A package manager for the Ruby programming language that provides a standard format for distributing Ruby programs and libraries (in a self-contained format called a "gem"), a tool designed to easily manage the installation of gems, and a server for distributing them.

Node

An open source, cross-platform runtime environment for server-side and networking applications

npm

(Node Package Manager)

A package manager that makes it easy for JavaScript developers to share and reuse code, and it makes it easy to update the code that you're sharing. link

Bower

A package manager for Javascript libraries that allows you to define, version, and retrieve your dependencies. link

• Bootstrap - html, css, javascript framework that you can use as basis for creating web sites or web applications.
• FontAwesome - icon library
• Underscore - JavaScript library which provides utility functions for common programming tasks like mapping and filtering.

Bootstrap is a framework built by twitter, offering html, css, and javascript components.

Font-awesome is an icon library

Deployment

How we get our code to servers for people to see.

Typically across 3 environments:

• Development (localhost)
• Staging
• Production (live for users)

This is where branching and version control come in handy.

Hosting

How do other people see my website?

• Filezilla
• Github
• Heroku

Devops

A software development method that stresses communication, collaboration, integration, automation, and measurement of cooperation between software developers and other information-technology (IT) professionals.

tl;dr - Releasing software in an efficient way. It's harder than it sounds.

Parsing languages & media

Not languages

• Libraries are collections of programming shortcuts for a language
  • jQuery, Prototype, & Mootools
• Frameworks may include libraries, software, and more. Basically, a collection of assets/tools that helps you work in a particular language, usually from scratch
  • Rails, Cake
• A specification is a set of currently acceptable rules for a given language
  • HTML5 expands on the HTML4 spec and deprecates some older HTML syntax

Not languages

• AJAX is none of these, but is a technique combining multiple languages to return results from the server without needing to refresh a page. It stands for Asynchronous JavaScript And XML.

User Experience & Information Architecture

A user-friendly, well-architected site will:

• Deepen engagement
• Increase conversion
• Raise satisfaction
• Bring users back

Sitemaps & decision trees

• Both important to UX/IA
• Sitemaps show the organization of pages and assets for a site
• Decision trees help predict how the user will move through the site or utilize interactive tools/forms

Server-side languages: What are the differences?

• The main difference is syntax
  • the set of rules that define the combinations of symbols that are considered to be correctly structured programs in that language
• They have slightly different strengths and philosophies
• Which you choose to use will depend on
  • What you are familiar with or want to learn
  • What your host supports
  • Community and documentation

Hello world

PHP

                            
    echo "Hello, world!";
                            
                        

Java

                            
    class HelloWorld {
      static public void main( String args[] ) {
        System.out.println( "Hello World!" );
      }
    }
                            
                        

Hello world

Python

                            
    'Hello, world!'
                            
                        

Ruby

                            
    puts 'Hello, world!'
                            
                        

Hello world

JavaScript

Not server-side, but just for example

                            
    document.writeln('Hello, World!');
                            
                        

Tools of the trade

To build your web site, you will probably need:

• A simple text editor or code editor such as SublimeText, Notepad, or TextWrangler to write your code. Many can be found for free.
• A web browser such as Chrome, Firefox, or Safari to test your code. All popular modern browsers are free.

Tools of the trade

You will also need:

• An FTP (file transfer protocol) client such as WinSCP, Cyberduck, or CoffeeCup FTP to get files from your computer to the server. Many are free.
• Optionally, an image editor such as IrfanView, Gimp, or Photoshop to edit images which will be used on the web site. Some are available for free.